The Handmaid's Tale
by Atwood, Margaret (Signed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0771008139
- ISBN 13
- 9780771008139
- Seller
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About This Item
Toronto, Canada: McClelland & Stewart. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771008139 . Signed, without inscription, by Margaret Atwood upon half-title page. True first printing. "Set in the near future in a locale resembling Cambridge Massachusetts, this work describes life in what was once the United States - A Clockwork Orange, as seen by women." - dust jacket. "Winner of the 1985 Governor General's Award and the first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987. Nominated for the 1986 Nebula Award, the 1986 Booker Prize, and the 1987 Prometheus Award. In 2022, 'The Handmaid's Tale' was included on the 'Big Jubilee Read' list of 70 books by Commonwealth authors, selected to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II. Adapted into a 1990 film, a 2000 opera, a 2017 television series, and other media." - Wikipedia. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. Light soiling to fore-edge. Unclipped dust jacket bears one-inch opening to top of back panel and is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality signed first printing example of this increasingly treasured work. Spadoni & Donnelly 3587.; Cover Illustration; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; MAN WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS FICTION CANADIAN FICTIONAL WORKS AUTHOR FANTASY GENERAL LITERARY The Handmaid's Tale signed Gilead; Signed by Author(s) .
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 869h6064
- Title
- The Handmaid's Tale
- Author
- Atwood, Margaret (Signed)
- Illustrator
- Geltner, Gail
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0771008139
- ISBN 13
- 9780771008139
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Canada
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- 0771008139, MAN, Canadian Fiction, Canadian Literature, Margaret Atwood - Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- CANADIAN LITERATURE; Signed;
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