Description
First edition, first printing of The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.
Octavo, [8], 311pp, [1]. Gray boards, blue cloth spine, title in silver over cloth. The first edition, first printing, with full number line on copyright page, beginning with “1.” Solid text block. Foxing along leafends, light foxing to cloth spine, internally clean. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $16.95 price on front flap, light foxing to verso, a touch of shelf wear to both panels, a very good example.
