The Ice Age
by Margaret Drabble
ISBN: 0394417909
ISBN-13: 9780394417905
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
Set against what Drabble sees as the spiritual wasteland of British life in the mid-1970s, this is the story of a television producer fighting off ennui who goes into real estate speculation and faces financial ruin. His long-time lover Alison, after a life of devotion to her cerebral palsy-afflicted daughter, finds she no longer has a role. The story is presented in first-person narratives alternating with vignettes of everyday life of the period.
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"[This] remarkably fine book...takes its life from the best traditions of the nineteenth-century novel: elaborate plotting, coincidence, meaningful resolution-and it has a surface vitality that comes from pure, old-fashioned narrative skill....The social context is like Hardy, the interlocking lives she's borrowed from Dickens, the chain of circumstances from Charlotte Bronte." -- Maureen Howard
-- New York Times Book Review
"There are no paper people in Margaret Drabble's books." -- Anne Tyler
-- Washington Post Book World
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 1977
Edition: 1th edition
Pages: 295
Publisher's Notes
In today's England of collapsing economy and stately homes, social unrest and Oxonian order, a BBC editor, a real-estate shark, a roguish young woman, and a middle-aged ex-actress prepare for crucial changes in their lives and reflect one another's transformations.
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The Ice Age
Drabble, Margaret
Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1977 used good. Hard Cover. Good. Book. ( more information)
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The Ice Age
Margaret Drabble
A nice used copy. Pages clear. Cover clear. Softly worn edges and corners. Binding solid and tight. ( more information)
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Margaret Drabble
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Alfred A. Knopf. Hardcover. 0394417909 A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. 1977 Alfred A. Knopf Hard Cover . Very Good. 1977. ( more information)
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Margaret Drabble
Alfred A Knopf. Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information)
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Alfred A. Knopf Inc, 1977 Top pg. edges painted blue, bookstore marks top/bottom. Light fade to edges of book, minimal wear, clean text. . First american Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/Very Good. ( more information)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1977. Copyright 1977. First American edition, stated. Dust jacket has tear at back lower corner, crease in back cover, some edge wear.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Book. ( more information)
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Margaret Drabble
Alfred a Knopf. Used - Good. Ex-library; some wear and library markings. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD ( more information)
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Drabble, Margaret
New York: Knopf, 1977 touch of fading on the extremities on the book,crease on back panel of DJ, 1-inch tear, two small tears, few tiny rubs, small water stain on top edge of book. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine in Mylar. ( more information)
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The Ice Age
Margaret Drabble
Alfred A. Knopf. Hardcover. Good Book shows some signs of wear. Pages are clean but there may be some damage to the cover/spine.. ( more information)
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The Ice Age
Drabble, Margaret
Alfred A. Knopf. Hardcover. 0394417909 Near Fine/Near Fine DJ, First Edtion, Price intact, Not a remainder, only mild shelfwear, Nice copy (Edition:First Edition) All books are packaged with care to protect the corners. Ships same or next bussness day. . Very Good. ( more information)
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The Ice Age: A Novel
Drabble, Margaret
Alfred A. Knopf, 1977 295 pgs. Stated First American Edition. Price intact on DJ flap. VG Condition overall. Some minor edgewear and light shelfwear. Pages are clean and tight. No writing or marking.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information)
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The Ice Age
Drabble, Margaret
New York: Knopf. Very Good/Very Good. 1977. First American Edition. Hard Cover. 0394417909 Very Good in Very Good jacket 22 cm. 295pp. Has light wear. Internally Clean. Lang: English. Vols: 1, Wt: 1lbs. . ( more information)
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Drabble, Margaret
New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1977. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information)
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Drabble, Margaret
Alfred A. Knopf. Hardcover. 0394417909 No dust jacket. Brown cloth spine. Cyan boards. No annotation, underlining, or highlighting found inside. . Good. ( more information)
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The Ice Age
Drabble, Margaret
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Knopf, 1977 Price clipped. 1/8" tear on dj. Very faint crease to corner of first three pages (before title page).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Drabble, Margaret
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Knopf, 1977 Price clipped, clean, crisp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Drabble, Margaret
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Knopf, 1977 No remainder mark, price intact. Clean, no creases, marks, or flaws.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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The Ice Age
Drabble, Margaret
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. In this, her largest and finest novel, her first since the greatly acclaimed The Realms of Gold, "one of the best English novelists writing today" gives us a constellation of English lives, each at a crucial point of change.. 1st American Edition. Half-Cloth. Nr. Fine/Nr. Fine, Brodart Covered. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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The Ice Age
Drabble, Margaret
NY: Knopf, 1977. First American edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. Novel of people at crucial point of change in their lives. Light fading of edges of blue boards, in dj with very slight edgewear. ( more information)
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The Ice Age
Drabble, Margaret
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1977. Near Fine Light Edge Soiling/Near Fine Dust Jacket. First Edition. ISBN:0394417909.. F. Hardcover. ( more information)
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Drabble, Margaret
New York: Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 1977. Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394417909. 8vo; 295 pages; Bottom corners bumped, one to boards; top edge sunned, binding good and tight. Dust wrapper, not price cut, browned at top edge, one closed tear at back. ; Second printing before publication, October 1977. . ( more information)
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Drabble, Margaret
Knopf, 1977. Quarter Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Fourth Printing. Price intact. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN: 0-394-41790-9. 292pp..One of the best English novelists writing today, says the NY Times Book Review, and this book is one of the best of her works..a constellation of English lives, each one at a crucial point of change..includes an interesting actress experimenting with a new romantic relationship; her lover, leaving a BBC job and entering high finance, and others. A fine read. ( more information)
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The ice age / Margaret Drabble
Drabble, Margaret (1939-)
New York : Knopf, 1977. 1st American Edition. Description: 295 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: England--Fiction. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ( more information)
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THE ICE AGE
Drabble, Margaret
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. . First US printing. . Near fine in near fine dust jacket. . Ninth book by a woman who has been called 'one of the best English novelists writing today.' ( more information)
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Ice Age
DRABBLE, Margaret
NY: Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0394417909 . First American edition. Near fine in a very near fine dust jacket. . ( more information)
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The Ice Age
Drabble, Margaret
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. VG/VG, hc, First Edition, 295pp. Fiction.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. ( more information)
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THE ICE AGE
DRABBLE, MARGARET
NY, KNOPF 1977. 1st American edition Hardcover. Fine in Fine dustjacket. In protective glassine. ISBN: 0394417909 ( more information)
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The Ice Age
Drabble, Margaret
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. Hard Cover. Margaret Drabble -- 1st Edition 1st Printing -- VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD -- copy of The Ice Age. 8vo. 295 pp. Stated First American Edition. Quarter-bound in brown cloth over blue boards, with gilt lettering to the spine. The tops of the leaves are stained dark blue. The top edges of the boards are very lightly sunned. There is some mild soiling to the fore-edges of the leaves. The hinges are tight and the textblock is clean. In a crisp, black, white, and blue dust-wrapper that retains the publisher's price of $8.95 on the upper right front flap. The dust-wrapper is toned, and a little crinkled at the extremities, and a tad scratched. A nice copy of Drabble's eighth book. Published by: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977 First edition. ( more information)
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