The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia. Introduced by Brian Attebery. Illustrated by David Lupton. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
by LE GUIN Ursula K
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- Hardcover
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Folio Society,, [2019]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrations (two double-page) and endpaper maps; pictorial cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in publisher's blocked slip-case.
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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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47642
- Title
- The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia. Introduced by Brian Attebery. Illustrated by David Lupton. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
- Author
- LE GUIN Ursula K
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Folio Society,
- Date Published
- [2019]
- Keywords
- folio society, le guin, ursula le guin, fantasy, david lupton
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