LE GUIN, Ursula K. The Left Hand of Darkness. New York: Walker & Company, 1969. FIRST EDITION.
Sale 1262 - Summer Reading: 20th Century Literature and Biography from a Private Collection
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Jul 6, 2023
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LE GUIN, Ursula K. (1929-2018). The Left Hand of Darkness. New York: Walker & Company, 1969.
8vo. (Institutional stamp along bottom page edge, institutional markings on front free endpaper, remnants of library pocket on rear free endpaper). Original grey cloth (slight toning, rubbing); publisher’s dust jacket (slight toning).
FIRST EDITION, with top edge stained blue with $4.95 retail price on unclipped dust jacket. The Left Hand of Darkness won the Hugo and Nebula Awards for 1970, and in 1987 the science fiction magazine Locus named it number two in their list of “All-Time Best SF Novels” as determined by their subscribers. Currey 304.
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