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Jailbird: A Novel
by VONNEGUT, Kurt
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0440054494
- ISBN 13
- 9780440054498
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1979. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. 0440054494 . Stated first Delacorte printing (following a privately-printed limited first edition). Kurt Vonnegut's novel touches on the Watergate affair, big corporations and labor movement themes. --- In full black cloth covers with gilt-stamped author facsimile signature to cover; titling in glit and silver to spine; orange topstain. Jacket with Jill Krementz photographic portrait of the author on the back cover. --- An about Near Fine copy: clean, bright and lacking damages worthy of mention. Bright, unclipped ($9.95) dust jacket a couple of small tears to edges, an with insignificant soiling; in removable mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xxxviii, (4), 246 pages .
Synopsis
Jailbird is a novel by Kurt Vonnegut, originally published in 1979. Its plot concerns a man recently released from a low security prison after having served time for a minor role in the Watergate scandal. The novel uses a standard memoir format, revealing Walter F. Starbuck's current situation, then going back to tell the story of his first two days after being released from prison. Through Walter F.
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86702
- Title
- Jailbird: A Novel
- Author
- VONNEGUT, Kurt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Trade Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0440054494
- ISBN 13
- 9780440054498
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- 0440054494
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>American History & Politics;
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- Good+
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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