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.” Slight lean to text block, faint sunning along edges, very good condition.
In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $16.95 price on front flap, heavily shelf worn, short closed tear to top edge of spine. A very good example.
