First UK edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "For Dr Philip Murray, in appreciation of his 'long distance' interest, cordially, Jerzy Kosinski, [indecipherable], US. November 14th, 1983." Next to the inscription Kosinski has drawn an abstract doodle reminiscent of the jacket design. Dr Philip Murray is a noted Irish bibliophile and author of Adventures of a Book Collector (2011). The Painted Bird was originally published in the US the preceding year.
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