Author: KOSINSKI, Jerzy Title: The Painted Bird. (Inscribed to his Dutch publisher).
Description: New York, The Modern Library, no date (copyright 1965). Cloth with dust jacket. (8), 234, (12) p. Reprint. Cover slightly worn at the edges. With a handwritten, signed dedication by the author on the halftitle: 'For Geert [Lubberhuizen], under whose wings the painted bird can hide- with appreciation/ Jerzy/ Amsterdam, Fall 1971'. The translation into Dutch, De geverfde vogel by Mischa de Vreede, was a great success for the Bezige Bij with 15 editions in ten years, followed by a new translation by Oscar Timmers with twelve editions in total. Lubberhuizen was Kosinski's Dutch publisher and a great stimulator.
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Price: EUR 200.00 = appr. US$ 217.37 Seller: Antiquariaat Fokas Holthuis - Paulbooks
- Book number: 281533
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