Left Darkness, First Edition (48 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

mass_market. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Jim Tierney [cover art] (illustrator). 1st Edition. 50th Anniversary Edition [stated]. Soft cover. MMPB. Nominal edge wear. Corner bumped. Else, tight and square. Introduction by David Mitchell. Afterword by Charlie Jane Anders. The Hanish Cycle, #4. SCIFI/FANTASY/SERIES.

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. 1st Edition.

Condition: New. 2016. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. pgs.213 clean tight copy with light tanning to text pages and some shelfwear to board extremities d/j slight edge and corner wear with a small tear top back edge 1/4" across.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Hay, Colin (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. First UK paperback edition. Previously published in the UK in hard covers by Macdonald in 1969. Originally published in the US by Ace Books in 1969 as a paperback original. Light reading creasing down the left side of the front cover next to the spine. Half inch crease to the bottom right corner of the front cover. Light surface and edge wear to the rear cover. Page edges browned with some light marking. Some page browning but pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Cover illustration by Colin Hay. First printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The book has very light wear on the spine tips & 1 bottom corner. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. The letter line goes to "a". First Edition of this collection. The dust jacket is clean, bright & unmarked. Like new. $49.75 on the flap.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 2025 New Edition 1st Printing. Unread new copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition of Le Guin's classic. Slightest wear to soft covers, with unmarked spine, faint crease at lower left front corner and two closed quarter inch tears on the bottom edge of the back cover. All edges stained orange. Complete with stiff advertisement for A Treasury of Great Science Fiction (only ten cents with membership in the Science Fiction Book Club!). Binding tight, apparently unread. 286pp, 2 pages advertisements. 7 x 4.25".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine, jacket in mylar. 1st printing of this edition. Some browning to hinges.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine, unread UK limited edition hardback, first printing thus - in a fine, unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR via a loosely inserted bookplate - Pictures available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of Ursula K. Le Guin's groundbreaking science fiction masterpiece "The Left Hand of Darkness" published by Walker and Company in 1969. This is NOT the book club edition. Condition: ~FACIMILE DUST JACKET~ Hardcover in gray/beige cloth binding Condition - Fair to Good Binding tight and square Pages clean with some age toning Some damage to front and rear endpapers (see photos) One small stamp visible inside Stamp on the top edge of the page block Exterior covers show light shelf wear Overall Good condition for a 55+ year old book Binding: Hardcover. Condition: Fair to Good. Jacket: Facimile. Edition: 1st Edition. NOT BOOK CLUB. This is an ex-library copy with associated markings but remains very clean (some damage to front and read endpapers). One stamp on the top edge of the page block. Mild spine lean. Stampings, glue residue from pockets. Light age toning. 4.95 on unclipped dust jacket. NOT the book club edition and thus EXTREMELY rare and collectible. 286 pages. About the Book: Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, this is a groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can choose?and change?their gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters. Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement in the annals of intellectual science fiction. About the author: Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (US /???rs?l? ?kro?b?r l???w?n/; born October 21, 1929) is an American author of novels, children's books, and short stories, mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction. She has also written poetry and essays. First published in the 1960s, her work has often depicted futuristic or imaginary alternative worlds in politics, the natural environment, gender, religion, sexuality and ethnography. She influenced such Booker Prize winners and other writers as Salman Rushdie and David Mitchell - and notable science fiction and fantasy writers including Neil Gaiman and Iain Banks. She has won the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Locus Award, and World Fantasy Award, each more than once. In 2014, she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Le Guin has resided in Portland, Oregon since 1959. A collectible first edition of a classic work by one of the greatest science fiction writers of the 20th century. Please see all photos for accurate condition assessment. Happy to answer any questions!

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This is an ex-library copy. Dust jacket mylar sleeve was glued to the boards. Spine leans. Stampings, glue residue from pockets. Light age toning. 4.95 on unclipped dust jacket. Not the book club edition. The book unfortunately is in poor condition. 286 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. New. Signed by author. New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. Brand new in publisher's shrink-wrap, leather-bound, perfect Easton Press. Signed, First Edition. Leather-bound. Brand new! 240 pages Ursula K Le Guin's fantasy classic. Rereleased 52 years after originally published, this is the full leather, exclusive collector's edition from Easton Press. The pages are sewn in, not glued like ordinary books. The hubbed spine is inlaid with 22 KT genuine gold. This one of the most beautiful copies of this Hugo AND Nebula Award winning love you will ever find. Still in the publisher's shrink-wrap, never opened, never read. If you ever wanted to own this book, this is the one! Signed by Author(s).

