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In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination
by Atwood, Margaret
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Signal/ McClelland and Stewart, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 8vo. 255p. Blue boards with metallic red spine lettering. Very near fine copy in like dust jacket. One of approximately 300 copies printed on "Second Harvest" paper, paper that is made from the leftover straw "after the grain harvest and all other uses, such as animal bedding and maintaining soil integrity, are accounted for". The edition was published in association with Vancouver-based, Canadian company, Canopy. This copy signed by Margaret Atwood on the title-page. It includes some Canopy materials, order form, and a hand-written letter from Bruce Lourie, president of the Ivey Foundation, with a Ursula Le Guin signed bookplate laid-in. Atwood dedicates this book to Le Guin. Fine copy.
Synopsis
Margaret Atwood’s books have been published in over forty countries. She is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. In addition to The Handmaid’s Tale , her novels include Cat’s Eye , shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Alias Grace , which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; The Blind Assassin , winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; Oryx and Crake , shortlisted for the 2003 Booker Prize; and her most recent novel, The Year of the Flood . She lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson. www.margaretatwood.ca
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43739
- Title
- In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination
- Author
- Atwood, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Signal/ McClelland and Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2011
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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