a Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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Stockholm, Sweden
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About This Item
Berkeley: Parnassus Press,, 1968. A fine copy Octavo. Original blue-green cloth, titles in black to spine, title and pictorial design in black to front board, green endpapers. With the pictorial dust jacket. Title vignette, 5 maps (including one double-page), and head-pieces by Ruth Robbins. Minor rubbing to corners. Else, a fine copy in a very good dust jacket(price sticker on the back, see pic). First edition but lack the vertical smudge that occurred on the 6800 first copies.
Synopsis
A Wizard of Earthsea, first published in 1968, is the first of a series of books written by Ursula K. Le Guin and set in the fantasy world archipelago of Earthsea depicting the adventures of a budding young wizard named Ged. The tale of Ged's growth and development as he travels across Earthsea continues in The Tombs of Atuan and The Farthest Shore and is supplemented in Tehanu and The Other Wind.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1007
- Title
- a Wizard of Earthsea
- Author
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Illustrator
- Ruth Robbins
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Parnassus Press
- Date Published
- 1968
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...