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First UK Edition, First Printing. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) with as called for no statement of reprint to the copyright page A very good plus copy, tight binding, light toning as always, spotting to the fore edge of the text block and end pages in a very good plus jacket which is not price clipped. Very light spotting to the jacket flaps small repair to bottom corner. Bright and not faded. Signed by the author Margaret Atwood to the title page.

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.