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Le Guin, Ursula K.; Robbins, Ruth (Drawings). A Wizard of Earthsea. Parnassus Press, 1968.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: A Fair 8vo hardcover in a Good dust jacket. 1968 copyright by the author; Library Edition stamp on the dust jacket's front flap but otherwise neither the book nor the dust jacket references an edition, printing, or print date. Ex-library with the usual treatments on the first and last couple of leafs and on the dust jacket. Some staining on the pages top and fore edges that bleeds into the margins of a small number of pages but the interior pages otherwise appear clean, complete and securely bound. The decorated cloth-covered boards are well rubbed--i.e., exposed--on the bottom edge and in the boards' upper spine and fore edge corners. The dust jacket is in a clear jacket cover that is taped to the paste-downs. Ex-library treatments are on the dust jacket's spine tail and near the top edge in the rear. Near or adjacent to the dust jacket's top edge there is also some discoloration and a couple of small blank white labels. Still, the dust jacket's front and rear illustrations look sharp.

Seller: Black and Read Books, Music & Games, Arvada, CO, U.S.A.

Le Guin, Ursula K.. A Wizard of Earthsea. Parnassus Press, Berkeley CA, 1968.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Blue cloth boards are lightly rubbed at corners and tips. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall

Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.

Le Guin, Ursula K.. A Wizard of Earthsea. Parnassus Press, Berkeley, 1968.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: The second state of the first book in The Earthsea Trilogy. Ex-library edition in teal pictorial cloth with tape shadows to tops and bottoms of boards. Cloth worn through at three corners and head of spine which is slightly cocked. Bump to heel of spine. Sticker removal scar and shadow to top of ffep which has library pocket. Stamp to dedication page. Security sticker device to rear pastedown. Jacket has '11up' on flap and sticker shadows and scarring towards bottom of spine, otherwise, light wear. Early Printing

Seller: Lost Paddle Books, IOBA, Albany, CA, U.S.A.

Le Guin, Ursula. A Wizard of Earthsea. Parnassus Press, 1968.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Original first edition, second/third printing from Parnassus Press. Not to be confused with any later reprints, including the one from Atheneum after it purchased Parnassus. Illustrations and maps by Ruth Robbins. Per Currey's bibliography (Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors), the Parnassus true first edition was issued in three printings. The first printing is distinguished by (among other points) a thin linear smudge to the title page, which this copy does not have. Also per Currey, the Parnassus 2nd and 3rd printings are indistinguishable from one another. There is no statement of printing, nor any other clues to tell them apart or establish priority. Thus, the book at hand is best described as the Parnassus first edition 2nd/3rd printing. The book is in Fine condition, with full bound green cloth boards, design printed (NOT embossed) in black to front board, and lettering in black to front board and spine. Rear board has no decoration or lettering. Dust jacket is in Good condition, with heavy sunning to the spine, crinkling to head and heel of spine, and upper right corner of front flap is clipped. Front and rear dust jacket panels are clean and bright, with the lovely Ruth Robbins illustrations.

Seller: Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA, Sykesville, MD, U.S.A.

Le Guin, Ursula K.. A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA .. Parnassus Press, Berkeley, 1968.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition, second (or third) printing. First book of the Earthsea series. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4B-98. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 85. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 39. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 629. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 447-59. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 692-97. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, p. 110. A fine copy in fine unpriced dust jacket with "11 up" clipped from the upper right corner of front flap and tiny remnant of a bookstore price sticker. A nice copy of this early printing in the same format as the first printing. (#172801)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.

Le Guin, Ursula K.. A Wizard of Earthsea. Parnassus Press, 1968.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Scarce First Edition/First Printing with faint vertical smudge on the title page. A reinforced ex-library copy that was rebound for the library market with stamps to ffep, top & bottom page ends and title page, a portion of original jacket flap stuck to front pastedown, pocket residue/scar to rear pastedown and some marks/residue of due slip to rfep. Cloth is pictorial and ochre in color. Bindery sticker and small white strip to front pastedown with small smudge mark to bottom of spine - call number removal? Marks/smudges to a few pages, otherwise clean. Top corners and bottom rear bumped/dinged. In brand new high quality facsimile jacket. 1st Printing

Seller: Lost Paddle Books, IOBA, Albany, CA, U.S.A.

Le Guin, Ursula K.. A Wizard of Earthsea. Parnassus Press, 1968.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Ex-library. First edition, with publisher's error of a thin vertical smudge at title page, as required. Cream boards with illustration to front panel and in miniature at top margin of spine, black titling; small tape ghosts along top and bottom edges of front and rear panel, light edgewear, lightly bumped spine ends. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket moderately edgeworn with crumpling at spine ends and fore-edge corners, tiny chipping at bottom corners of front panel, stain to rear corner of spine foot, library sticker across spine; price-clipped at front inner flap. DJ protected in fresh Mylar. Lending pocket at FFEP, library card at RFEP, library stamps at title page and rear paste down. Light staining to textblock edges; and occasionally to the fore-edge margin through interior, consistent with page-turning. Interior else clean, text unmarked.

Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.

Ursula K. Le Guin. A Wizard of Earthsea. Parnassus Press, 1968.

Price: US$348.50 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: First Edition, 2nd printing, 1968. Former library copy. Book and Jacket in Fair condition. Blue cloth covers. Heavily worn & torn edges. Corners heavily bumped and torn. "11 up" on inside jacket flap. Tape remnants on book. No tape remnants on Jacket. School sticker on flyleaf. Library pocket on rear flyleaf. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Fri.

Seller: Archives Books inc., Edmond, OK, U.S.A.

Ursula K. Le Guin. A Wizard of Earthsea. Parnassus Press, Berkeley, 1968.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very Good Book/Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition. Presumed Second State indicated by no price on dust jacket, no printing smudge on the title page, and no printing number line on the copyright page. Drawings by Ruth Robbins. Turquoise green full cloth covers with matching endpapers. Black printed illustration and title on front cover and title on spine. Covers are bright and clean, spine ends lightly bumped, rubbing to spine ends and corners. Corners are sharp. Dust jacket is protected in mylar sleeve that has become unfolded at the top and is open at the bottom. Dust jacket shows age tanning, some spots of foxing, spine darkening, and light creases on front turn. Dust jacket is not price clipped with "11 up" on front flap. All edges of book show some foxing. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and unmarked. 205 pages. 6-3/8 X 8-3/4.

Seller: Roebling Books, Covington, KY, U.S.A.

Le Guin, Ursula K.. A Wizard of Earthsea. Parnassus Press, 1968.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Scarce First Edition/First Printing with faint vertical smudge on the title page. A reinforced ex-library copy that was rebound for the library market with stamps to top page ends, front pastedown and title page. Due slip to front pastedown as well with pocket to ffep. Numbers to title page and rfep with sticker and bindery stamp to rear pastedown. Some tape shadows/residue to tops and bottoms of boards and endpapers. A few spots stains to page ends. Interior fairly clean and binding solid. Jacket is present, but price-clipped and laminated with some edgewear/rubbing, tape residue and call sticker to bottom of spine. Bottom of front flap clipped as well which appears to be quite common. 1st Printing

Seller: Lost Paddle Books, IOBA, Albany, CA, U.S.A.

Le Guin, Ursula K.. A Wizard of Earthsea *1st/early with signed bookplate. Parnassus Press / Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition, second state per Currey (no smudge to title page). Original Ruth Robbins jacket. Teal cloth book with illustration in black to cover, black lettering to spine. Light green endpapers. Book is in new and unread condition--bright, with crisp, clean pages, unmarked, lovely. Dust jacket with some light wearto caps and toning at folds, no tears. Large 3.5" x 5.5" bookplate signed by author laid in. Please see photos.

Seller: Barbara Mader - Children's Books, University Place, WA, U.S.A.

Le Guin, Ursula K.. A Wizard of Earthsea. Parnassus Press, 1968.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Condition: Poor

Description: Scarce First Edition/First State with faint vertical smudge on the title page. An ex-library copy with significant wear. In aqua/blue cloth with debossed black illustration on front board and black to type on spine which is slightly cocked. Rubbing through cloth with some fraying at top and bottom board and spine ends. Tape shadows/residue to tops and bottoms of same. Stains around top of spine and to top of front board. Corners a little soft. Several sticker paper/scars with some rippling to ffep(and page following) where library stickers and pocket were. Library numbers to top of same, 3 tiny pen marks to title page and number to copyright page as well. Small 1/2 inch split to top of front hinge and some numbers to ffep and copyright page. Stamp to top page ends with some soiling and another sticker scar to rear pastedown. Jacket is unclipped with correct '11up $3.95' showing. Bottom of front flap clipped which appears common to this state. Tape residue shadows to top of spine inside and out with 1/2 inch split to top of front spine crease and a couple chips/nicks to head of spine as well. One 1 1/2 inch split to bottom of front spine crease and smaller embedded 1/2 inch split towards bottom of rear flap crease. Paper scarring and sticker residue to bottom of spine where call letters were. Small chips to bottom corners and a few edge nicks. 1st Printing

Seller: Lost Paddle Books, IOBA, Albany, CA, U.S.A.

LeGuin, Le Guin, Ursula. A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA. Parnassus Press, 1968.

Price: US$458.20 + shipping

Description: A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA, Parnassus Press, 1968, first edition (later state without the die break on the title page), fine in like color pictorial dust-wrapper with some light tanning to the dust-wrapper spine and margins of covers. EARTHSEA #1.

