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First UK edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Fred Marcellino illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents, with toning to the paper-stock are otherwise clean throughout without previous owner's marks. Complete with the lightly creased dustwrapper that is otherwise without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (�9.95 to the lower front flap). Inscribed by the author in red ink on the half title "For Amanda / with best wishes - / Margaret Atwood". Winner of the first Arthur C. Clarke Award, shortlisted for The Booker Prize and nominated for the 1986 Nebula Award, Atwood's futuristic feminist dystopian novel has been the basis for film and Emmy Award winning screen adaptations. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

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.