1985 Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale - 1st Canadian Ed.

Description: Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale. Toronto, Canada: Published by McClelland and Stewart Limited. First Canadian Edition, First Printing, 1985, original dust jacket, includes poem: Variation on the Word Sleep with Margaret Atwood's signature (Poem measures 12.25 x 5.75"), 324 pp, 9.25 x 6.25". In good condition. Dust jacket exhibits very minimal wear to edges & hinges, but otherwise clean, bright, and unclipped. Cream and red cloth boards are also lightly scuffed at edges & corners. Painted lettering on spine bright and clean. Head and tail of spine bumped. Very light tea stains to fore-edge of text-block. Poem is printed on yellow card-stock paper & typed in red ink. It is folded in half and exhibits a bumped corner at head of page. Margaret Atwood's signature is found at the bottom of the poem, after her typed name. Binding is tight and intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Her works encompass a variety of themes including gender and identity, religion and myth, the power of language, climate change, and "power politics." She is also the founder of the Griffin Poetry Prize and the Writers' Trust of Canada. This is a very clean copy of Atwood's most famous work The Handmaid's Tale, included with a poem "Variation on the Word Sleep" with Atwood's signature. Presents very well, would make an excellent gift. RAREA1985ELMA10/23 - HK806

Price: 400 USD

Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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