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First UK edition. 8vo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in silver, dust jacket. London, Jonathan Cape. First edition of Margaret Atwood's famous dystopian novel, set in a world where women are subjugated in a patriarchal society which controls every facet of their lives and bodies. Winner of the 1987 Arthur C. Clarke awards. A near fine copy, some creasing to dust jacket back panel.

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.