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Malafrena
by Le Guin, Ursula K
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399124101
- ISBN 13
- 9780399124105
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8x5x1. Signed. Signed by Le Guin at the title page. Green cloth spine with gold spine titling, blue papered boards with light fading to top and bottom edges; light edgewear, slight toning along top and bottom edges. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket with light shelf-wear, foxing to verso. Slight 'must' scent in pages. Textblock edges foxed; sparse foxing to first and last few pages. Interior else clean, text unmarked.
Synopsis
Malafrena is a novel published in 1979 by Ursula K. Le Guin. Although she is best known for science fiction and fantasy, the only unusual element of this novel is that it takes place in the imaginary Central European country of Orsinia, which is also the setting of her collection Orsinian Tales. The story takes place from 1825 to 1830, when Orsinia is ruled by the Austrian Empire. The hero is Itale Sorde, the son of the owner of an estate on a lake called Malafrena in a valley of the same name.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2020054
- Title
- Malafrena
- Author
- Le Guin, Ursula K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399124101
- ISBN 13
- 9780399124105
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 8x5x1
- X weight
- 320 oz
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