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Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale - UK 1st signed. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1986.
Price: US$1130.01 + 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. Jonathan Cape, London, United Kingdom, 1986.
Price: US$1766.28 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK Edition, First Printing. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) with as called for no statement of reprint to the copyright page A very good plus copy, tight binding, light toning as always, spotting to the fore edge of the text block and end pages in a very good plus jacket which is not price clipped. Very light spotting to the jacket flaps small repair to bottom corner. Bright and not faded. Signed by the author Margaret Atwood to the title page
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
ATWOOD, Margaret. THE HANDMAID'S TALE. London: Jonathan Cape., 1986.
Price: US$2389.15 + 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
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale. Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author 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 a successful television series in 2017. Signed copies of first English edition are scarce.
Seller: Canton Books, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$2647.44 + 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