The Handmaid’s Tale

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (1985). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 311 pp. Original bone white cloth-covered boards over crimson cloth, spine stamped in white, in original unclipped ($22.95) dust-jacket. Light edge wear, a few nicks, a few closed tears to top panel. A few creases and surface scratches to jacket. Spine mildly faded. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Light wear to edges, corners, particular to spine crown. Light forward lean. Corners bumped, curled. Page edges with light vintage toning. Interior is clean and unmarked.

Dust Jacket: Very Good

Hardcover: Very Good

“The Handmaid's Tale is a futuristic dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood published in 1985. It is set in a near-future New England in a patriarchal, totalitarian theonomic state known as the Republic of Gilead, which has overthrown the United States government. Offred is the central character and narrator and one of the "Handmaids", women who are forcibly assigned to produce children for the "Commanders", who are the ruling class in Gilead. The Handmaid's Tale won the 1985 Governor General's Award and the first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987; it was also nominated for the 1986 Nebula Award, the 1986 Booker Prize, and the 1987 Prometheus Award.“