A Wizard of Earthsea [with] The Tombs of Atuan [with] The Farthest Shore [with] Tehanu [with] Tales from Earthsea. Illustrated by David Lupton. Introduction by David Mitchell. THE FOLIO EARTHSEA SEQUENCE COMPLETE: ALL FIRST PRINTINGS
by LE GUIN Ursula
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Folio Society,, 2015-2023. 5 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispieces, coloured plates, double-page plan in the text and endpaper maps; pictorial cloth heightened in gilt, backstrips lettered in brown and gilt, a near fine set in publisher's board slip-cases. The FS edition of this classic fantasy sequence comprises: A Wizard of Earthsea (2015); The Tombs of Atuan (2022); The Farthest Shore (2022); Tehanu (2023); Tales from Earthsea (2023). COMPLETE SETS OF FIRST PRINTINGS ARE VERY SCARCE.
Synopsis
A Wizard of Earthsea, first published in 1968, is the first of a series of books written by Ursula K. Le Guin and set in the fantasy world archipelago of Earthsea depicting the adventures of a budding young wizard named Ged. The tale of Ged's growth and development as he travels across Earthsea continues in The Tombs of Atuan and The Farthest Shore and is supplemented in Tehanu and The Other Wind.
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- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48531
- Title
- A Wizard of Earthsea [with] The Tombs of Atuan [with] The Farthest Shore [with] Tehanu [with] Tales from Earthsea. Illustrated by David Lupton. Introduction by David Mitchell. THE FOLIO EARTHSEA SEQUENCE COMPLETE: ALL FIRST PRINTINGS
- Author
- LE GUIN Ursula
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Folio Society,
- Date Published
- 2015-2023
- Keywords
- folio society, le guin, ursula le guin, earthsea, fantasy
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