ATWOOD, Margaret (b. 1939). The Handmaid’s Tale. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. 8vo. [312] pp. Publisher’s turquoise cloth backstrip over dark gray boards, spine lettered in silver, publisher’s unclipped (“$16.95”) dust jacket (jacket toned with some light rubbing). Near fine. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF ATWOOD’S MAGNUM OPUS, a multiple-award winning and nominated title, and the basis of the 1990 film starring Natasha Richardson, and the hit television series (2017-2024) starring Elizabeth Moss. Laid-in is a promotional postcard from the publisher.