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Tehanu.: The Last Book of Earthsea.
by LE GUIN, Ursula K
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Atheneum,, 1990. First edition, first printing, signed by the author on the title page, of the fourth Earthsea book and the final instalment in the original quartet. Tehanu won the 1990 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1991 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. In its review, the New York Times noted that "The astonishing clearsightedness of 'Tehanu' is in its recognition of the necessary and life-giving contributions of female magic - sometimes disguised as domesticity" (20 May 1990). Octavo. Original black cloth-backed orange boards, spine and rear cover lettered in bronze, front cover lettered in blind, orange endpapers. With dust jacket. With 2 full-page maps in the text. Light fading to cloth in places, contents fresh; jacket with light rubbing, still sharp and bright, unclipped: a near-fine copy in like jacket.
Synopsis
Tehanu was the fourth of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea books. It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1990, and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1991.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 167013
- Title
- Tehanu.
- Author
- LE GUIN, Ursula K
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: Atheneum,
- Date Published
- 1990
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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