Alias Grace (signed)
by Atwood, Margaret
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 077100835X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771008351
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto, Canada: McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1996. First printing. Signed by author on title page. Head of spine and front corners gently bumped, backstrip pulled away at head of spine, three pinpoint smudges on fore edge, else very good plus. Pages clean and binding firm. DJ lightly rubbed on ends of spine and ends of flap folds, else near fine. Protected in mylar. Winner of the 1996 Giller Prize, Italy's 1997 Premio Mondello, and shortlisted for the 1996 Booker Prize. Note: heavy book. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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
- Lindenlea Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000625
- Title
- Alias Grace (signed)
- Author
- Atwood, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 077100835X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771008351
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart Limited
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Canada
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Margaret Atwood
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian; Murder Mystery & Suspense; Historical Fiction;
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