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ATWOOD**, M[argaret] E[leanor]: : ORYX AND CRAKE

LONDON.BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING Plc,2003.

ISBN 0747562598.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE-/NFINE. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink dedication+signature thus: 'To Glenn (? - my parenthesis) best wishes Margagret Atwood' to the title page,and a price-clip to dw/dj - the clip with an accidental,but small oblique crease at it's top edge of clip.Bright,crisp,clean,matt background with randomised glossy pixels to a colour pixilated raster photographic image of a vertical half of a portrait's face to front panel of dw/dj with the other corresponding half of the photographic image to the rear panel of dw/dj with capitalised,white-lettered author's name and capitalised,pink-lettered title to front,spine/ backstrip with matt white background and capitalised,black-lettered author name and capitalised,pink-lettered title,with publisher's black illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with similarly capitalised+ coloured lettering as front panel. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges or corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges though lightly toned,still clean and bright without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,soild and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original paper-covered boards with bright apple-green background with randomised purple, grey and rose-pink strokes,no lettering to spine/backstrip,a dark green headband with matching sewn-in silk bookmark ribbon,and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,4-378pp [paginated] includes 15 parts/sections with varying numbers of chapters to each - 53 in total; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page,a dedication with blank verso,2 epigrams (Jonathan Swift - 'Gulliver's Travels' and Virginia Woolf - 'To the Lighthouse') also with blank verso,a Contents list/table,a title separator page with blank verso,individual parts/section separator pages each with a blank reverse too,a 2pp blank after the last paginated page,Acknowledgements, 2pp blanks,a Note on the Author - a blank verso to same,and another 6pp blanks before the rear free endpaper. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 20 year-old age. It is only the minor described fault (light toning) that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is STILL an exceptional and exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness and an uncommon SIGNED+dedicated example of the title. Margaret Atwood's classic novel, THE HANDMAID'S TALE, was about the future. Now, in 'ORYX AND CRAKE', the future has changed. It's much worse. And we're well on the road to it now. The narrator of Margaret Atwood's riveting new novel is Snowman, self-named though not self-created. As the story begins, he's sleeping in a tree, wearing a dirty old bedsheet, mourning the loss of his beautiful and beloved Oryx and his best friend Crake, and slowly starving to death. Earlier, Snowman's life was one of comparative privilege. How did everything fall apart so quickly? Was he himself in any way responsible? Why is he now left alone with his bizarre memories - except for the more-than-perfect, green-eyed Children of Crake, who think of him as a kind of monster? He explores the answers to these questions in the double journey he takes - into his own past, and back to Crake's high-tech bubble dome, where the Paradice Project unfolded and the world came to grief. With breathtaking command of her shocking material and with her customary sharp wit and dark humour, Atwood projects us into a less-than-brave new world, an outlandish yet wholly believable space populated by a cast of characters who will continue to inhabit your dreams long after the last chapter. This is Margaret Atwood at the absolute peak of her powers. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED+dedicated.

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