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The Bookman & The Lady, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 15 May 2013
Comes with a signed paperback edition of The Thorn Birds. First edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. Hardcover in jacket, price intact on jacket flap. Owner bookplate to front end page. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding strong. Light wear. Jacket now in fresh Mylar. Very good condition. Paperback is a first printing - has some wear, creased spine, small tear to outside front cover, a few pages have some water damage to the upper corners. Signed inside the front cover beneath author photo. A very good hardcover with a worn, signed paperback. Additional photos available upon request. All of our books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Seller Inventory # 250212014
A saga of three generations of the indomitable Cleary family begins in the early 1900s when Paddy Cleary, a poor New Zealand farm laborer, moves his wife and children to the Australian sheep station owned by his rich sister
Review:
DAILY MAIL (‘One of the biggest-selling, most widely read books in the history of fiction’)
OBSERVER (‘A true epic. . . It’s easy to see why this stunning tale has been called the Australian Gone With The Wind’)
DAILY TELEGRAPH (*'Excellent’)
Title: The Thorn Birds
Publisher: Harper & Row
Publication Date: 1977
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author
Edition: First Edition.
Seller: ARABESQUE BOOKS, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 366 pages including index. Stated First Edition, First Printing with the "1" in the number sequence. Inscribed by the author on the front free end paper to an Atlanta radio host interviewer. Dust jacket is in bright, attractive condition with very slight edge and corner wear, not price clipped, now protected in a mylar sleeve. Book is solid, square, tight, and very clean, no marks except for the author's inscription. A very handsome, collectible, signed copy. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 003361
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Brused Books, Pullman, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Gift note from AUTHOR on front fly. 4th printing of first edition, 1977. Solid hardcover with light edge wear. No other marks inside. Dust jacket has some edge wear and tears, and a small chip on top edge. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 044069
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 533 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. White spine with black lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price uncut "$9.95", has mild shelving wear. Boards have mild bending along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has moderate age toning along the pastedown pages, end-pages and edges. Inscribed "To Dick, Best Wishes" and signed by Colleen McCullough on the half-title page. Shelved in Room C. 1391878. Special Collections. Seller Inventory # 1391878
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: ARABESQUE BOOKS, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 530 pages. Stated First Edition, First Printing with the "1" in the number sequence. Inscribed by the author on the front free end paper to an Atlanta radio host interviewer. Dust jacket is in bright, attractive condition with slight edge and corner wear and a slight scuff at the top of the spine and 1/2" closed tear on the rear panel, not price clipped, now protected in a mylar sleeve. Book is solid, square, tight, and very clean, no marks except for the author's inscription and very slight age toning on the edges of the pages. A very handsome, collectible, signed copy. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 003353
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Windy City Books, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed./1st printing. Signed on free front end paper. Shelf wear and edging to dust jacket. Foxing to closed page ends (discoloration). Corners of dust jacket worn. Corners of covers lightly bumped. Small tear to dust jacket on spine (1/4" taped). Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 007485
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition/1st Printing (complete number line on copyright page). SIGNED by Colleen McCullough on a card affixed to dedication page: "With many thanks- Coleen McCullough".light page age-toning. $9.95 price present on DJ flap; mylar protected. Also includes several signed items from cast of 1983 TV movie of novel. Attached to front end page is a bookplate SIGNED by RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN (played 'Ralph de Bricassart'); also attached to front end page is a photo-card SIGNED and inscribed by BRETT CULLEN (played 'Bob Cleary'). Attached to half-title page is a notecard card SIGNED by PHILIP ANGLIM (played 'Dane O'Neill'). Laid-in is a B&W photo SIGNED by JEAN SIMMONS (played 'Fiona Cleary'); and also a press-release biography sheet SIGNED by BRYAN BROWN (played 'Luke O'Neill'). (Bonus: Comes with a unsigned 1st Printing hardcover copy of McCullough's novel "Morgan's Run"---Note: bonus book only comes with domestic order). Unique copy for the McCullough--Thorn Birds fan or collector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 040312
Quantity: 1 available