Books

Maragret Atwood (1986) The Handmaid s Tale , UK first edition, first printing, published by Jonathan Cape. Signed on the title page by Atwood. Signed on 28 May 2018 at the Hay-on-Wye Literature Festival. We include the original event ticket as provenance. Condition: a near fine book for the harshest of judges in a fine dust jacket. Some usual browning/ ageing to the paper commensurate with age. No previous owners inscriptions. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize; winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award. Adapted as a movie in 1990, and once more as a TV-series starring Elisabeth Moss which won multiple Emmy Awards. An iconic book and the Handmaid s robe used in the global women s rights movement. First and Fine.

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.