The Tombs of Atuan

Overview:

• Title: The Tombs of Atuan
• Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
• Year: Unknown
• ISBN-10: 0553273310
• Publisher: Bantam Spectra
• Price: $4.95
• Pages: [10]+146+[1]
• Binding: Paperback
• Type: Novel
• Title Reference: The Tombs of Atuan
• Notes:
  • On copyright page:
    • Bantam edition / September 1975
    • 22 printings through August 1989
    • Copyright © 1970, 1971 by Ursula K. Le Guin
    • Cover art copyright © 1984 by Yvonne Gilbert
    • KR 31 30 29 28 27 26 25
  • Undated 25th printing by numberline
  • Locus1 lists the 24th printing (Feb '91, $4.95) so this 25th printing also priced $4.95 was probably issued in the early 1990s
  • The cover art credit is erroneous. The actual cover artist is {{A|John Jude Palencar}} as identified on this Boston University webpage as at 2024-03-19. Pub note in the 39th printing also confirms cover artist as John Jude Palencar based on an email exchange with the artist. {{A|Yvonne Gilbert}} was the cover artist for this 1984 Bantam pb but the artistic style of the cover of this 25th printing is very different
  • "Illustrated by Gail Garraty" on title page
  • The interior artist is unclear. Although {{A|Gail Garraty}} is credited on the title page, the "About the Illustrator" essay on page [147] credits {{A|Ruth Robbins}}. The illustrator is probably Gail Garraty. Firstly, page [147], which contains both "About the Author" and "About the Illustrator", has identical layout and contents to page [184] of the 32nd printing of A Wizard of Earthsea. That publication does credit Ruth Robbins on the title page so the publisher appears to have erroneously copied the "About" page to this publication. Secondly, the artistic style of the interior artwork between the two publications is different.
  • Above each of the chapter headers is a half page spot illustration
  • The interior artwork on pages [8] and [9] are two separate titled maps
  • Other price: In Canada $5.95