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Author:	Ursula K. Le Guin
Title:	The Left Hand Of Darkness
Publisher:	Ace
Country:	USA
Date:	1969
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction, Society
Cat#:	47800
Total Editions:	7
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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286 numbered pages.
288 total pages.
Cover art by Leo and Diane Dillon.

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ppint. 10th Jul 2023		hachette uk orion publishing group gollancz b-format p/b first printing, not first uk p/b two introductions: 4pp. by china miéville (new), followed by ursula k. le guin's 4pp.1976 introduction cover art by vincent chong (unsigned, credited on back cover) cover price £8.99 (no other prices) 336pp. including (i)-xviii pp. titles, indicia, two nf introductions etc, 18 end pp: ''the gethenian calendar and clock'' (nf within f) ursula k. le guin (1974), 1p. brief uncredited biographical note, 3pp. advertising interspersed amongst 13 blank pp. (re-check) the cover has a strange matte effect finish all over month and day of publication not given: taken from locus #678 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 11th Jun 2023		little, brown uk (warner books uk) orbit books imprint p/b first uk printing (n.b. the new isbn), first published in uk in 1969 by macdonald & co. publishers in h/cvr, published in uk p/b by futura publications (1981), not first uk p/b edition, six printings cover art by tim white (retained from sixth futura publications p/b printing and near simultaneous macdonald second edition h/cvr) cover price £5.99 (check for any overseas territories' prices) 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 11th Jun 2023		futura publications ltd. p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition there was also a second macdonald publishers h/cvr edition approximately simultaneous with this, sharing the tim white cover art on its d-j cover art by tim white (unsigned, uncredited; reproduced in ''chiaroscuro'' tim white (1988), q.v.) cover price £1.60 (check for overseas territories' prices) 256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising near-identical 1983 second, orbit p/b printing differs: cover price £2.50 near-identical 1986 third, orbit p/b printing cover price £2.50 near-identical 1988 fourth printing cover price £2.99 near-identical 1989 fifth printing cover price £3.50 (no overseas territories' prices) the 1991 p/b bears new bright, predominantly light blue cover art by tim white cover price £3.99 all of the above retain the original futura publications p/b isbn, as entered above in isbn10 field the 1992 orbit books imprint p/b, q.v. retains the new art, bears new orbit books isbn isbn 1-85723-074-4 still from the same typesetting, suitably emended (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 11th Jun 2023		granada publishing group panther books ltd. imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by colin hay (unsigned, uncredited; attributed in ''space wars: worlds and weapons'' robert holdstock as ''steven eisler'' (1979), q.v. where it's entitled ''alien city of bash'kaz'') cover price 35p, R0.85 south africa, $3.50 singapore, $1.10 australia & new zealand, $1.25 canada 208pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. distinguish from near-identical 1973 second printing, which differs: cover price 35p, $1.20 australia & new zealand indicia publishing history adds line: reprinted 1973 and from near-identical 1975 third printing, which differs: cover price 50p, $1.60 australia & new zealand indicia publishing history adds date to line: reprinted 1973, 1975 also from near-identical 1977 fourth printing, which differs: cover price 60p, $1.75 australia, $1.85 new zealand, $1.75 canada (check publishing history reprinting line statement) the 1978 fifth printing drops the pinked-edge disc from front cover, adding line between author and title: her hugo and nebula award-winning classic else near-identical, save: cover price 75p, 82½p ireland, $2.50 australia, $2.50 new zealand published by granada publishing ltd. in panther books 1973 reprinted 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978 near-identical 1979 sixth printing seen only incompletely reported: cover price £1.25 (overseas territories' prices ?) check for dropping of panther imprint, etc, etc. the next uk p/b of which yr hmbl srppnt. is aware is the first futura publications ltd. p/b (1981), q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 11th Jun 2023		macdonald & co. (publishers) h/cvr first printing, first uk edition cover (d-j) art (unsigned, uncredited line drawing on the hollow capitals SF of the uniform design) cover price 30/- 288pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 5th Aug 2020		near-identical first edition 3/1969 first and late 1970 second ace books mmpb printings both state an ace science fiction