Mass market paperback. The wraps show only minor wear mostly to the edges, the front and back cover have some minor rubbing and toning. The edges of spine show some wear and the foot of spine shows some pumping and chipping (pictured). Title page is warmly inscribed by the author. Otherwise a clean, solid, unmarked copy in VG- condition. See photos.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first printing. 286pp. This is a lovely very fine copy, with tight binding and the publisher's original purple cloth looking fresh and bright. No inscriptions of any kind, no visible marks throughout: pages clean and fresh, an extremely fine copy. Complete with a near fine dust wrapper without tears or fading, nor price-clipped. Rarely does a copy this clean and as new becomes available, with the extra bonus of a manuscript letter by LeGuin to reader, wonderfully preserved: rarely a letter by Le Guin is available for purchase. "No single work did more to upend the genre's conventions than The Left Hand of Darkness"--The Paris Review Part of Le Guin's 'Hainish Cycle', all set in her fictional Hainish Universe, The Left Hand of Darkness is one of the first feminist Science Fiction novels--Le Guin identified as a feminist--and a pioneer work in its interrogation of gender fluidity and identity. Chosen by Harold Bloom as one of the novels of the 'Western canon', winner of both the Nebula Award (1969) and the Hugo Award (1970) for Best Novel. This is a rare opportunity to own a near-perfect copy, with the bonus of handwritten material, of one of the seminal works in the history of Science Fiction, by one of the authors who helped reformulate the genre.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition Thus/First Printing with the complete number line; A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket with only light rubbing to the jacket edges, mild sunning to the board edges, a tiny closed tear to the spine foot, and a small stain to the front free paper. SIGNED by the author to the title page. An outstanding copy of this novel, this copy being the 1980 reprint edition (originally published in 1969); winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula, now a classic of Science Fiction; uncommon signed. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +. 1st Edition. Great book by brilliant author. SIGNED label bookplate of LeGuin laid in that she mailed to me. Book in NEAR FINE PLUS condition .DJ in NEAR FINE Minus condition with one eighth inch chip at bottom of spine, a one eighth inch chip at top of back of DJ,a one sixteenth inch chip across top of spine, and even smaller chip at each corner. Very slight tanning to edge of DJ.Bright, clean, tight.Shelf 1016. PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Great book by brilliant author. SIGNED label bookplate of LeGuin laid in that she mailed to me. Book in Very Good Plus condition (an eighth inch spine slant, two corners very slightly bumped).DJ in VERY GOOD condition with one eighth inch chip to two corners and a corner at bottom of spine,and one quarter inch chip to middle of spine. Bright, clean, tight.Shelf 1002. PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Great book by brilliant author. SIGNED label bookplate of LeGuin laid in that she mailed to me. Book & DJ in Very Good condition.Book has "Library Copy" stamped on bottom edge but nowhere else and no call number, no card pocket, no date due slip and no removal residue. Also FFEP has "3003" and "July 22 1969" stamped on it. RFEP has pencilled notes with the kind of references to characterization and events with page numbers that read like a reviewers notes. At those pages the reviewer writer has more handwritten pencilled notes, checks, and a few words underlined (in pencil).Blue top stain incomplete and white at points.DJ complete but has one inch chip at top of spine, quarter inch chip across bottom of spine. Closed short tears to all corners. DJ slightly browned. Book and DJ clean, square, tight.Shelf317 . PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Solid with a crease on the spine, small corner creases on each cover, and the covers show light wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Ace 47800. Cover price 95 cents. Wear to margins of cover and corners. A dimple impression to front cover. Still very tightly bound. Altogether a sinister book and perhaps a bit gauche.

Condition: Very Good-. True first edition with no awards starburst to front cover. Illustrated stiff wraps have general soiling, rubbing, and creasing with a 1/2" vertical closed tear to bottom edge of front cover. Reading creases to spine and joints. Shelfwear to edges, corners bumped. Interior heavily age-toned with some foxing/discoloration especially to front inside cover and front matter. Previous owner's name and info in ink to inside front cover. Binding tight but delicate at front hinge.

Condition: Very Good-. True first edition with no awards starburst on cover. Illustrated stiff wraps have soiling and age-toning. Shelfwear to edges, corners bumped with an open chip to bottom corner of rear joint. Reading creases to spine. Heavy dust staining to top edge. Interior age-toned. Former owner's notation in ink to inside front cover. Interior otherwise clean and tight. Forward lean to book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 213pp. Navy spine over blue boards, silver titles on spine. Square copy with sunning to extremities. Internally book is clean and unmarked. Mild wear to jacket extremities, dust jacket price clipped but presents well in mylar sleeve. 1980 reissue of LeGuin's masterpiece, following the 1969 first edition. Handsome copy, first thus. Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and the jumping off point for a remarkably distinguished career. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: New. First edition thus (& 1st printing). SF novel, first published in 1969 and winner of both Hugo and Nebula awards for best sf novel New six page introduction by Becky Chambers and newly illustrated by David Lupton. Slipcased. Fine copy in pictorial boards (as issued without dustjacket) in slipcase (as new).

first paperback edition, second state, 1969. new york: ace books. 4.25 x 7 inches. 289 pages. softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: toning to block. lightly edgeworn. small crease to spine. very good+.

1st Edition Custom made Clamshell Collector's Case. Custom Collector's Clamshell Case for the First Edition of Ursula Le Guin's The Left Hand Of Darkness. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] No Binding. HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine. The case is finished in rich black Nuba® with a 'sculpted design [after the book's distinct illustrated wrapper] on the side.with Blue Cloth and Velour finished interior. Every TBCL case can be finished in a selection of fine leathers & cloths or Nuba® or a combination of both. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Handsome Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. Generally over 100 in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. "Book definitely NOT included" When you place your order: Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age especially if covered in mylar. *The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests. 1st Edition Custom made Clamshell Collector's Case.

Ace Books. 1969. First edition. Paperback with coloured page edges. Pages browned, does not have card science fiction book club insert. Very slight signs of wear to edges otherwise a remarkably clean and fresh copy of this absolute classic SF work.