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ATWOOD**, M[argaret] E[leanor]: : NEGOTIATING WITH THE DEAD: A Writer on Writing. **

UK.CAMBRIDGE,CAMBRIDGESHIRE.CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS,2002.

ISBN 0521662605.

UK,small,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Printed in USA with Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data.] FINE/FINE+.Virtually as NEW. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj (painting of 'Morality Cubes',1997,by Marianna Gartner reproduced by permission of the artist),with brown+black lettering,author b/w portrait photographic rear panel of dw/dj and white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark green paper-covered boards with plain dark green cloth blind spine/backstrip with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale green endpapers.UK, small,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-xxviipp+2- 219pp [paginated] includes note on Empsom Lectures,a Contents list/table,an Introduction,a Prologue,6 Lectures,Notes,a Bibliography, Acknowledgements and an Index; plus [unpaginated] publisher's blurb,title page, epigrams/prose extracts(3),and a dedication. Visually, the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 20+ year-old age. It really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for it's brightness,cleanliness and lack of other or age-acquired detracting faults usually encountered in a book of comparable age. The Empsom Lectures,named after the great scholar and literary critic Sir William Empson (1906-84),have been established by the University of Cambridge as a series designed to address topics of broad literary and cultural interest.Sponsored jointly by the Faculty of English and Cambridge University Press,the series provides a unique forum for distinguished writers and scholars of international reputation to explore wide-ranging literary-cultural themes in an accessible manner. Margaret Atwood's wide and eclectic reference to other writers,living and dead,is balanced by anecdotes from her own experiences as a writer, both in Canada and on the international scene. The lightness of her touch is underlined by a seriousness about the purpose and the pleasures of writing,and by a deep familiarity with the myths and traditions of western literature. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct and possibly, 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,small,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

ATWOOD**, M[argaret] E[leanor]: : NEGOTIATING WITH THE DEAD: A Writer on Writing. **

UK/US.CAMBRIDGE,CAMBRIDGESHIRE.CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS,2002.

ISBN 0521662605.

UK/US,small,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Printed in USA with Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data.] FINE-/FINE+. Virtually as NEW.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj (painting of 'Morality Cubes',1997,by Marianna Gartner reproduced by permission of the artist),with author's capitalised,brown-lettered name and capitalised,blak-lettered part-title with other black-lettered sub-title.Grey spine/backstrip with similarly coloured and lettered author's name and part-title as the front's,a brown upright rectangular panel with publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name at foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with author's thumbnail b/w portrait photograph and white-lettered potted biographical details.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges with minimal, random and sporadic foxing/spots - some fainter than others,but fore-edges bright and cleaner with just one tiny spot; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no itentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - but an accidental,faint impression of an oblique crease to fore-edges of pp133-138 - else would appear unread - apart from my collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain dark green paper-covered boards with plain dark green cloth blind spine/backstrip with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale green endpapers.UK,small,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-xxviipp+2-219pp [paginated] includes note on Empsom Lectures,a Contents list/table,an Introduction,a Prologue,6 Lectures,Notes,a Bibliography,Acknowledgements and an Index; plus [unpaginated] publisher's blurb,title page,epigrams/prose extracts(3),and a dedication.                          Visually the external appearance is  exceptional,and even internally,is still also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 20+ year-old age.It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite that,it really is still an exemplary example for it's brightness,cleanliness and lack of other or age-acquired detracting faults usually encountered in a book of comparable age.                                                  The Empsom Lectures,named after the great scholar and literary critic Sir William Empson (1906-84),have been established by the University of Cambridge as a series designed to address topics of broad literary and cultural interest.Sponsored jointly by the Faculty of English and Cambridge University Press,the series provides a unique forum for distinguished writers and scholars of international reputation to explore wide-ranging literary-cultural themes in an accessible manner.                                                                      Margaret Atwood's wide and eclectic reference to other writers,living and dead,is balanced by anecdotes from her own experiences as a writer,both in Canada and on the international scene.The lightness of her touch is underlined by a seriousness about the purpose and the pleasures of writing,and by a deep familiarity with the myths and traditions of western literature. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk, because of the lighter weight 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,stock(s') 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/US,small,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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