Very clean first edition. Hard to beat for its age. No marks, no dogears, guaranteed first US print, including number line down to 1. NOT a book club edition. With dust jacket, housed in mylar since purchase it appears. Slightest of sun fading to back of jacket but not drastic at all. Spine is crisp and clean, boards display little to no shelfwear. Truly a lovely copy. Priced competetively! Photos available on request! I am new to Biblio but have sold books online and in brick and mortar contexts, as well as records, films, and other paper goods/media/ephemera for nearly 20 years, always happy to work with customers and I strive to satisfy no matter what!

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The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopian novel written by Margaret Atwood in 1985. It depicts a totalitarian world known as Gilead, portraying the subjection of women in a patriarchal society. The near-future New England setting illustrates a bleak portrayal of the world after the United States is overthrown by a fundamentalist group. Society is reorganized by the regime using a peculiar interpretation of some Old Testament ideas, and a new militarized, hierarchical model of social and religious fanaticism among its newly created social classes. The novel follows the story of a young woman, Offred, who struggles to maintain her identity. It depicts the rebellion of the women in her social class as their ability to read, write, own property, or handle money are lost. Most significantly, women are deprived of control over their own reproductive functions. The Handmaid's Tale was nominated for the first-ever Man Booker International Prize representing the best writers in contemporary fiction. Margaret Atwood is the author of more than 35 internationally acclaimed works of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. Her numerous awards include the Governor General’s Award for The Handmaid’s Tale , and The Giller Prize and Italian Premio Mondello for Alias Grace . The Handmaid’s Tale , Cat’s Eye , Alias Grace , and Oryx and Crake were all shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, which she won with The Blind Assassin . She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and has been awarded the Norwegian Order of Literary Merit and the French Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres among many others; she is a Foreign Honorary Member for Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in Toronto.

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Bookseller: Madrone Records and Books LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: Madrone10
Title: The Handmaid's Tale
Author: Margaret Atwood
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition: Very Good+
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0395404258
ISBN 13: 9780395404256
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (hmh)
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1986

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