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Clovis: Available Copies

Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Softcover book, very light wear to cover, pages are good and tight.

Unread copy in mint condition

Brand New

Light brown cloth, black lettering, torn at bottom of spine, text solid. Damp-stain at bottom of spine first 3 pages. FER; Ex-Library

Paperback. A remarkable satire about a talking parrot written by Golden Age Hollywood screenwriter. A remarkable satire about a talking parrot written by Golden Age Hollywood screenwriter. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Prompt Shipment, in Boxes, Tracking First Editions are First Printings. . Very good. Clean text.

Fast Despatch Soft Covers - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order

First edition. Good in good dust jacket. Hardcover rubbed and chipped at spine ends and corners, both lower corners severly chipped. Dustwrapper rubbed and chipped at spine ends and corners and edges, spine browned, worn.

2000. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

2000. Paperback. . . . . .

1949. First Edition. 158 pages. Pink pictorial dust jacket over beige cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

1949. First Edition. 160 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over yellow cloth with bronze lettering. Contains black and white illustrations throughout by Carlotta Petrina. Book has a slight odour. Pages are bright and clear with light tanning and foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription and stamp to front free endpaper, with a few small nicks and rub marks along text block edge. Boards have light shelf-wear with mild corner bumping and minor crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed. Light sunning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has light surface wear, with small tears, chips and creasing to spine ends, edges and corners. Light sunning to spine and edges. Stamp on front flap.

In a yellow cloth hardcover with gilt titles to spine. With an unclipped dust jacket with black titles to spine and black and white titles and an illustration to front. 160 pp. with a number of black and white drawings. The book is in good condition with very minor shelf-wear and light sunning to the extremities of the cover. The book is cocked. There is light offsetting and foxing to the feps and a few spots of foxing to the fore edge; otherwise the pages are clean and unmarked. The dust jacket is fair with quite heavy shelf-wear to the extremities with numerous chips, creases and tears including two .5" tears to the top of the back. It is lightly marked and the extremities, especially the spine, are sunned. There is a price stamp to the bottom of the front flap.

149 pages; 21 cm. "A remarkable satire about a talking parrot written by a Golden Age Hollywood screenwriter."-Publisher. // "Michael Fessier (1905-1988) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He worked for Hollywood studios such as MGM and Universal Pictures. Later in his career he worked in television. He also wrote short stories and novels, two of which were adapted for the screen. He was married to the actress Lilian Bond."-Wikipedia // Talking Birds. Anomals, Satire, Hollywood, Cinema. As new; sealed in original shrinkwrap

First edition. No dust jacket. Staining/marking to cover. Photograph available on request.

Paperback. A remarkable satire about a talking parrot written by Golden Age Hollywood screenwriter. A remarkable satire about a talking parrot written by Golden Age Hollywood screenwriter. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

KlappentextA remarkable satire about a talking parrot written by Golden Age Hollywood screenwriter.