Orsinian Tales
by Guin, Ursula K. Le
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0586047352
- ISBN 13
- 9780586047354
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1978* Publisher: Granada.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Slight shelf wear to spine, edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. Very slight colouration to page margins & edges. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 175 pp. text.* Product Description:- Eleven spell-binding tales of sheer enchantment and beauty by one of today?s most distinguished writers. Romance, murder, freedom, blood-sacrifice, the horrors of tyranny and the insatiable need for human love, these are just some of the eternal themes dealt with in this richly varied collection of stories. Gliding back and forth in time, here is an imaginary country inhabited by imaginary people whose hopes, fears, passions and despairs are brought vividly to life by Ursula Le Guin?s brilliant power of perception and sensitivity.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. thus with minimal shelf wear & tanning reducing it to VG *
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4943
- Title
- Orsinian Tales
- Author
- Guin, Ursula K. Le
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0586047352
- ISBN 13
- 9780586047354
- Publisher
- Grafton
- Place of Publication
- St Albans Herts UK. 176
- Date Published
- 1978-06-29
- Size
- 17.5 x 10.4 x 1.8 cm
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- Bumps
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