Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid'sTale. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$17.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 3rd printing. 9.95 BP publisher's price present on the dust jacket or book. Visually checked for defects and deviations -- Found: general edge-wear ~ library discard ~ interior binding crack repaired with tape at the title page ~ binding slightly rolled.
Seller: Muhresell, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$32.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Clean pages. Firm binding. The jacket is price clipped. Third impression, 1986. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging and dust jackets are placed in removable protective covers.
Seller: Bramble Books, Ipswich, United Kingdom
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$38.43 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Black boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Firm square binding, Clean pages. The jacket is not price clipped. Third impression, 1986. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging and dust jackets are placed in removable protective covers.
Seller: Bramble Books, Ipswich, United Kingdom
Margaret Atwood. THE HANDMAID'S TALE [1st UK Edition, 3rd Printing]. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This is a Near Fine, Near Fine 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Some light wear but a very nice clean copy. Original price of £9.95 net intact. Robust shipping.
Seller: Foley & Sons Fine Editions, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1986.
Price: US$48.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Atwood, Margaret. THE HANDMAIDS TALE.. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$61.70 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Solr Books, Skokie, IL, U.S.A.
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale. Jonathan Cape, London, 1986.
Price: US$76.85 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 3rd printing (1986). 324pp. Near Fine/Near Fine copy, pages tanned, price-clipped, now preserved in archival jacket protector
Seller: Object Relations, IOBA, London, United Kingdom
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$83.26 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG/VG- 3rd print 1986 Cape hardback, price-clipped DJ. Small surface nicks to top front edge of jacket, minor surface mark to base of jacket, base of spine pushed in, pages tanned due to paper, unmarked internally. Size: 140\nx 220mm. 324 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Literary Studies: General; ISBN: 0224023489. ISBN/EAN: 9780224023481. Dewey Code: 813/.54. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 087976.
Seller: 84 Charing Cross Road Books, IOBA, Cambridge, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Atwood, Margaret. THE HANDMAID'S TALE.. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$87.17 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Atwood, Margaret. THE HANDMAID'S TALE.. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$88.26 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1986.
Price: US$90.31 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: VG-/Good+ 3rd impression 1986 Cape hardback, unclipped DJ. Booker Price sticker to front. Some inky residue to top rear area of jacket panel, thin strip of water-staining to inside top and bottom edges of jacket, light page tan else VG and unmarked internally. More Atwood available. Size: 140\nx 220mm. 324 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Literary Studies: From C 1900 -; ISBN: 0224023489. ISBN/EAN: 9780224023481. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 080888.
Seller: 84 Charing Cross Road Books, IOBA, Cambridge, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Atwood, Margaret. THE HANDMAID'S TALE.. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$92.88 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In Used Condition
Seller: Byrd Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$95.43 + shipping
Description: VG/VG- 3rd print 1986 Cape hardback, unclipped DJ. Light edge-wear to jacket, outline impressions of previous handwriting visible to front of jacket when held to the light, base of spine bumped, pages tanned due to paper, unmarked internally. Size: 140\nx 220mm. 324 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Literary Studies: General; ISBN: 0224023489. ISBN/EAN: 9780224023481. Dewey Code: 813/.54. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 087977.
Seller: 84 Charing Cross Road Books, IOBA, Cambridge, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Atwood, Margaret. THE HANDMAID'S TALE.. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black boards with gold text.Dust jacket bright, slightly shelf worn. Left bottom spine bumped. Owner name on ffep. Pages tight and browned. First edition, 3rd impression.
Seller: Secret Bookshop, Johannesburg, GAUTE, South Africa
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$108.87 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition second impression from 1986 in near fine condition, there is some toning to page, no internal markings, binding firm, the jacket is in fine condition, please see pics.
Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom
Atwood, Margaret. THE HANDMAID'S TALE.. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$153.30 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Used
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale - UK FIRST EDITION, SECOND PRINTING. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$212.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Excellent, only very minimal signs of wear to the unclipped dust jacket, the book itself is in excellent condition. The book comes with a protective mylar cover. All our books are second hand and as so may have slight wear, creasing or scuffing. They have each been examined and are complete to the best of our knowledge. If you require more detail on condition, please do not hesitate to contact us for additional photos and description.
