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Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1985.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, paper to boards. First Edition. Near fine with some rubbing to head and heel of spine and former owner signature to ffp, with erase mark. Dust jacket with very short closed tears at head and heel of spine and some very tiny nicks to edges. Margaret Atwood signature on adhesive bookplate laid in (from publisher).
Seller: Handbook, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$260.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. Custom Clamshell Case (NO BOOK IS INCLUDED) No Binding. First Edition Collector's Clamshell Case. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team. Each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine. THE HANDMAID'S TALE case is finished in black NUBA with a 'sculpted design' of the iconic Handmaid's hood. Red cloth sides and Velour finished interior. Every TBCL case can be finished in a selection of fine leathers & cloths or Nuba® or a combination of both. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Handsome Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. "Books definitely NOT included" When you place your order: Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age or if the edition is covered in Mylar. The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests. Generally over 100 in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included Size can be adapted to soft or hardcover first editions.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1985.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, paper to boards. First Edition. Near fine with some rubbing to head and heel of spine and former owner signature to ffp, with erase mark. Dust jacket with very short closed tears at head and heel of spine and some very tiny nicks to edges. Margaret Atwood signature on sticker laid in (from publisher).
Seller: Handbook, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$758.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Canadian, First Edition, Second Printing copy. Margaret Atwood has signed this copy on the title page. The dust jacket is missing. The book is very good, with square and tight binding, all pages in tact with no corner folds, rubbing to the book margins and spine, as is typical. A very pleasing copy. Images available upon request. Signing event provenance laid in.
Seller: West End Editions, Burlington, ON, Canada
MARGARET ATWOOD. THE HANDMAID'S TALE {SIGNED True 1st Edition}. McClelland & Stewart, 1985.
Price: US$795.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This is the True 1st Edition, 1st Printing. An author-signed bookplate is affixed to the Title Page. A Near Fine book in Very Good unclipped Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Ivory and burgundy coloured cloth boards with titles in ivory. Light to moderate rubbing to the bottom edge (see photos) and a small oval stain in the centre of the bottom edge of the rear board (3 mm). In the complete Dust Jacket with the original price of $22.95 on the front flap. The Jacket has two or three very small chips at head of spine, closed tear to rear panel, with some light to moderate staining as shown in the photos, on front and rear panel. Not perfect, but still a very handsome book, now preserved in a fresh brodart archival jacket protector. Robust shipping.
Seller: Foley & Sons Fine Editions, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland and Stewart, 1985.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine copy in a very good to near fine dust jacket. DJ has two slight tears at the base of the front panel. SIGNED BY MARGARET ATWOOD ON A BOOKPLATE AFFIXED TO THE TITLE PAGE. This is a first edition, first printing. This is a tight, clean copy with no markings of any kind. Little or no discoloration to the base of the spine.
Seller: Arthur Harry Fine Books, MISSISSAUGA, ON, Canada
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland and Stewart, 1985.
Price: US$895.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing; closed tear to bottom edge of rear panel of otherwise bright dust jacket with $22.95 price intact; light wear to spine ends of book; o/w NF/VG+; signed by Margaret Atwood on a book plate that is attached to the front free end paper; pictures available upon request
Seller: Evergreen Books LLC, Lakewood, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$945.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Canadian printing of each book. Issued in 1985 and 2019 respectively. Testaments is signed by Atwood; Handmaid's Tale is not. An excellent example of The Handmaid's Tale, with light spotting to top edge of textblock, a half inch closed tear to rear panel of the unclipped jacket, and only slight rubbing of the burgundy at head and foot of spine. The Testaments is as-new. Jacket of each in a removable archival sleeve.
Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, Canada
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland & Stewart Inc, Toronto, 1985.
Price: US$1200.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. 8vo. 324 pp. Paper boards with the usual visible rubbing to the spine ends, spine ends bumped, with very light bumps to the board corners, and bottom edges, a few microscopic dots to the top edge, clean throughout, the binding tight and square. Dust jacket with light edge-wear, slightly sunned spine, with two short closed tears at the top edge of the rear pane, and light nicking along the top edge of the front cover, but rather nice otherwise. A good clean copy of the first edition, signed by Margaret Atwood on the title-page.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Margaret. Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, Canada, 1985.
