The Dispossessed [BCE]
by Le Guin, Ursula
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1974. First Book Club Edition. Hardcover in brown leatherette binding. Near Fine/Near Fine. An incredibly clean book club edition copy of a book that is becoming very scarce. Iconic first edition jacket design by Fred Winkowski. Book is near fine, jacket is near fine and protected in a Brodart cover. DJ has some light wear to head and tail of spine and corners.
Highly collectable.
Highly collectable.
Synopsis
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia is a 1974 utopian science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, set in the same fictional universe as that of The Left Hand of Darkness. The book won the Nebula Award in 1974, both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1975, and received a nomination for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1975. It is also notable for achieving a degree of literary recognition unusual for science fiction works.
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Details
- Seller
- Librariana Fine Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 749
- Title
- The Dispossessed [BCE]
- Author
- Le Guin, Ursula
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in brown leatherette binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Book Club Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Bookseller catalogs
- FINE BOOKS;
Terms of Sale
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- All items have Mylar protection on the dust jacket or are presented in sleeves whenever possible.
About the Seller
Librariana Fine Books
Biblio member since 2022
Portland, Oregon
About Librariana Fine Books
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Our mission is to help individuals, families and organizations furnish their bookspaces in a way that reflects their personality and values.
Beginning with fine books, and extending to other "librariana" - art, antiques and collectibles that make a space a library. We also repair books, and consult with home owners, organizations and bookstore owners looking to make their bookspaces into purposeful sanctuaries.
Whether your bookspace is a corner shelf in a bedroom, or a grand corporate space for meetings and work, Librariana can help "improve your library".
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...