The Bird Artist [COLLECTIBLE ADVANCE READING COPY]
by Norman, Howard
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Taos, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994. ARC . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is an Advance Reading Copy, or ARC - a publishing state fast becoming an attractive "collectible", as it precedes the First Edition. Howard Norman's The Bird Artist, the first book of his Canadian trilogy, begins in 1911. Its narrator, Fabian Vas is a bird artist: He draws and paints the birds of Witless Bay, his remote Newfoundland coastal village home. In the first paragraph of his tale Fabian reveals that he has murdered the village lighthouse keeper, Botho August. Later, he confesses who and what drove him to his crime - a measured, profoundly engrossing story of passion, betrayal, guilt, and redemption between men and women. 289 pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, unmarked, uncreased, possibly unread copy with minimal shelf-wear. This attractive, collectible copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.
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- Bookseller
- bookarrest (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AL462
- Title
- The Bird Artist [COLLECTIBLE ADVANCE READING COPY]
- Author
- Norman, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- ARC
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- AMERICAN WRITERS AUTHORS NOVELISTS CANADIAN TRILOGY PAINTER BIRDS NEWFOUNDLAND MURDER LIGHTHOUSES FISHING VILLAGE LOVE STORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Tight
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- Reading Copy
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