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Alias Grace
by Atwood, Margaret
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385475713
- ISBN 13
- 9780385475716
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Doubleday, 1996. First Edition/first printing. Octavo, 468 pp. Illustrated jacket as well as an illustrated front board and spine (scans), which latter is uncommon in modern novels. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. See scans. The author of the Handmaid's Tale delves into a mysterious set of murders in nineteenth century England for another psycho-thriller. L13n
Synopsis
Alias Grace is a historical fiction novel by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood. First published in 1996 by McClelland & Stewart, it won the Canadian Giller Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The story is about the notorious 1843 murders of Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery in Upper Canada. Two servants of the Kinnear household, Grace Marks and James McDermott, were convicted of the crime. McDermott was hung and Marks was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000180
- Title
- Alias Grace
- Author
- Atwood, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385475713
- ISBN 13
- 9780385475716
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Pages
- 468
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- General, Popular, Great Detectives, Romantic, Serial Killer, Traditional British, Private Detective, Police Procedural
- Bookseller catalogs
- Detective / Mystery / Murder;
Terms of Sale
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