Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover, 311 pages. Good +/Poor. Fred Marcellino. First Edition. Half cloth bound with gilding on outer spine. Bumping to top and bottom of outer spine with minor bumping to corners. Light bowing to front board. Soiling to boards and to text block. Foxing to text block. Light scuffing and soiling to back paste-down and inlay page. Small folds to upper corners of pages 309 to end pages. Heavy foxing and soiling to inner and outer dust jacket. Creasing and scuffing to dust jacket. Chipping to top and bottom of spine with small pieces missing. Chipping to flap folds.
first U.S. edition first printing hardcover in correct publisher's dust jacket; no prior owner marks; minimal age tone; tight bind; clean 1/4 cloth cover bright titling; little rub wear at spine ends and corner tips; dj has some sunning along spine and top panel edges; dj edge wear:small nicks at spine ends, short tear at spine heel; flap price present M76Dambib
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. Full number line 10-1 of the cult phenomenom. Includes publisher's promotional postcard with perforated bookmark. In grey boards with turquoise spine cloth and silver type. Hard bumps to bottom corners with split at bottom front and crease to rear board. A couple spot stains to rear board and small moisture stain to top of rear spine cloth. Clean interior and tight binding. Jacket is unclipped ($16.95) with some paper/lamination loss (perhaps one eighth inch in spots) to top edges - especially front panel. Some tiny chips/nicks to bottom edges as well. Light fading to front panel.
Very good, clean, tight condition. First printing, full number line. Price clipped jacket in mylar cover. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. First American Edition. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Previous owner's initials on flyleaf. Stamp on title page else fine. Comes with publisher's book card.. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 311 p. Audience: General/trade.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good, clean, tight condition. First printing, full number line. Price clipped jacket in mylar cover. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1986 Houghton Mifflin FIRST edition of Atwood's acclaimed futuristic novel. This book is in VG/VG condition. The HB is clean with a long inscription on the ffep. The DJ is unclipped and has minor wear at the spine ends. BONUS BOOK: "The Testaments", 1st Edition in F/F Condition. **Brenbooks specializes in first edition books made into films.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. :: A scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force- set in the near future, it describes what was once the United States, now called The Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. :: Bound in publisher's cerulean blue & gray paper-covered boards, author, title, and publisher are lettered down the spine in silver. Octavo (9 3/16 x 6 1/4 inches; 233 x 158 millimeters). 311 pages. Condition: Good+, in a Very Good- dust jacket. Boards are worn, stained, and corners are significantly rubbed. Spine is cocked and has collapsed a bit. Textblock foxed. Dust jacket is thoroughly toned with moisture staining. Innermost front panel has diagonal crease at top corner.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1986. 1st U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fred Marcellino. The book cover and the edges of the page block are slightly soiled. The dust jacket is lightly soiled and unclipped ($16.95). V 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 number line.
Very good, clean, tight condition. First printing, full number line. Price clipped jacket in mylar cover. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.
Houghton Mifflin. Collectible - Very Good/Very Good. 1986. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0395404258 (I-187) (K146) a very good hard cover with a very good good dust jacket .
1986 Houghton Mifflin FIRST edition of Atwood's acclaimed futuristic novel. This book is in VG/VG condition. The HB is clean with a long inscription on the ffep. The DJ is unclipped and has minor wear at the spine ends. BONUS BOOK: "The Testaments", 1st Edition in F/F Condition. **Brenbooks specializes in first edition books made into films.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Sllight edge wear to boards. Slight edge wear and discoloration to dust jacket. First printing with number ""1"" present in number line. Keywords: Atwood, Margaret Atwood, Handmaid's Tale, Dystopia, Theocracy, Gilead, Offred, New England, Totalitarian, Dictatorship, Religion, Christianity, Speculative Fiction, Infertility, Satire
First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket. A superlative copy of this classic novel of dystopian fiction, now basis for the outstanding TV series starring Elizabeth Moss; scarce in this condition. Promotional bookmark laid in. Nominated for multiple awards and winner of the first Arthur C. Clarke award for Science Fiction. This copy is in Fine condition with a square, tight binding, bright spine lettering, and clean white pages; housed in a Fine dust jacket that is crisp and bright, only showing some faint age-toning to the edges and back panel. A highly presentable and collectible copy. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in archival protection and will ship in a sturdy box.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1986. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0395404258 . First printing of the American edition. "An accomplished novel so powerful as to shut out events in the real world, while answering forever the question of whether there is such a thing as a woman's novel." - Judith Rossner. 311 pages. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Tight and square. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Margaret Atwood .
New York: Houghton, Mifflin And Company, 1986. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 311 Pp. Blue Cloth Spine Lettered In Silver, Grey Boards. First American Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Priced $16.95. With The Publisher's Illlustrated "Bookcard" For This Book With Tab Undetached.
With A Signed Book Plate Laid In. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Very Good Plus Condition. Boards Have A Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear. Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Tiny Bit Of Reading Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Very Good Plus Condition. Tiniest Bit Of Wear Along The Edges. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy.
1st printing; signed by author. Very Good hardcover in Very Good DJ. Clean covers and spine but front cover with faint partial drink ring; very slight fading at spine edges; tightly bound and square in case; inscribed on half title 'For Jean - | Best wishes - | Margaret Atwood'; bright, clean interior. DJ is clean and complete; lightly scuffed; some age darkening on spine and along cover edges including fold-in flaps. 8vo, 311 pp.
1st printing; signed by author. Very Good hardcover in Very Good DJ. Clean covers and spine but front cover with faint partial drink ring; very slight fading at spine edges; tightly bound and square in case; inscribed on half title 'For Jean-| Best wishes-| Margaret Atwood'; bright, clean interior. DJ is clean and complete; lightly scuffed; some age darkening on spine and along cover edges including fold-in flaps. 8vo, 311 pp.
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