Description:
Book not issued with dust jacket. Neon-green boards with white and silver writing on spine; images of flowers, a woman's hat, painting tube, and bells embossed on front board in silver. Silver bookmark sewn into binding; top and bottom of book spine rumpled. Book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.Bloomsbury First Edition, First Printing as indicated by no other printings or years listed on copyright page. Part of the Bloomsbury Set, a set of seven special edition hardbacks to celebrate the 70th birthday of Margaret Atwood," now out of print.Atwood's novel about "fictional painter Elaine Risley, who vividly reflects on her childhood and teenage years". Hardcover not issued with dust jacket so it cannot be protected by archival Mylar cover.