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First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Fred Marcellino illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a tiny bumps to the corners, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps, the paper stock with the unavoidable, albeit light toning. Complete with the lightly creased dustwrapper, that is free from fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£9.95 net to the lower front flap).

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 television adaptations.