Buy this book on-line le GUIN,URSULA**: : A Wizard of EarthseaLONDON.GOLLANCZ,1973. ISBN 0575007176.
UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn;2nd imp.(1st edn was Oct,1971,this 2nd imp,1973.) NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around yellow +black line illustrated pictorial artwork by David Smee dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and
creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - spine/backstrip sunned/faded - as usual/normal.Top edge sporadically spotted/ foxed; fore-edge similar but less so,contents bright,tight and clean.Bright,clean,publisher's original,plain brown cloth boards with bright, crisp,blockped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate,plain green endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,13-191pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and a double-page b/w map of Earthsea,illustrated frntis.
This is a tale of wizards,dragons,and shadows, played out in a world like and unlike our own,in an archipelago of imagined islands.The young boy Sparrowhawk realises his uncommon powers while defending his village against an enemy horde.He goes to Roke Island where he enters a School for Wizards.Pride and jealousy drive the boy to try certain dangerous powers too soon,and a terrible evil is let loose in the land.
Thus begins the chase and the hunt between the young wizard and shadow-beast across the stone-peaked islands and the furthest unknown waters of Earthsea.This is an adventure story,a Quest,a tale of a proud incautious boy who meddled too early with the Dark.'A Wizard of Earthsea' is the first book of the Earthsea trilogy.
The others are: 'THE TOMBS OF ATUAN' and
'THE FARTHEST SHORE'.
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