A Wizard of Earthsea
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Overview:
- Title: A Wizard of Earthsea
- Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Year: 2019
- ISBN-10: 9781473223561
- Publisher: Gollancz
- Price: £14.99
- Pages: xxiv+239
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: A Wizard of Earthsea
- Notes:
- New edition, apparently the first UK hardcover one to feature the illustrations by Vess.
- Given on the copyright page: ISBN (Hardback) 978-1-473-22356-1; ISBN (eBook) 978-1-473-20845-2.
- First printing by numberline: "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2".
- Actual pagination is i–xxiv, 1-239, with unnumbered 240–248 being adverts and blanks. Of the prelims, only vii–xv are numbered. Author's map is on xvi–xvii. A colour illustration is tipped in between xx and xxi (contents).
- A limitation page is tipped in between iv and v (title), stating "This special edition of A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, signed by the Illustrator, Charles Vess, is limited to 100 copies of which this is number __/100" with Vess' signature below, then "Published by Gollancz, London, June 2019."
- Author's name given as "Ursula K Le Guin" on the title page (no dot).
- Price from publisher's barcode sticker on the back of the verification copy.
- Dark green boards with silver foil.
- Back cover has in foil "'To light a candle is to cast a shadow...'"
- Some data from Amazon.uk as of 2022-10-29.