Price: US$1549.63 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine Book & Near Fine Jacket, owner gift inscription to FEP,clip , else Fine. Signed with event provenance, First Canadian Edition, First Print No chips or tears , binding square and tight
Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1985.
Price: US$1750.04 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good first edition both signed on the half-title page AND inscribed on the title-page by Margaret Atwood. Binding square and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Some bumping and wear to spine ends. Pages 189 to 218 creased due to a binding flaw. Near fine jacket. Not price-clipped. Slight creasing to top of front fold, minor bumping to spine ends. No tears of any kind. Overall an intriguing first edition both signed AND inscribed by Margaret Atwood.
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books , Toronto, ON, Canada
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1985.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Canadian edition, first printing. Signed by Atwood on half title. 324 pp. Bound in publisher's priginal two-toned beige and red cloth with spine lettered in white. Near Fine with trivial wear to spine ends, pages lightly tanned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with slight edge wear, slight fading to the spine and a short closed tear at the top edge of the front panel. A very nice signed copy of the uncommon Canadian first edition (preceding all others) of the Canadian author's best-known work, a dystopian novel recently adapted into a critically-acclaimed TV show.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A FINE copy of the FIRST CANADIAN EDITION. FIRST PRINTING. In FINE, unclipped jacket. SIGNED by MARGARET ATWOOD on the title page. INCREASINGLY SCARCE SIGNED .
Seller: Libris Redux, Dundas, ON, Canada
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland and Stewart, 1985.
Price: US$2100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Canadian Edition (True First); A Near Fine book in a Very Good or better dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to the half title page. An exceptional copy of this novel, critically acclaimed and now basis for the extraordinary mini-series; scarce in the first Canadian and signed by Ms. Atwood. This copy is in near fine condition with only slight rubbing to the spine ends, else fine; housed in a clean, crisp and bright very good dust jacket that shows only light rubbing at the spine ends, mild sunning to the spine, and one small closed tear to the spine head, repaired with one piece of tape to the verso (invisible externally). Overall, a beautiful copy of a novel some already consider a classic, and perhaps Atwood's best of her long and prolific career. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA, Tomball, TX, U.S.A.
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland and Stewart, 1985.
Price: US$2200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A superb copy of the first edition of Atwood's most highly lauded novel, inscribed to previous owner on title page. This copy is fine with very little of the typical rubbing to spine ends and whose jacket is complete without the all too often chipped edges that is idiosyncratic of this edition, just a couple very short and discreet tears to top edge. Octavo in cream coloured boards, rust coloured spine strip, 324 pages, Gail Geltner Jacket. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box.
Seller: The Great Catsby's Rare Books, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1985.
Price: US$2207.85 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: "Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1985. Couverture rigide, 324 pp. Reliure de l?éditeur avec jaquette. Légers frottements sur les coiffes. ÉDITION ORIGINALE ET PREMIER ÉTAT de ce roman décrit par l'éditeur comme un "Orange mécanique au féminin". Le prix de $22.95 bien présent sur la jaquette. ENVOI AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉ de l'auteur : "To Patrick best wishes Margaret Atwood" The Handmaid's Tale fut récompensé par le Governor General's Award et obtint le premier prix Arthur C. Clarke. Adapté au cinéma en 1990 puis à l'opéra en 2000, il inspira en 2017 une série télévisée. Bel exemplaire."
Seller: Librairie le pas sage, PARIS, France
Margaret Atwood. THE HANDMAID'S TALE Signed. McClelland and Stewart, New York, 1985.
Price: US$2488.95 + shipping
Description: Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Faint bump on top text block edge. ; Signed by Margaret Atwood on half title page. ; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.2 inches; Signed by Author.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2805.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine, FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING copy of the Handmaid's Tale, signed by Margaret Atwood on the title page. The book is in overall fine condition. Signing event provenance laid in. A signed Canadian First Edition and First Printing of the Testaments is also included; ISBN sticker on the back denotes this book as the true signed Canadian First Printing - 9781773936291.