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.

Le Guin, Ursual K.. EARTHSEA (4 VOLUMES). Parnassus Press, 1968.

Price: US$1400.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Set of 4 volumes in the Earthsea series. Set consisits of A Wizards of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore and Tehanu. The last three volumes were published by Atheneum and are in near fine/Near fine condition with slight over all wear to books and dustjackets, Tombs shows some yellowing to the top edges of the dustjacket flaps. Wizard is an early reprint ex-library copy in Good/Good condition, there are several library stamps throughout and pocket removal damage to the last page, the dustjacket spine is faded and has several small abrasions where library stickers were removed. There is not staement of edition on copyright page, library binding points are present, there is no price on dustjacket flap, just "11 up."

Seller: Rob & June Edwards, Salem, OR, U.S.A.

Le Guin, Ursula K.. A Wizard of Earthsea. Parnassus Press, Berkeley, CA, 1968.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, first printing with faint vertical smudge on title page. Bound in turquoise cloth embossed in black. Very Good+ with slight mottling to cloth and heavy foxing to bottom and edge of textblock. In a Good price-clipped dust jacket which is tattered toned, lightly stained and has a large tape repair to the top edge of the rear panel. A lovely copy of this influential fantasy novel for children, originally published by a small press.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Ursula K. Le Guin. A Wizard of Earthsea, Complete Earthsea Set. Parnassus Press, Berkeley, 1968.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: complete set of the earthsea books. all first editions. wizard of earthsea is a second state without the smudge but with linen seams and embossed covers. the tombs of atuan is a first printing, the farthest shore is a first printing, tehanu is a signed second printing and tales from earthsea and the other wind are signed first printings. all in very good to near fine condition. wizard of earthsea has an abrasion to the cover, the corners are clipped on the jacket and the inside of the jacket has mild toning. tombs of atuan is very good in in a very good jacket. the farthest shore is near fine in a near fine jacket. tehanu, tales from earthsea and the other wind are in near fine condition. a lovely set

Seller: Coast to Coast Books, ANACORTES, WA, U.S.A.

LeGuin, Le Guin, Ursula. A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA. Parnassus Press, 1968.

Price: US$2952.25 + shipping

Description: A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA, Parnassus Press, 1968, 1st ed. (first issue with the die break on the title page), near fine in vg/vg+ dust-wrapper with some slight wear. EARTHSEA #1. At one time, a most difficult first edition to locate. Today.almost impossible. SIGNED by the author of a bookplate laid in.

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.

Le Guin, Ursula K.. A Wizard of Earthsea. Parnassus Press, Berkeley, CA, 1968.

Price: US$3500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition, second or third printings as noted by Currey. Signed by Ursula K. Le Guin on the first page. Bound in original turquoise cloth with upper board and spine stamped in black and rear cover blank. Near Fine with light mottling to spine cloth, small light stain to bottom of textblock edge, former owner book plate to front free end paper, in a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket with light edge wear and light spotting to spine. A lovely copy of this influential fantasy novel for children, originally published by a small press.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Le Guin, Ursula K. [LeGuin]. A Wizard of Earthsea. Parnassus Press, Berkeley, 1968.

Price: US$4000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing corresponding to Currey's description of the Library Edition binding (no priority) with the vertical smudge to the title page, in accordance with Currey's description of the first printing of 6800 copies. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color that includes the "Library Edition $3.50" in the lower corner, but is clipped at the upper-right of the front flap with a short tear to bottom of front panel. A lovely copy in collector's condition. Includes an authentification letter from pioneering bibliographer L. W. Currey, along with a photocopy of a letter from Parnassus Press confirming first printing points.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

Le Guin, Ursula [LeGuin]. A Wizard of Earthsea. Parnassus Press, Berkeley, 1968.

Price: US$4500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, early issue SIGNED by Ursula K. Le guin on the title page. This ORIGINAL price clipped dustjacket is vibrant in color with minor wear to the edges. The book is bound in the publisher's original green cloth and is in excellent condition. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Le Guin First Editions.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

Le Guin, Ursula K.. A Wizard of Earthsea. Parnassus Press, Berkeley, CA, 1968.

Price: US$15000.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, first printing with faint vertical smudge on title page. Signed by Ursula K. Le Guin and inscribed to a former owner. Publisher's original trade binding, with turquoise cloth stamped in black. Near Fine, with binding lightly cocked, large rubber stamp to front paste down reading "purchased at USPS auction", former owner name at top of page above Le Guin's inscription. In a Near Fine dust jacket with "11 up $3.95" present at the top corner of the front flap and bottom corner clipped generally as issued; foxing, light edge wear and light worming to jacket, with spine lightly toned. A lovely copy of this influential fantasy novel for children, originally published by a small press. Signed copies of the first printing are scarce.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.