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WELDON**, FAY: : THE CLONING OF JOANNA MAY

LONDON.WILLIAM COLLINS SONS & CO. LTD.,1989.

ISBN 0002233495.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE-/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.These edns are generally believed to be export issues and distributed before the trade release in the country of its origin.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around pale sky blue background with colour pictorial partial jigsaw puzzle with a female face,artwork illustration by Bill Gregory,to front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised bright,crisp,gilt-lettered author name and capitalised black-lettered title,similar lettering to spine/ backstrip,along with black lettered+illustrated publisher colophon to foot of same,rear panel with a black single-line border to author's b/w portrait photograph; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Miniscule and gentle pushing to head+foot of spine/backstrip with reciprocal creases,and very minimal, superficial scoring - without penetration to boards below to either panel.Top+fore-edges with minimal toning for book's age and lifetime but reasonably bright and clean without remarkably, any foxing; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears an unread copy,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered navy blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt lettered spin/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,5-265pp [paginated] includes 55 chapters; plus [unpaginated] blank,half-title+ title pages,title separator page,and to the rear,2pp blanks.  Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/ state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's age.It is only the minimal exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness and would make a welcome addition to author's canon. A sci-fi novel by Fay Weldon.An astonishing novel that probes into the strange world of genetic engineering.  Joanna May thought herself unique, indivisible - until one day, to her hideous shock, she discovered herself to be five: though childless she was a mother; though an only child she was surrounded by sisters young enough to be her daughers - Jane, Julie, Gina and Alice, the clones of Joanna May. How will they withstand the shock of first meeting? And what of the avenging Carl, Joanna's former husband and the clones' creator: will he take revenge for his wife's infidelity and destroy her sisters one by one? In this astonishing novel, Fay Weldon weaves a web of paradox quite awesome in its cunning. Probing into the strange world of genetic engineering, 'The Cloning of Joanna May' raises frightening questions about our identity as individuals - and provides some startling answers. Funny, serious, revolutionary, this is the work of a master storyteller at the height of her powers. Adapted into a two-part television serial for ITV in 1992,directed by Philip Saville.It starred Patricia Hodge and Brian Cox as Joanna and Carl May,with Peter Capaldi as Joanna's doomed lover.It was nominated for a Royal Television Society award for Best Production Design in 1992. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. Buyers in EU countries may be required to pay Import VAT and a handling fee to the courier/mail service on items costing more than 150 Euros (including shipping costs). For items less than 150 Euros to EU buyers,charges may be minimised by opting to pay myself direct,via my account at Paypal.Please contact seller,prior to ordering for more information. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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