Seller: West End Editions, Burlington, ON, Canada
Price: US$2885.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING copy, signed by Margaret Atwood on the title page. The dust jacket has one bump to the top edge with short tear and minor bumping to bottom edge at the spine, as is typical. The book appears to have had a sticker removed from the front end paper. (++ Also included with this listing is an index card signed by Margaret Atwood, with a passage written from Chapter 18, Page 113 of the book, ".nobody dies from lack of sex." Also included is a signed, Canadian, First Edition and FirstPrinting copy of The Testaments. Signed on the front end paper by Margaret Atwood. AS NEW; ISBN - 9781773936291). A very unique a collectible set of The Handmaid's Tale and sequel. Signing event provenance is included.
Seller: West End Editions, Burlington, ON, Canada
ATWOOD, Margaret.. The Handmaid's Tale.. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1985, 1985.
Price: US$2905.73 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author on the half-title "For Salli - with best wishes - Margaret Atwood". The Handmaid's Tale won the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1985. This Canadian edition precedes all others. The work has secured Atwood's place as one of the most prominent writers of the 20th century. Her choice to construct Gilead - the setting of the book - from real-world events has sustained its relevance across decades, finding new readers and fuelling academic debates. Atwood later explained that, while writing the novel, "I made a rule for myself: I would not include anything that human beings had not already done in some other place or time, or for which the technology did not already exist. I did not wish to be accused of dark, twisted inventions, or of misrepresenting the human potential for deplorable behaviour". The novel has been adapted into a film (1990), an opera (2000), and a highly popular and influential television series (2017). "Margaret Atwood on How She Came to Write the Handmaid's Tale", Literary Hub, 25 April 2018, accessible online. Octavo. Original red and cream boards, spine lettered in cream, red coated endpapers. With dust jacket. Spine ends lightly bumped and rubbed; dust jacket unclipped, a couple of nicks and one short closed tear to spine: a near-fine copy in near-fine jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Atwood, Margaret (Signed). The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, Canada, 1985.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed, without inscription, by Margaret Atwood upon half-title page. True first printing. "Set in the near future in a locale resembling Cambridge Massachusetts, this work describes life in what was once the United States - A Clockwork Orange, as seen by women." - dust jacket. "Winner of the 1985 Governor General's Award and the first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987. Nominated for the 1986 Nebula Award, the 1986 Booker Prize, and the 1987 Prometheus Award. In 2022, 'The Handmaid's Tale' was included on the 'Big Jubilee Read' list of 70 books by Commonwealth authors, selected to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II. Adapted into a 1990 film, a 2000 opera, a 2017 television series, and other media." - Wikipedia. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. Light soiling to fore-edge. Unclipped dust jacket bears one-inch opening to top of back panel and is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality signed first printing example of this increasingly treasured work. Spadoni & Donnelly 3587.; Cover Illustration; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; MAN WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS FICTION CANADIAN FICTIONAL WORKS AUTHOR FANTASY GENERAL LITERARY The Handmaid's Tale signed Gilead; Signed by Author(s)
Seller: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland and Stewart, 1985.
Price: US$3551.45 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Canadian edition, first impression (McClelland and Stewart, 1985). Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title: 'For Nancy - Best Wishes - Margaret Atwood'. Featuring striking dust jacket artwork by Tad Aronowicz. The true first edition, preceding that of the UK and the US. Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and more recently adapted into a successful TV series. Quarter-bound in maroon cloth with cream boards and white lettering to spine. A fine and clean copy with some of the seemingly always present rubbing to the spine ends. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a nick to spine foot, but is otherwise beautifully crisp and sharp. A uniquely superior example of a classic of dystopian fiction.
Seller: Fine Book Cellar Ltd. ABA ILAB PBFA, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Price: US$3805.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This listing includes theTrue first edition from 1985 by McClelland and Stewart (signed by Margaret Atwood on the title page - fine/fine), The Graphic Novel (McClelland and Stewart ISBN 9780771006845, signed by Margaret Atwood and Illustrator Renee Nault - AS NEW first printing), the Indigo Exclusive release (ISBN 9780771004704, signed by Margaret Atwood on the title page) and the first edition and first printing of the TV Series - Tie In Edition released in 2017 by Emblem (McClelland and Stewart; signed by Margaret Atwood on the title page - softcover). Images of the set are available upon request. A one of a kind collection of Canadian publications of The Handmaid's Tale. Scarce.
Seller: West End Editions, Burlington, ON, Canada