A rare Margaret Atwood book, signed by Atwood herself 📚 #USYD #MargaretAtwood #RareBooks

20 years before she published The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood published The Circle Game, her first major poetry collection.

Earlier this year, the University of Sydney Library's Rare Books and Special Collections was fortunate to acquire an exceptionally rare edition of the collection, made possible by the legacy of one remarkable woman: Jean Whyte.

During Rare Books Week, we took a look at this incredible piece of literary history, and how a bequest from a pioneering university library made its acquisition possible.

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