London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. Hardcover. 8vo. 8vo. 301p. Blue boards, gilt lettered spine with very light bumping to the spine ends and one corner. Very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Margaret Atwood on the title page. First British Edition. More
The Drill Hall, United Kingdom: Hay Festival Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 12mo. 54p. Green cloth with gilt lettered spine and paper label to front board. From an edition of 1,000 copies. This copy not 1/100 signed by Atwood. Collects 9 short stories, including Nightingale which was published separately..... More
Toronto: House of Anansi, 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. 8vo. 80p. [2], [1]. White lettered and decorated black cloth in black cloth slipcase. Light scuffing to rear board and a small paper scar to rear red endpaper, with some faint discoloration/tanning to the margins of the half-title, but otherwise in fine condition..... More
Toronto: House of Anansi, 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. 8vo. 80p. [2], [1]. White lettered and decorated black cloth in black cloth slipcase. Signed by Atwood on the half-title but this copy not numbered. The first Anansi Press edition and second printing overall. Very near fine copy. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 240p. Brown boards with gilt spine lettering. Dust jacket sunned else fine. Signed by Atwood on the title-page. Nice clean and tight copy. More
Toronto: Hawkshead Press, 1961. First Edition. Softcover. [170 x 130 mm] Original illustrated card covers designed by Margaret Atwood. The author's first book of poetry. The text block stapled, then glued in at the spine, detached here from the poor glue used and left as is in its original state..... More
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy boards, spine gilt lettered. Spine ends bumped and the front board corners bumped and a little wrinkled, with a few little spots of foxing to the top edge, else clean throughout and the binding tight and square. Dust jacket..... More
Concord, New Hampshire: William B. Ewert, 1982. Soft cover. 8vo. 16p. [2] blank, [1] colophon. Marbled paper dust jacket over stitched white covers. "This edition of Encounters with the Element Man is limited to 160 copies. It is set in Weiss type and printed letterpress on Mohawk Ticonderoga Text, laid..... More
Concord, New Hampshire: William B. Ewert, 1982. Hardcover. 8vo. 16p. [2] blank, [1] colophon. Quarter blue cloth over marbled paper boards, with spine lettering in gilt. "This edition of Encounters with the Element Man is limited to 160 copies. It is set in Weiss type and printed letterpress on Mohawk..... More
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 8vo. 324 pp. Paper boards with the usual visible rubbing to the spine ends, spine ends bumped, with lightly bumped corners, one corner with a light tear in the paper board. Faint splash visible to the text block fore-edge, not..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. A group of books, mostly first editions, in various languages, all signed by the author. Lot includes: Icelandic hardcover (1st), Finnish hardcover (1st), two Norweigan hardcovers (1st and 1990), Swedish hardcover (1st) and soft cover (1st), Danish softcover (1st), Hebrew softcover (?), two Dutch soft covers (1st..... More
Helsinki: Eurographica, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. 101p. [1] blank, [1] colophon. Plain paper covers in blue paper dust jacket with black lettering. Contemporary Authors in Signed Limited Editions series. No. 21 in the series of books. This book, edited by Rolando Pieraccini, has been printed in 350 copies by..... More
Toronto: The Walrus/Coach House Press, 2012. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. 31p. [1] colophon. Softcover. Published by The Walrus Foundation. The story first appeared in the July/August 2012 edition of the Walrus magazine, as part of a collection of three stories. Printed in a an edition of 2,000 copies. Fine copy..... More
Toronto: Signal/ McClelland and Stewart, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 8vo. 255p. Blue boards with metallic red spine lettering. Very near fine copy in like dust jacket. One of approximately 300 copies printed on "Second Harvest" paper, paper that is made from the leftover straw "after the grain harvest and..... More
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 8vo. 345p. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Light bumping to the spine head, else a fine, tight copy in a scuffed and lightly edge-worn dust jacket with a couple of short closed tears. Signed by Atwood on the title-page. More
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1979. First Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. 317 pp. Advance reading copy "Special Preview Edition" bound in white coloured card covers. Signed by both the author and the publisher (Jack McClelland) on half-title page. Loosely inserted is a xeroxed letter from the publisher. Extremities nicked in a...... More
Harbourfront Reading Series, 2000. Hardcover. 12mo. 15p. Chapbook 12 in the Harbourfront Reading Series. Staple-bound. This is Roman numeral copy XXV of 39, from a handbound hardcover edition of 75. Published in 3 editions totaling 556 copies. Signed by Atwood with a limited-edition print by the author. Fine copy... More
Toronto: Salamander Press, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Slim 4to. 31p. [1] colophon. Bound in the "Chinese Style" with string bound spine. Designed and printed by Glenn Goluska at The Nightshade Press, 1981. Handbound by Anne Goluska using Curtis Linen Cover and Multicolor endpapers. Previously published partially in The Canadian Forum..... More
Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth over navy coloured cloth boards with silver and metallic red lettering to the front board and spine. Specially bound edition, numbered and signed by Atwood, limited to 200 copies, this is no. 122. Very near fine copy..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Small Octavo. 8vo. 56p. Quarter light blue boards over dark blue with silver spine lettering. Spine of boards a little sunned and faded at the spine ends, else clean and unmarked in a very near fine dust jacket, save for some..... More
Boston: Atlantic Little Brown, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Slim 8vo. 79p. Reddish cloth with gilt spine lettering. Spine ends very light bumped, dust jacket with a crease to the front flap and light nicks to the spine ends and light scuffing to the rear cover. Signed by Margaret Atwood..... More
Toronto: Salamander Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark green paper boards bound accordion style. Hand bound by Anne Goluska, designed and printed by Glenn Goluska at The Nightshade Press in Toronto, 1983. Limited to 100 copies of which this is No. 52. Hand numbered and signed by Atwood. The boards..... More
New York: Nan A. Talese, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 273p. Quarter grey spine over olive green boards, spine lettered in silver. Light bumping to the spine ends and very light bump to one corner else a crisp and tight copy in a fine dust jacket. First American edition. Signed..... More
New York: Nan A. Talese, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 419p. Blue boards with silver spine lettering. Very light scuff and faint ink mark to the front board, with a very lightly bumped spine head, else a clean and tight copy in a near fine dust jacket. Signed First Edition..... More