Seller: Vintage & Modern Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale (1st Edition). Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$224.15 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Firm binding, Small gift inscription to the top of the front end page, otherwise clean pages that have some age toning. The jacket is not price clipped and just has a light stain to the front bottom right corner. Rare 1st impression, 1986. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging and dust jackets are placed in removable protective covers.
Seller: Bramble Books, Ipswich, United Kingdom
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. Jonathan Cape, London, United Kingdom, 1986.
Price: US$296.53 + shipping
Description: Good+/VG- 1st printing 1st ed 1986 Cape hardback, price-clipped DJ, first state jacket with rear blurb beginning with Life Before Man. Pages tanned with some uneven blotches and discoloration due to paper, some age spot patches to lower front of inner flap of DJ, gift note to top of fly-leaf in pen, tight and unmarked throughout, scarce first edition. Size: 140\nx 220mm. 324 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fiction; Literary Studies: General; ISBN: 0224023489. ISBN/EAN: 9780224023481. Dewey Code: 813/.54. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 090640.
Seller: 84 Charing Cross Road Books, IOBA, Cambridge, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale (1st Edition). Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$307.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Firm binding, Clean pages that have a bit of age toning. The jacket is price clipped. Rare 1st impression, 1986. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging and dust jackets are placed in removable protective covers.
Seller: Bramble Books, Ipswich, United Kingdom
Atwood, Margaret. THE HANDMAID'S TALE.. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$318.42 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Atwood, Margaret. THE HANDMAID'S TALE.. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$351.09 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale. jonathan cape, 1986.
Price: US$430.10 + shipping
Description: ** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER ** Go back to where it all began with the dystopian novel behind the award-winning TV series. 'The Handmaid's Tale changed me profoundly, hopefully for the better' Lee Child, Guardian I believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light. Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford - her assigned name, Offred, means 'of Fred'. She has only one function- to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs. Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction. 'A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist', Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other. 1986, First edition, first printing. A near fine copy only marked by light age tanning of the page edges and a previous owners name on the front free endpaper. The d/w is unclipped and also near fine with only very light bumping of the edges. A really lovely copy. Scans available if required. {"length"=>["22"], "width"=>["14"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}
Seller: Barclay Books, York, WA, Australia
ATWOOD, Margaret. The handmaid's tale. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$430.10 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First English edition, boards in jacket. Slight stain from bookseller s price sticker above printed price on flap, otherwise an immaculate copy. We will advise postage costs and delivery times, which will vary from those quoted by Abe.
Seller: Peter Arnold Antiquarian Booksellers, East Prahran, VIC, Australia
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$640.43 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition (1986). First impression. Medium format hardback in very good condition. Scuffing to boards. No internal markings. Pages clean, binding firm. Dust jacket in near fine condition, now in removable protective sleeve. Please see pictures. PayPal accepted, any questions please get in touch.
Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. Jonathan Cape, London, 1986.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: D-j is very lightly soiled.
Seller: Encanto Books, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale First UK Edition. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$698.07 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First UK edition, first impression, published by Jonathan Cape in 1986. Originally published a year earlier in Canada by McClelland & Stewart. The unclipped jacket is crisp and clean, there is a scuff or indentation scratch to the front which is only noticeable when held up to the light. Black covers are fresh, bright gilt lettering to the spine, very slight bumping to the top of the spine, otherwise sharp corners, square, secure binding, clean pages, a little age toned, no inscriptions, a lovely near fine copy.
Seller: Bushido Books, Guildford, United Kingdom
ATWOOD, MARGARET. The Handmaid's Tale. Jonathan Cape 1986, 1986.
