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The Beginning Place
by Le Guin, Ursula K
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 006012573X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060125738
- Seller
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Beaverton, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
HarperCollins, 1980T. hardcover. Very Good. 1.0000 in x 8.4000 in x 5.7000 in. Hardback with dust jacket. Dust jacket is in good condition. Cover edges and corners in good shape. Spine is tight. Pages are clean, no markings, notes or stains. Ships from Friends bookstore to benefit Beaverton (Oregon) library.
Synopsis
The Beginning Place is a short novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, written in 1980. It was subsequently published under the title Threshold in 1986. The novel does not belong to any of the cycles for which Le Guin is well known. The story's genre is a mixture of realism and fantasy literature. The novel's epigraph "What river is this through which the Ganges flows?" is quoted from Jorge Luis Borges who is known for his works of magical realism.
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Details
- Bookseller
- A Book Corner (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- mon0000041660
- Title
- The Beginning Place
- Author
- Le Guin, Ursula K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 006012573X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060125738
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980T
- Size
- 1.0000 in x 8.4000 in x 5.7000 i
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book;
- X weight
- 0.9000 lb
Terms of Sale
A Book Corner
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About the Seller
A Book Corner
Biblio member since 2023
Beaverton, Oregon
About A Book Corner
We are a small non-profit selling donated books, CDs, and DVDs to benefit literacy and community programs at our Beaverton City Library.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.