The Handmaid's Tale Science

The Handmaid's Tale ScienceLondon: Jonathan Cape, 1986. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the half title page: "For Mike best wishes Margaret Atwood." A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Presented to an attendee of the event hosted by the directors of Jonathan Cape to celebrate the publication of the novel, with the invitation laid in. A thought provoking novel of lasting relevance and appeal, most recently adapted into a successful television series

Capote ventured to write about a crime whose perpetrators were not yet captured - a quadruple murder in Kansas

for the “First Edition Circle” at Kroch’s & Brentano’s in Chicago

Luci Johnson (Nugent)

His ex-libris on the first free endpaper

but more broadly in personal and professional development in the business world

Fleming’s captivating non-fiction look into the illicit trade of gems from Africa

A previous owner’s signature to the first free endpaper

First edition

in which Humboldt bridges literary and scientific sensibilities to relate his understanding of the natural world

It explores faith

The unclipped dust jacket nearly fine

which first made Western readers aware of the devastation caused by the bomb