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The Robber Bride
by Atwood, Margaret
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0747516138
- ISBN 13
- 9780747516132
- Seller
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Modesto, California, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Bloomsbury Publishing. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1993. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0747516138 . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and edge wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has some beginning bumping and edge wear to the spine ends and corners. The text block includes a sewn in ribbon book marker. "In her captivating new novel, Margaret Atwood reports from the farthest reaches of the sex wars. The group of women and men at the centre of this wise, unsettling, drastic, funny and wholly involving story all fall prey to a chillingly recognisable menace, which is given its power by their own fantasies and delusions." "Margaret Eleanor Atwood, CC OOnt FRSC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is a winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and Prince of Asturias Award for Literature, has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, winning once, and has been a finalist for the Governor General's Award several times, winning twice. In 2001, she was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame." (from Wikipedia) .
Synopsis
MARGARET ATWOOD is the author of more than twenty-five books, including fiction, poetry, and essays. Her most recent works include the bestselling novels Alias Grace and The Robber Bride and the collections Wilderness Tips and Good Bones and Simple Murders . She lives in Toronto.
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- Bookseller
- S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A46216
- Title
- The Robber Bride
- Author
- Atwood, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0747516138
- ISBN 13
- 9780747516132
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- 0747516138, Modern Fiction First Edition, Fiction, Fantasy, Fantastic Fiction, Fairy Tales, Grimms Fairy Tales, The Brothers Grimm, Margaret Atwood
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction First Editions;
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About the Seller
S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
Biblio member since 2003
Modesto, California
About S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 30 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.
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