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The Spectator Bird
by Wallace Stegner
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. John Collier. Beautiful Book, Franklin Library, The First edition Society, Full Leather heavily stamped with gilt ornamentation and embellishments, 4 raised bands on spine with title, author and ornamentation in panels. Never Read Condition with No previous owner bookplate or writing, perfect green silk moiree end papers, green silk place marker, all edges are bright gilt, Illustrations by John Collier, 267 pages. Book is Fine, ultra clean. Issued without Jacket. Most presentable. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Wallace Earle Stegner was an American historian, novelist, short story writer, and environmentalist. His novel, The Spectator Bird , won the National Book Award in 1977. The main character, Joe Allston, is seventy years old, living with his wife Ruth, and finds himself growing bored and bitter. Then he receives an unexpected postcard from an old friend. This causes him to return to the journals he kept from a trip taken long ago to search for his mother’s roots in Denmark. What follows is a quest to discover more about the noble Danish family he uncovers, along with revealing secrets regarding eugenics and incest that the family uses to produce a breed of superior humans. A breathless, psychological experience most brilliantly written.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002850
- Title
- The Spectator Bird
- Author
- Wallace Stegner
- Illustrator
- John Collier
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Wallace Stegner, Franklin Library, American Modern Fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
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- Edges
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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