Painted Bird, Signed (36 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 29 pages. Inscribed and signed by Jerzy Kosinsky on front endpaper and dated Spring 1966. These notes were written in English as an appendix for the first German Language edition of The Painted Bird which was published in 1965 as "Der Bemalte Vogel". White glossy wraps with photo of Kosinky on inside flap. Some light soiling or discoloration to wraps, interior near fine. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2-volume set, signed by Milton Ray. covers show minimal wear, pages clean.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Third Edition. 29 pages in stapled wrappers. INSCRIBED and signed by Kosinski to John Aldridge and his wife Alexandria in 1967 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Aldridge was an English Professor at the University of Michigan, an author and one of the most important literary critics of his generation. This copy is well worn and includes much underlining and a few margin notes made by Aldridge. The front cover is nearly unattached and is barely being held by one of the staples. A fair copy only but an important copy.

softcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd limited edition. Octavo, printed wraps, 29 pp plus one page of: sources of quotations. Inscribed by the author to Ihab Hassan with Hassan's marks in the margins. Ihab Hassan (1925-2015) was widely known as "The Father of Postmodernism." In very nice condition. 051517A.

Hardcover. Condition: NVG. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. 2nd Edition. Book has slightly faded sine, light soiling thus nearly very good. Dj has approx. 5% of spine missing, light soiling. Signed inscription by author laid onto the front fep. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Bantam Book edition illustrated wraps soft cover. Boldly signed by the author on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Wrappers. Condition: Good -. Third Edition. octavo stapled pamphlet: somewhat soiled white w/black lettering. inscription reads" for Nat and Mary, with friendship, Jerzy, Dec. 13, 1969". water mark through friendship. He also signed his full name on the title page and added,"/ also in Dutch, Italian, portugese and Spanish editions of the novel", after the publication information. Inscribed and Signed By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Inscribed By The Author on front 2 end pages. 2nd Edition Brown Hardcover. Book Condition: Spine slightly faded, small stain mark on front cover, else fine. Jacket Condition: Small tear on top of spine, small amount of loss top of spine. spine slightly darkened, corners slight wear. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Bound. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Second edition, 1st Printing. Fine in fine, mylar-covered dust jacket. "New edition complete & revised with an introduction by the author." Signed by author on half-title page and inscribed, "To ___ and ___/ from their painted bird [last two words underlined]/Jerzy" with place and date "Dallas, September 1979" on second page with self-portrait of Kosinski as a bird. Signed by Author(s).

HARDBACK GREEN. Condition: VERY GOOD. JACKET: GOOD DJ. SECOND ED. Signed and inscribed dated May 1979. The new edition and complete and revised with an introduction by the author. Illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket in Mylar protector. Yellowing spine. Minor wear, very good condition. Right side of the front of the dust jacket is stained. DATE PUBLISHED: 1976 EDITION: SECOND ED 234.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Later than 1st. The authors first book under this pen name, his own name. The dust jacket is fine with no chips or tears.Price on the flap. Text block is good, save for a slight split in the front hinge. No marks on end papers. Inscribed by the author on the title page. In protective covers. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. Typed letter signed, 9" x 8.5" Single Leaf, Very Good. Provenance: Herb Yellin (1935-2014) was the highly respected publisher and founder of Lord John Press, considered by many to be one of the most important small presses of the 20th century.

First Edition. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Signed and inscribed by the author. Publisher's ephemera loosely inserted. Limited edition: #219/2000 Physical description; 2 volumes : color fronts., plates, portraits ; 30 cm. Contents; v. 1. Text -- v.2. The illustrations. Subject; Poetry of places California. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Signed and inscribed by the author. Publisher's ephemera loosely inserted. Limited edition: #219/2000 Physical description; 2 volumes : color fronts., plates, portraits ; 30 cm. Contents; v. 1. Text -- v.2. The illustrations. Subject; Poetry of places California. 1 Kg.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No jacket. 2nd paperback printing. Inscribed by Kosinski on the title page. Covers shelfworn. Stain on the botto corner that bleeds through the 10 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Signed in ink (flair) by Kosinski on title page, and inscription dated June 13, 1974, with short message, "With every best wish". 8vo. 235, [10] pp. Reprint of modern classic. Condition: light wear to DJ. Leaves heavily age toned, per the paper stock used. Otherwise, a clean copy.

Paperback. First Edition, First printing. Inscribed by author on title page. NEAR-FINE IN CARD COVERS. VERY MINOR WEAR.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. First Modern Library edition. A VG copy with browning to pages due to quality of paper, otherwise clean and tight; price-clipped DJ is VG with a few chips and a bit of wear to corners and at top and base of spine, now in a protective acetate. Inscribed in red ink below Kosinski's signature self-caricature in profile, and dated August 25, 1979. (loc Echo). Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. INSCRIBED. Black cloth, lettered in silver foil. Stated 1st ML edition: Sept. 1970. As issued. Illus. dust jacket (art by Leonard Baskin) shows modest rubbing to corners and spine extremities, short closed tear along top front edge, now in mylar. [vii],235,[10] pp. Inscribed by author on half-title in blue marker, full signature, personalized and "with every best wish," dated 25 Apr. 1973. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Trade Paperback. 29 pages. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper: 'For Dan Jacobson - with admiration Jerzy Kosinski, Spring, 1966,'. First edition (first printing). Printed by W. H. Allen, London, 1966 (written in ink on copyright page, probably by Kosinski). Near fine copy in white printed covers, stapled. Association copy.

paperback. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First. 234p., small 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Modern Library, (1970). First Modern Library edition, with the dust wrapper illustration by Leonard Baskin. Inscribed on the half-title to Harcourt Brace editor Julian Muller, "with appreciation for his interest in my work, Jerzy Kosinski, 1970". Dust wrapper price-clipped, otherwise fine.

Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author. First Edition of the Third Limited Edition Inscribed by Jerzy kosinski on the front free endpaper and additionally Signed, "also in Italian, Dutch, Spanish and Portugese" on the copyright page. A fine copy in glossy, white stiff card wrappers, as issued, printed in black and showing the slightest of use. 8vo. 29 pp. Signed by Author.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Stated "third limited edition." Stapled wrappers. Some modest age-toning, very good or better. Author's mailing address taped to rear wrap. Inscribed by the author to novelist James Jones and his wife: "For Jim and Gloria with my best wishes. Jerzy K. Spring 1969." Kosinski has also written a one-line note in the text.

1st Edition, 3rd Printing. 1st Edition, 3rd Printing. Signed by Author. First Edition, third impression Inscribed by Jerzy Kosinski in Polish on the title-page to Canadian diplomat and author Kenneth P. Kirkwood. A near fine copy of this highly acclaimed novel, Kenneth P. Kirkwood's discreet library stamp to the first and title-pages, in pictorial stiff card wrappers with some light overall use. 8vo. 213 pp. Signed by Author.

Soft Cover. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by Jerzy Kosinski on the front free endpaper to Canadian novelist, Elizabeth Smart, best known for her celebrated work, By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept, fictionalizing her many - year relationship with the poet George Barker. A near fine copy in white glossy, stiff card wrappers, as issued, printed in black and showing some light sunning at the edges. 8vo. 29 pp. Signed by Author.

Condition: Very Good. First British Edition. Signed presentation copy with inscription on the flyleaf to the author to Australian singer and zither player Shirley Abicair, dated year of publication. Hardback with the excellent dust-jacket, unclipped, slightly rubbed at ends of the backstrip and top edge of the rear panel, also somewhat tanned around edges and backstrip. First published by Houghton Mifflin in the US in 1965, The Painted Bird was marketed as a fictional work although it was generally assumed that it was based on the author's experiences during World War II. Only later did it become clear that Kosi ski was neither the boy in the story nor did he share any of the boy's experiences, as revealed in a series of articles in newspapers and books. The depicted events are now widely known to be fictional. The novel was the inspiration for Pearls Before Swine's "Morning Song" (1967), also for Siouxsie and the Banshees, who wrote "Painted Bird" in 1982, on their album "A Kiss in the Dreamhouse". Signed presentation copy with inscription on the flyleaf to the author to Australian singer and zither player Shirley Abicair, dated year of publication. Hardback with the excellent dust-jacket, unclipped, slightly rubbed at ends of the backstrip and top edge of the rear panel, also somewhat tanned. First published by Houghton Mifflin in the US in 1965, The Painted Bird was marketed as a fictional work although it was generally assumed that it was based on the author's experiences during World War II. Only later did it become clear that Kosi ski was neither the boy in the story nor did he share any of the boy's experiences, as revealed in a series of articles in newspapers and books. The depicted events are now widely known to be fictional. The novel was the inspiration for Pearls Before Swine's "Morning Song" (1967), also for Siouxsie and the Banshees, who wrote "Painted Bird" in 1982, on their album "A Kiss in the Dreamhouse". Book.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 272 pages. In Good condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. White spine with black and gold lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$4.95", has mild shelving wear, stains throughout, and small open tears along the fore corners. Boards have mild bending wear along the fore corners and mild wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has splitting to gutter from the "Also by" page to the title page, mild wear along the edges, stains along the edges, and mild age-toning along the edges. Signed by Jerzy Kosi?ski on the title page, dated "3/10/88". DL consignment. Shelved in Case 6. 1391169. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 208pp. A fine, crisp copy, but for a tiny smudge at one corner. In about fine dust jacket, a tinge age-toned. A pleasing example, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Kosinski on the half-title page: "For Brigite and Goddard, who know that time washes, but rarely purifies - with much thought Jerzy. New York, winter 1970." Kosinsky has signed his name again on the title page (using the same pen). Preceded by the U.S. edition, published the previous year. Nicely inscribed copies of this famously controversial WWII novel are uncommon. While we don't know the identity of the couple to whom the book is inscribed, it seems notable that the main character in Kosinski's novel "Pinball" was named Goddard.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1965 stated 1st printing. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY JERZY KOSINSKI on the title page. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact ($4.95), easily Near Fine to Fine dustjacket, with just the slightest hint of light rubbing along the spine. Octavo, iconic jacket design by noted children's illustrators and authors Leo and Diane Dillon. A lovely copy. Signed.

Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 272 pages; Signed, inscribed and dated by the author. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Europe, Eastern--Fiction. Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945--Fiction. Abandoned children--Fiction. [Positively revised from the first edition becoming, as a consequence the author's definintive edition]. 1 Kg.