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Poor Things: Episodes from the Early Life of Archibald McCandless M.D. Scottish Public Health Officer - Hardcover
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The lives of two doctors become hopelessly entangled with a woman who was created by one of them, in a freewheeling novel set in nineteenth-century Glasgow and the Mediterranean. 15,000 first printing.
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Review
"It wouldn't be an exaggeration to hail Alasdair Gray as one of Scotlands greatest living novelists." -- The List Festival Guide 9-15th August 2001
"The greatest Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott" -- Anthony Burgess
'A marvellous, endearing book ... a virtuoso feat of literary ventriloquism' -- New Statesman and Society
'The greatest Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott' -- Anthony Burgess
'This work of inspired lunacy effectively skewers class snobbery, British imperialism, prudishness and the tenets of received wisdom' -- Publishers Weekly
'Witty and delightfully written' -- New York Times Book Review
About the Author
Alasdair Gray won the the Whitbread and Guardian Awards for POOR THINGS. He is also the author of THE BOOK OF PREFACES, the story-collection, TEN TALES TALL AND TRUE, and the groundbreaking modern classic, LANARK.
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Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1992
ISBN 10: 0151730768
ISBN 13: 9780151730766
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First U.S. Edition with B C D E letter line denoting second printing attractive blue cloth with silver lettering and decoration feels new has remainder mark on bottom edge ow near fine dj is fine and unclipped. Seller Inventory # wfh1137
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Poor Things
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ISBN 10: 0151730768
ISBN 13: 9780151730766
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The book that inspired the much acclaimed film. First United States edition stated with full letter sequence ABCDE denoting First Printing. In blue decorative cloth with silver foil to type and design motif. Sharp corners, clean interior and solid binding. Just remainder mark to bottom page ends. Jacket is unclipped ($21.95) with fading to spine and 4 inch horizontal razor cut across middle of front panel. 1st Printing. Seller Inventory # LPB009325AG
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Poor Things: Episodes from the Early Life of Archibald McCandless M.D. Scottish Public Health Officer
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear consistent with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light staining and smudging across jacket. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and page block edges. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Seller Inventory # 3574616287
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Poor Things: Episodes From the Early Life of Archibald McCandless M.D. Scottish Public Health Officer
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, New York, 1992
ISBN 10: 0151730768
ISBN 13: 9780151730766
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Octavo - VG+/NF - Blue cloth covered boards and spine with shiny silver foil lettering and artwork across most of the spine and both boards. Book has a slight bumping at the head and tail of the spine. Violet endpapers. The free front endpaper has a vertical crease that runs from the upper edge to the lower about two inches in from the outside edge. Binding is straight and tight. Short black publisher's remainder mark on the lower edge of the textblock - pages are otherwise all clean, white, and crisp. 317 pages. Illustrations here and there throughout. Dust Jacket - has just the faintest trace of rubbing at the tail of the spine and at the extreme tips of the outside corners - jacket is otherwise clean, bright, and sharp. Basis for the 2023 Yorgos Lanthimos film of the same title. Seller Inventory # 013745
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Poor Things
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ISBN 10: 0151730768
ISBN 13: 9780151730766
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The book that inspired the much acclaimed film. First United States edition stated with full letter sequence ABCDE denoting First Printing. In blue decorative cloth with silver foil to type and design motif. Very light ding to bottom of front board. Sharp corners, clean interior and solid binding. Some faint spotting and smudges to page ends. Jacket is unclipped ($21.95) with a few shallow scratches to top of rear panel and some spots with some faint smudge to inside of jacket- otherwise, little wear. 1st Printing. Seller Inventory # LPB008833AG
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Poor Things
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Alasdair Gray. Poor Things. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1992, 1st. U.S. edition, 1st. printing, xvi, 317 pp., (ii). *** A seemingly authentic Victorian novel of the 1880's, written in the last decade of the 20th. century. It contains eccentric characters, cutting-edge forbidden scientific experiments, the creation of a loving woman from human remains, and psychological melodrama. With numerous full-page and text illustrations of persons and anatomical parts in 19th. century drawing style. The color illustrated dust jacket (not price clipped) by the author is in a clear protective cover. This book is in my inventory and the images are of this particular item. *** Dark blue pictorial cloth boards and spine. Remainder mark on bottom of text block. Book is Near Fine in Fine jacket. *** 9.5 inches tall by 6.5 inches. Seller Inventory # 2399
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Poor Things: Episodes from the Early Life of Archibald McCandless M.D. Scottish Public Health Officer
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. A very good hardcover in a very good dust jacket. Publisher's marking on bottom edge of textblock. No markings in text. Seller Inventory # mon0000726438
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ISBN 10: 0151730768
ISBN 13: 9780151730766
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8vo Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st American Edition, Second printing. 317p. Inspiration for critically acclaimed film. First American Edition, second printing. Number line reads B C D E. Bound in full blue cloth over boards with decorative silver foil design. Binding is square and tight. Remainder marked. Minor wear around cover edges. Bit of dust soiling and minor pest damage around text block.Tiny chip on page 129/130 as pictured. Jacket is unclipped with crushed edges and half torn sticker on rear panel over ISBN. Seller Inventory # 102459
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Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition THUS. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. CLEAN COVER AND CONTENT PAGES. New protective mylar applied to dust jacket before shipping. See photos for more information. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Seller Inventory # 1767580341