Price: US$759.96 + shipping
Description: SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 324pp, VG (light bruising/rubbing to board edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's labels to front flap, light foxing to flaps, minor fading to front cover)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale (First Printing). Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$762.11 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. Near Fine: firm and square binding in sharp black boards; gently pushed to the head of the spine; bright gilt lettering; tanned to the edge of the page block, as is common with this printing (publisher's choice of cheap paper); else, crisp and clean. The correct first-state unclipped dustwrapper (£9.95 net stated) is likewise Near Fine: bright and vibrant; minor wrinkling to the spine tips and upper corners, otherwise excellent; presented in a removable, archival-quality Brodart protective cover. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard.
Seller: Bradhurst Fine Editions, Framlingham, United Kingdom
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$832.56 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Jonathan Cape, 1986 8vo., black publisher's cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, with publisher's device gilt to foot; preserved in the striking unclipped pictorial dust jacket (£9.95 net), with cover illustration by Fred Marcellino, and a black-and-white photograph of the author to the lower flap; pp.[xii], 13-324, a fine copy, essentially, perhaps mildly bumped to head, and pages faintly and evenly toned, as is common; jacket clean and bright, ever-so-slightly creased to the upper edge. First UK edition, originally published in Canada the previous year. This edition becoming increasingly more elusive. A pioneering work of dystopian fiction, The Handmaid's Tale is told from the perspective of Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. In an age of declining birth rates, where women are forced to copulate against their will, and a repressive totalitarian state attempts to eradicate all hope and desire, the novel centers around themes of patriarchal societies, repression, and women's rights. In 2019 a sequel, The Testaments, was released, winning the Booker Prize in conjunction with Benardine Evaristo's Girl, Woman, Other. In 2017, the book was adapted into an award-winning television series starring Elizabeth Moss in the title role, with Atwood serving as consulting producer.
Seller: The Plantagenet King ABA / ILAB, Birchington, KENT, United Kingdom
Atwood, Margaret.. THE HANDMAID'S TALE.. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 1986 Jonathan Cape first UK first printing 1/4 inch tear to bottom of front flap of the jacket, faint ever toning tight binding no marks square corners. Looks and feels unread. ferg Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
ATWOOD Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. , 1986.
Price: US$960.65 + shipping
Description: 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. A near fine copy, some creasing to dust jacket back panel.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale - UK 1st signed. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1986.
Price: US$1120.76 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First UK edition first impression in near fine condition, signed by Margaret Atwood to a bookplate tipped in to the title page. There is toning to the pages, no other markings. There is a hairline ripple to the laminate on the front jacket cover, only visible in a certain light. Please see pics.
Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale [John Fowles' copy]. Jonathan Cape, London, 1986.
Price: US$1275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Third UK printing (same year as the first), bearing the circular blind embossed stamp of author John Fowles. Accompanied by a letter addressed to his wife Elizabeth, on Jonathan Cape letterhead, from publisher Tom Maschler. Light staining to jacket flaps and offsetting from that to free endpapers; not price clipped; light toning to leaves.
Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, Canada
Price: US$1395.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The UK proof copy of Atwood's well known futuristic dystopian novel, the basis for the TV series that debut in 2017. A tale of powerless women in a patriarchal society. The novel won the Governor General's Award in 1985 and the first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987. It was also nominated for the 1986 Nebula and Booker Prize and the 1987 Prometheus Award. This copy with an early trial jacket (a modernist woman in red clutching a handbag) , which was changed entirely for the eventual publication, reportedly due to objections from the author (David Rees 6/97 - Quill and Brush Author Guides). About a VG+ proof in red wrappers with the trial jacket about VG showing lots of edgewear and minor chipping, now with brodart for protection. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 324 pages
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
ATWOOD, Margaret. THE HANDMAID'S TALE. London: Jonathan Cape., 1986.
Price: US$2369.60 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Price: US$2625.77 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Maragret Atwood (1986) The Handmaids 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 Handmaids robe used in the global womens rights movement. First and Fine
Seller: First and Fine, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Atwood on the half-title page: "For Mike - best wishes - Margaret Atwood." A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Presented to an attendee of the event hosted by the directors of Jonathan Cape to celebrate the publication of the novel, with the invitation laid in. A thought provoking novel of lasting relevance and appeal, most recently adapted into the successful television series. Signed copies of first English edition are truly scarce, the present with established provenance.
Seller: Canton Books, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.