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I Heard the Owl Call my Name
by Margaret Craven
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0385025866
- ISBN 13
- 9780385025867
- Seller
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Roseburg, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Brown hardcover boards with gilt pictorial of an owl on front cover. Gilt lettering on spine, still bright. Binding is tight and all pages unmarked. First published in Canada, this is the first US edition.
Dust Jacket is Fair, original 4.95 price intact. Several closed tears around spine Botton, with one closed tear on back of DJ fixed with tape by former owner.
First novel by Margaret Craven. #1 on NYT Bestseller list, and was adapted into a TV film in its year of publication.
Scarce first edition in hardcover. Mylar protected.
Dust Jacket is Fair, original 4.95 price intact. Several closed tears around spine Botton, with one closed tear on back of DJ fixed with tape by former owner.
First novel by Margaret Craven. #1 on NYT Bestseller list, and was adapted into a TV film in its year of publication.
Scarce first edition in hardcover. Mylar protected.
Synopsis
I Heard the Owl Call My Name is a 1967 novel by American author Margaret Craven. The book tells the story of a young Anglican vicar named Mark Brian with not long to live, who learns about the meaning of life when he is sent to a First Nations parish in British Columbia. First published in Canada in 1967, it was not until 1973 when the book was picked up by an American publisher. Released to wide acclaim, it reached No.1 on the New York Times bestseller list.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bonnie Lane Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09-13-2022-07
- Title
- I Heard the Owl Call my Name
- Author
- Margaret Craven
- Format/Binding
- Tight.
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385025866
- ISBN 13
- 9780385025867
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City NY
- Date Published
- 1973
- Pages
- 166
- Size
- 8 7/16"x5 9/16"
- Keywords
- Books adapted to film, Missionaries
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Bonnie Lane Books
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About Bonnie Lane Books
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