Bloomsbury, London, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 378 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages are lightly toned throughout. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Edges browned slightly. The book has been read and it may have some creases but is sound overall. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. Pigs might not fly but they are strangely altered. So, for that matter, are wolves and racoons. A man, once named Jimmy, lives in a tree, wrapped in old bedsheets, now calls himself Snowman. The voice of Oryx, the woman he loved, teasingly haunts him. And the green-eyed Children of Crake are, for some reason, his responsibility.'In Jimmy, Atwood has created a great character: a tragic-comic artist of the future, part buffoon, part Orpheus. An adman who's a sad man; a jealous lover who's in perpetual mourning; a fantasist who can only remember the past' Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Canada; ISBN: 0747562598. ISBN/EAN: 9780747562597. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10034. . 9780747562597
First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 378 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages are lightly toned throughout. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Edges browned slightly. The book has been read and it may have some creases but is sound overall. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post. Pigs might not fly but they are strangely altered. So, for that matter, are wolves and racoons. A man, once named Jimmy, lives in a tree, wrapped in old bedsheets, now calls himself Snowman. The voice of Oryx, the woman he loved, teasingly haunts him. And the green-eyed Children of Crake are, for some reason, his responsibility.'In Jimmy, Atwood has created a great character: a tragic-comic artist of the future, part buffoon, part Orpheus. An adman who's a sad man; a jealous lover who's in perpetual mourning; a fantasist who can only remember the past' Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Canada; ISBN: 0747562598. ISBN/EAN: 9780747562597. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10034.
London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2003. 378 pages,. With ribbon page marker. Illustrated boards in dust-jacket.. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
Very good, green ills: boards & dark brown end papers, unclipped, green ribboned bookmark ,tanned edges ( photo ), bubble wrapped, mylar pro:5* seller. Oryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friend, Crake, and the beautiful and elusive Oryx whom they both loved.
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2003. first impression, Price clippped , brown pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
First printing. Well bound in illustrated boards. Spine ends and corners are all very good. Text pages are all very good with no markings or inscriptions, just some slight toning to closed edges. Dust jacket is unclipped with just some slight shelf wear. Dispatched same or next working day, in protective packaging.
First Edition with stated first published in Great Britain 2003, first printing with full number line in near fine / very good condition. The pages are clean and crisp with a tiny bit of tanning at the edges, but no bent corners. Green silk page ribbon is in very good condition. Pictorial boards are solid, and the spine is square and tight. Issued with alternate/ original cover art, and the dust jacket has minor shelf wear. Attractive book with minimal signs of use an unclipped dust jacket, and no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury. Hardback Oryx and Crake.Margaret Atwood, Pigs might not fly but they are strangely altered. So, for that matter, are wolves and racoons. A man, once named Jimmy, lives in a tree, wrapped in old bedsheets, now calls himself Snowman. The voice of Oryx, the woman he loved, teasingly haunts him. And the green-eyed Children of Crake are, for some reason, his responsibility. 'In Jimmy, Atwood has created a great character: a tragic-comic artist of the future, part buffoon, part Orpheus. An adman who's a sad man; a jealous lover who's in perpetual mourning; a fantasist who can only remember the past' - Independent 'Gripping and remarkably imagined' Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2003, this gripping and remarkable futuristic novel is set in a world which is devastated in the wake of ecological and scientific disaster. Review and feature coverage across national press. "Atwood at her best - dark, dry, scabrously witty, yet moving and studded with flashes of pure poetry" "Independent"(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 2003.
London, UK: Bloomsbury Pub Ltd. First edition. First printing. 400pp. Some tanning to text block and bumps to spine and dust jacket. A lovely copy. OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2003.
First edition. First printing. 400pp. Some tanning to text block and bumps to spine and dust jacket. A lovely copy. OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING.
Pictorial green boards. The publisher's silk bookmark is bound in. With the complete number line. There are bumps to the spine ends. There is a bump to the lower page fore edges that affects ten pages. The dust jacket has only very minor wear. Without chips or tears. Not price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 400 pages
First published in Great Britain in 2003 stated with complete number line. 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 Book; binding tight, boards straight and clean; minor bump to top corner with modest soiling and toning to edges else text free of marks, appears barely read. Dust jacket (L16.99) has mild bumping to top and bottom edges. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.
Publisher: Bloomsbury, 2003 (London). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover is in near-fine condition (indentation mark on the top of the text block, bumped on the top and bottom of the spine and on the top and bottom corners of the front cover). Dust jacket is in near-fine condition (minor edge wear at the top of the spine). Brodart protected. 378 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Attached is a sewn-in green silk page-marker. Snowman's sleeping in a tree, wearing a dirty old bed sheet, mourning the loss of his beautiful and beloved Oryx and his best friend Crake, and slowly starving to death. Earlier, his life was one of comparative privilege. How did everything fall apart so quickly? Was he himself in any way responsible? Why is he left alone with his bizarre memories?
First Edition with stated first published in Great Britain 2003, first printing with full number line in near fine / very good condition. The pages are clean and crisp with a tiny bit of tanning at the edges, but no bent corners. Green silk page ribbon is in very good condition. Pictorial boards are solid, and the spine is square and tight. Issued with alternate/ original cover art, and the dust jacket has minor shelf wear. Attractive book with minimal signs of use an unclipped dust jacket, and no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
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