May 12, 2011 - Sale 2247

Sale 2247 - Lot 437

Price Realized: $ 3,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
LE GUIN, URSULA. The Earthsea tetralogy. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth; dust jackets. First editions, states as described below. Vp, vd

Additional Details

A Wizard of Earthsea. First binding with stripe on title, embossing, and hinge reinforced with linen; contains 2 dust jackets, one is first issue, but price-clipped, has a sticker on spine panel, a small chip to rear flap corner, and lightly soiled, the other is a slightly later jacket. Berkeley: Parnassus Press, (1968) The Tombs of Atuan. Second state of copyright page with cancel sticker; first jacket without Newbery Honor Book seal. New York: Athenaeum, 1971 The Farthest Shore. First state book and dust jacket. New York: Athenaeum, 1972 Tehanu. New York: Athenaeum, 1990.