The Dispossessed
by Le Guin, Ursula
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060125632
- ISBN 13
- 9780060125639
- Seller
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1974. Third Printing of the First Edit. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An apparent Third Printing of the stated First Edition [I.S.B.N.: 0-06-012563-2], published in 1974, handsomely bound in a pea-green, two-tone cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine still sharp and distinct. Slight forward cock to spine. Dust jacket present, light edgewear thereto and with a very short closed tear at front panel top; slight sunning to spine. Justifiable winner of the Science Fiction hat-trick: winner of the Hugo, the Locus, and the Nebula awards. Le Guin's two anthropologist parents (Alfred Kroeber and Theodora Kroeber) enabled her to explore political organization, utopia, anarchy, gender egalitarianism and myriad other topics in her prose. 341 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 357447
- Title
- The Dispossessed
- Author
- Le Guin, Ursula
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Printing of the First Edit
- ISBN 10
- 0060125632
- ISBN 13
- 9780060125639
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Keywords
- Ursula Le Guin Shevek Science Fiction anarchy utopia
- X weight
- 0 oz
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