The Handmaid's Tale
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1985.
First Canadian edition, first printing. Signed by Margaret Atwood on half title and inscribed to the former owner. 324 pp. Bound in publisher's two-toned beige and red cloth-affect with spine lettered in white. Very Good with wear to spine ends, bumping to top corner of upper board and light soiling to cloth. Stain to fore edge and bottom edge of textblock intruding into some early margins. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with faint fading to spine panel, tears to edges. Light toning and tape repair at bottom edge of front panel at verso. The Canadian author's best-known work, a dystopian novel recently adapted into a critically-acclaimed TV show. Item #140947560
Price: $1,250