Rocannon's World Tapa dura - 1977

HarperCollins Publishers, 1977. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Buckram binding is now in place of the original binding. Minor stain on the edges. Text is clear of markings and notations. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

HarperCollins Publishers, 1977. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, [c. 1964 (1977)]. 8vo. ix, [1], 136 pp. Quarter-red cloth over orange boards, silver lettering on spine (minor shelfwear, minor bumping to corners), w/ d.j. (minor dustsoiling, shelfwear), still VG/VG copy. First edition, thus, of the author’s first science fiction novel, and first title in the Hainish cycle, featuring an entirely new updated introduction by the author.

New York: Harper and Row, 1977. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Le Guin's first science fiction novel, first published as a paperback original Ace Double (with a novel by another writer) in 1966. The first separate edition was hardcover edition for libraries in 1975, which did not have a dust jacket. This is technically the second hardcover edition, but it's also the first one that looks like a proper novel. This is also the first of the Hainish novels, a cycle that ended with The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed. With a new introducton by Le Guin written for this edition and a few textual changes. 136 pages. First printing of this edition, with a numberline ending in 1. A fine copy in a jacket that would be fine but for a bit of fading at the spine. Surprisingly uncommon.

Harper & Row, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x0. Signed. First edition thus; the first Harper printing, with full number line to 1; previously published in paperback by Ace. Signed by Le Guin at the title page. Orange papered boards over blood-orange quarter cloth with silver spine titling, very good with light edgewear, very faint shallow bumps to top edge of front and back, lightly bumped spine ends. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good in Mylar, toned, with light scuffing and edgewear. DJ cover price $6.95 at front inner flap. Pages bright, text unmarked.

New York: Harper and Row, 1977. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Le Guin's first science fiction novel, first published as a paperback original Ace Double (with a novel by another writer) in 1966. The first separate edition was hardcover edition for libraries in 1975, which did not have a dust jacket. This is technically the second hardcover edition, but it's also the first one that looks like a proper novel. This is also the first of the Hainish novels, a cycle that ended with The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed. With a new introduction by Le Guin written for this edition and a few textual changes. 136 pages. First printing of this edition, with a numberline ending in 1. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with no fading to the spine lettering. Signed by Le Guin. Scarce signed and in this condition.