Isbn: 9780151709649 - Parrot's Perch (16 results)

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Very Good in Very Good unclipped dust jacket. Gently used with NO markings in text; binding is tight. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. NY: Harcourt, 1985 First Edition 88 pages. Rio depicts the struggle of one man to come to terms with the cruelty of memory and the treachery of words. Remainder mark to bottom page edges, in dj with light rubbing. see photos clph.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. First American Edition. Publisher: Harcourt, 1985.FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. As new. Unread. First US Edition, First Printing. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 88 pages; Foxing to the exterior edge of pages and inside cover boards. Sticker inside front cover board with date written. Otherwise in great condition. No writing or noteworthy blemishes. ; - We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good in Very good nicked dust jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Intact Dustjacket. First American Edition. 88pp. A priest struggles to come to terms with the cruelty of memory and the treachery of the world. Very Good. Book.

Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn at edges, ; Translated by Leigh Hafrey; Remainder.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985. First American edition. First printing, with full letter line including A. Hardcover. Quarter gray cloth over dusky gray paper-covered boards, red spine lettering. Fine in a near-fine dust jacket with a few tiny edge nicks. Publisher's original price intact on front jacket flap ($10.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight, clean copy. Octavo, 88 pages. Translated from the French by Leigh Hafrey. Originally published in France in 1983 as "Le Perchoir du Perroquet." A philosophical fable in which a man's surreal experiences explore perception, selfhood, and language. Michel Rio (born 1945) is a French novelist and essayist known for his intellectually rigorous fiction blending myth, science, and metaphysics. "Parrot's Perch" was his first novel published in English translation. His works are mostly rather short. Recurring themes include man's relationship to nature, the ignoble elements of sex, themes from the Arthurian Cycle and suicide. Several of his books feature a writer named Jerome Avalon who questions the nature of writing as an art.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st US. (1st) DJ has very slight wear to top front tip and spine top edge, very light to spine bottom edge, very tiny tear at top back edge next to spine. Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st US. (1st U.S.edition) Thinner sturdy book, gray cloth spine, dusky gray boards, red lettering very fine on spine, 88 pages. DJ glossy gray background beneath mylar, red lettering with color-illustration of man dangiling upside-down at front right, photo of author on back with praise from French publication. DJ has very slight wear at top back tip, tiny tear with light wear at top back edge of spine, Fine DJ/Very Fine book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st US. (1st U.S. edition), Thinner sturdy book, gray cloth spine, dusky gray boards, red lettering very fine on spine, 88 pages. DJ glossy gray background beneath mylar, red lettering, a color-illustration of man dangling on front right, photo of author on back with praise from French publication. DJ has very tiny tear or scratch at spine bottom edge, micronick at spine top left edge and top back tip. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book. …

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. new in new dj, price not clipped, in mylar, clean, tight and unmarked..