The Birdcage
by John Bowen
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
1st printing. Near Fine hardcover in Good DJ. Rose paper over boards backed with black cloth, gilt and red titles on spine. Bright, clean, square covers and spine are As New; dusty text block top edge; tightly bound; author's New York literary agent name and address stamped on front fly leaf; light, clean interior. DJ is clean; lightly scuffed; pale foxing-like spots along edges; 1 inch chip missing at rear cover tail edge. 8vo, 208 pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19514
- Title
- The Birdcage
- Author
- John Bowen
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Harper and Row
- Date Published
- 1962
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- BRITISH; WRITERS; AUTHORS; OXFORD; LGBTQ+; GAY; FIFTIES; SIXTIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
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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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...