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The Edible Woman
by Atwood, Margaret
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- very good
- Signed
- First
- Condition
- very good
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Calgary, Alberta
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1969. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. 281pp. Octavo. Original Maroon cloth, with gilt lettering on spine. Some light bumping to long edge of front board and ends of spine. Mild discolouration to top right corner of front board. A small, light stain on front attached endpaper. Clean, tight text block. In dust jacket, not price clipped with some mild professional restoration done to top and bottom of Dust Jacket. Some light wear and rubbing around edges and spine, with some small closed tears, creasing and light discolouration. A lovely copy. very good Signed by the author on the title page in black ink. The first novel by the two time Governor General's Award winner. A rare first edition of a strong protofeminist novel. 1969
Synopsis
The Edible Woman, a 1969 novel that helped to establish Margaret Atwood as a prose writer of major significance, is the story of a young woman whose sane, structured, consumer-oriented world suddenly slips strangely out of focus. Following her engagement, Marian feels her body and her self are becoming separated. As Marian begins endowing food with human qualities that cause her to identify with it, she finds herself unable to eat, repelled by metaphorical cannibalism.
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Details
- book dealer
- Aquila Books
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- Bookseller’s Inventory #
- 131828
- Title
- The Edible Woman
- Author
- Atwood, Margaret
- Format/binding
- Undetermined
- Book condition
- second hand - very good
- Quantity available
- 1
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart Limited
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Canadian Fiction|Canadian Literature|Atwood, Margaret|Can Lit|Margaret Atwood|Signed
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- Cloth
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- jacket
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- title page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the... [more]
- edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a... [more]
- First Edition
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- spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf.... [more]
- octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing... [more]
- price clipped
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- text block
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- tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- gilt
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