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The Dispossessed; An Ambiguous Utopia
by Le Guin, Ursula K
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060125632
- ISBN 13
- 9780060125639
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by Le Guin on the title page. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($7.95), bumped and with a few small chips at the head and foot of the spine. Quarter green cloth with green paper on the boards, lightly rubbed at the bottom edge. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Le Guin's Hainish novel of an anarchist utopia, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards.
Synopsis
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia is a 1974 utopian science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, set in the same fictional universe as that of The Left Hand of Darkness. The book won the Nebula Award in 1974, both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1975, and received a nomination for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1975. It is also notable for achieving a degree of literary recognition unusual for science fiction works.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10128
- Title
- The Dispossessed; An Ambiguous Utopia
- Author
- Le Guin, Ursula K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060125632
- ISBN 13
- 9780060125639
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Fantasy, Women, 20th Century Literature, 20th Century Fiction, Anarchy, Politics, Utopia, Revolution, Vietnam, War
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
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