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The Cry of the Owl
by Highsmith, Patricia
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($3.95), lightly bumped and rubbed at the edges, a small chip at the foot of the spine. Quarter brown cloth with lighter brown paper on the boards. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, front endpaper a bit tender at the top-right corner from erasing, clean otherwise. Highsmith's thriller about a recently divorced "innocent Peeping Tom" and his troubled relationships. Adapted into the 2009 film of the same title starring Julia Stiles and Paddy Considine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8678
- Title
- The Cry of the Owl
- Author
- Highsmith, Patricia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- Suspense, Thriller, Mystery, Detective, 20th Century Fiction, Books to Film
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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