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This is the True 1st Edition, 1st Printing. An author-signed bookplate is affixed to the Title Page. A Near Fine book in Very Good unclipped Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Ivory and burgundy coloured cloth boards with titles in ivory. Light to moderate rubbing to the bottom edge (see photos) and a small oval stain in the centre of the bottom edge of the rear board (3 mm). In the complete Dust Jacket with the original price of $22.95 on the front flap. The Jacket has two or three very small chips at head of spine, closed tear to rear panel, with some light to moderate staining as shown in the photos, on front and rear panel. Not perfect, but still a very handsome book, now preserved in a fresh brodart archival jacket protector. Robust shipping.

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.