Jonathan Livingston Seagull; A Story by Richard Bach - 1970

New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1970 The Macmillan Company, New York. 1970. Hardcover. 27th Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; small discoloration spots on board top edges. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($4.95); closed tear on front panel at to of gutter; small missing piece on rear near gutter top. Light blue cloth boards with white lettering on spine and embossed seagull on boards. Pictorial seagull end papers. 93 pp 8vo. This is the story of a young seagull with big ambitions. He pushes himself to fly at tremendous speeds, eventually reaching a higher plane of perfection. Later, he returns to his flock to teach the ambitious among them what he knows. In Part I, he defies his parents and spends all his time practicing flying. He repudiates their belief that a seagull's sole purpose is to eat and instead studies the mechanics of flight. He's banished because of this. In Part II, he reaches a higher plane of existence, where he studies with the elder gull Chiang, who teaches him the secrets to "perfect speed." In Part III, he returns to his flock to teach them what he has learned. A classic story of flight and self-improvement. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.