Survival by Margaret Atwood - 1972

House of Anansi Press, 1972. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text.

House of Anansi Press, 1972. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Anansi, 1972. 1ST. SOFTCOVER. GOOD. Publisher ‏ : ‎ Anansi; First Edition (January 1, 1972) Language ‏ : ‎ English Paperback ‏ : ‎ 287 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0887847137 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0887847134 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces When first published in 1972, Survival was considered the most startling book ever written about Canadian literature. Since then, it has continued to be read and taught, and it continues to shape the way Canadians look at themselves. Distinguished, provocative, and written in effervescent, compulsively readable prose, Survival is simultaneously a book of criticism, a manifesto, and a collection of personal and subversive remarks. Margaret Atwood begins by "What have been the central preoccupations of our poetry and fiction?" "Her answer is survival and victims." Atwood applies this thesis in twelve brilliant, witty, and impassioned chapters; from Moodie to MacLennan to Blais, from Pratt to Purdy to Gibson, she lights up familiar… Read More

Anansi, 1972. Paperback. Good.

Anansi, 1972. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 287 Pages, Dust Jacket A Bit Edge Worn O/W Sound..

Anansi. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 0887847137 . Stiff unmarked book with slightly dusty top edge; in bright dust jacket. .

Toronto: Anansi, 1972. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black hard covers in dust jacket. Owner's name. Jacket worn at edges, now protected in removable archival mylar sleeve. Index. A sound copy, very neat..

Anansi, 1972. First Edition. Paperback. Like New/Very Good. 7x5x0. First printing with number line to 1. The author's first nonfiction book. Black boards with red spine titles, near fine with lightly bumped spine foot. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good in Mylar with light edgewear. The first 33 pages have a very faint dent throughout, but without puncturing pages and no text rendered illegible. A few light spots of staining to the fore-edge of the textblock; prior owner's gift inscription neatly penned to bottom of FFEP. Pages else clean, text bright and unmarked.

Toronto: Anansi, 1972 First printing, second issue jacket with reviews, plain black cloth boards with red lettering on spine. Jacket rubbed at tips and edges, lightly tanned else fine. In archival wraps.

Toronto: Anansi, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. 287 p. 21 cm. Black cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. A little wear and soiling to jacket.