The Left Hand of Darkness
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Overview:
- Title: The Left Hand of Darkness
- Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Year: 1993
- ISBN-10:
- Publisher: The Easton Press
- Price:
- Pages: xviii+213+[4]
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: The Left Hand of Darkness
- Notes:
- Signature sheet facing the front loose endpaper contains the statement: "This leather-bound Easton Press Collector's Edition is personally signed by Ursula K. Le Guin" below which is the author's signature.
- "COLLECTOR'S EDITION" (over) "Bound in Genuine Leather" stated on the title page.
- "The special contents of this edition are copyright © 1992 by The Easton Press..." stated on the copyright page. No stated date of publication.
- This is a signed limited edition of an unknown number of copies and was available by subscription only.
- One of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction series, indicated by the logo printed on the endpapers.
- No ISBN, no printed price, and no dustjacket as issued.
- The uncredited illustrative cover design is repeated on the back.
- Pages are gilt-edged and there is a white satin bookmark bound into the book.
- Published in both green- and red-leather versions. The order of each printing is unknown.
- The frontispiece, credited on the title page and the copyright page, is on the page facing the title page.
- "Collector's Notes" (uncredited) are on a double-sided laid-in sheet.
- This edition is a facsimile reprint of the 1980 Harper & Row edition.
- This edition reprints the author's introduction for the 1976 reprint.
- Locus1 dates this as March 1993, although it is hard to determine the publication date of Easton Press editions.
- There are four full-page B&W illustrations on unnumbered pages with the artist signature "LBKF". The full-color frontispiece is signed in Kelly Freas' distinctive signature. The title page credits "Illustrated by Frank Kelly Freas and Laura Brodian Kelly Freas" without making a distinction about what each artist did, either separately or in collaboration. Credit for this record is based on the artist's visible signature
- Verified copy was purchased for approximately $45.00 from the publisher.