The Bird's Nest
by Jackson, Shirley
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good+
- Seller
-
Madison, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus & Young, 1954. 276pp. Red cloth spine, blue boards. Silver titles on spine. Binding tight, slight spine lean, boards a bit bowed. Two tape ghosts on front board, two on back. Two tape ghosts each on front and rear free endpapers. Slight foxing/mottling along top page ends, but no evidence of it inside book. Some residue from removal of paper on rear free endpaper. Dust jacket is wavy but intact, with original $3.50 price on front jacket flap. Dust jacket presented in mylar. Uncommon Jackson first, showing some wear but with the handsome, multicolored jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good+. 8vo.
Synopsis
Elizabeth is a demure twenty-three-year-old wiling her life away at a dull museum job, living with her neurotic aunt, and subsisting off her dead mother’s inheritance. When Elizabeth begins to suffer terrible migraines and backaches, her aunt takes her to the doctor, then to a psychiatrist. But slowly, and with Jackson’s characteristic chill, we learn that Elizabeth is not just one girl—but four separate, self-destructive personalities. The Bird’s Nest , Jackson’s third novel, develops hallmarks of the horror master’s most unsettling work: tormented heroines, riveting familial mysteries, and a disquieting vision inside the human mind.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033388
- Title
- The Bird's Nest
- Author
- Jackson, Shirley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Young
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Shirley Jackson, First Edition, Midcentury America
Terms of Sale
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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