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Beautiful signed first U.S. printing of Atwood's dystopian classic with the promotional bookcard signed as well. 8vo, 311pp. Signed by Atwood on the title page. Blue cloth backed gray paper boards in illustrated jacket. Promotional book card additionally signed by Atwood and laid in. Fine in fine jacket.

The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, first published in 1985. It is set in a near-future New England, in a totalitarian state resembling a theonomy that has overthrown the United States government. The novel focuses on the journey of the handmaid Offred, her life in this regime, and her role in society to produce children against her will.