The Painted Bird
by KOSINSKI, JERZY
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author, Jerzy Kosinski, to fellow writer, Wayne Warga and his wife. Inscribed: “For Wayne and Carol, affectionately, with much thought. Jerzy. March 1982.” above which he has drawn a bird. Additionally signed “Jerzy Kosinski.” Wayne Warga was a friend of Kosinski and interviewed him for The Los Angeles Times. Near fine copy with just a faint hint of fading to the cloth at the edges in a very good plus lightly dust soiled dust jacket with a few small tears. From the library of journalist and novelist Wayne Warga. The youngest editor at Life Magazine at age 25, Warga reported on John F. Kennedy’s race for the Presidency, and went on to cover the Civil Rights movement for the magazine. For many years, Warga was one of the leading writers at the Los Angeles Times where he did in depth articles and features on writers and people in the arts. Later, Warga became a mystery novelist, creating three well-received bibliomysteries: Hardcover, Fatal Impressions, and Singapore Transfer, featuring Los Angeles rare book dealer, Jeffrey Dean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13864E
- Title
- The Painted Bird
- Author
- KOSINSKI, JERZY
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1965
Terms of Sale
James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
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About the Seller
James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2005
Santa Barbara, California
About James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
We are long-term members of the Antiquarian Bookseller's Association of America. We specialize in American & English Literature, Mystery & Detective Fiction, Rare Cinema Material, Autograph & Signed Material, and an Eclectic Offering of Literature & Ephemera.
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- Soiled
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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