special on front cover, and share the same cover art by diane dillon, leo dillon cat# 47800 cover price 95¢ indica publishing history gives only the copyright year of 1969 288pp. including titles, indicia etc, 2 end pp. advertising first printing cover typography is in blue (title and author) and black on white ground above the cover art; the second printing cover bears a large pinked-edge circular flash announcing the novel's award-winning status, title and author in black upon a white ground occupying one third of the front cover above the same cover art which has been blown up and then cropped; the two printings may further be distinguished by reference to the two end pp. advertising: the second printing has the copy on its end two advertising pp. numbered 7 & 18 later ace books mmpb printings' publishing histories omit the late 1970 second printing, so the accounting of printings in their indicia publishing histories undercount by one. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Jan 2018		single step imported dozens of these whilst it was out of print in the uk (1975ish-1978 iirc) :-) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 15th Nov 2017		winner of both the hugo award from the world science fiction convention, and the nebula award from the science fiction writers of america, for the best science fiction novel of the year. cover art by josh kirby (signed kirby; uncredited, signature sometimes guillotined off bottom edge) cover price 95¢ 288pp? including titles, indicia etc, end pp.. advertising near-identical further reprintings: 4/1973 actually fourth printing 6/1973 stated fourth, actually fifth printing 9/1973 stated fifth, actually sixth printing 5/1974 stated sixth, actually seventh printing 11/1974 ace books mmpb stated seventh printing (actually eighth) bears new cover art by alex ebel (signed, art used reversed left-right so signature appears in mirror-writing) cat# 47802 cover price $1.50 date uncertain ace books stated seventh printing, must actually be ninth cat# 47803 cover price $1.75 1/1975 ace books mmpb printing must actually be tenth printing 5/1975 ace books mmpb printing must actually be eleventh printing 2/1976 near-identical ace books mmpb printing must actually be twelfth printing cat# 47804 cover price $1.95 indicia publishing history gives only the copyright date of 1969 2/1976 near-identical ace books mmpb stated eleventh printing must actually be thirteenth printing 7/1976 near-identical ace books mmpb stated twelfth, must actually be fourteenth printing cover typography changes, on retained cover art by alex ebel cat# 47805 cover price $1.95 adds introduction by ursula le guin 320pp. including titles, indicia, introduction etc, end pp. 12/1976 near-identical ace books mmpb stated thirteenth, must actually be fifteenth printing 6/1977 near-identical ace books mmpb stated fourteenth, must actually be sixteenth printing 6/1978 near-identical ace books mmpb stated fifteenth, must actually be seventeenth printing 11/1978 near-identical ace books mmpb stated sixteenth, must actually be eighteenth printing 4/1979 near-identical ace books mmpb stated seventeenth, must actually be nineteenth printing cover art by alex ebel cat# 47805 cover price $1.95 320pp. including titles, indicia, introduction etc, end pp. 1/1980 near-identical ace books mmpb stated eighteenth, must actually be twentieth printing cover art by alex ebel cat# 47805 cover price $1.95 320pp. including titles, indicia, introduction etc, end pp. ?/1980 near-identical stated nineteenth, must actually be twenty-first printing cat# ? (i)sbn ? 9/1980 near-identical stated twentieth, must actually be twenty-second printing cat# 47806 isbn 0-441-47806-9 cover price $2.25 320pp. including titles, indicia, introduction etc, end pp. 3/1981 near-identical stated twenty-first, must actually be twenty-third printing indicia publishing history adds line: twenty-first ace printing, march, 1981 2/1982 near-identical reprinting reported in locus 255, 4/1982, wrongly reporting it the 7th ace printing, not reported to state claimed printing number, must actually be twenty-fourth printing isbn 0-441-47806-9 cover price $2.25 8/1982 near-identical no printing stated, must actually be twenty-fifth printing cover price $2.50 isbn 0-441-47807-7 indicia printing record simply states: this ace printing: august 1982 2/1983 near-identical ace books mmpb stated twenty-sixth printing cover price $2.75 isbn 0-441-47808-5 5/1983 near-identical ace books mmpb stated twenty-seventh printing cover price $2.95 isbn 0-441-47809-3 ... 9/1984 near-identical ace books mmpb stated twenty-ninth printing isbn 0-441-47810-7 cover price (canada $3.50) $2.95 u.s. 3/1985 near-identical ace books mmpb stated thirtieth printing isbn 0-441-47810-7 cover price (canada $3.50) $2.95 u.s. ... 12/1987 incompletely-reported ace books mmpb printing isbn 0-441-47812-3 cover price (?$4.95? canada) $3.95 u.s. --- --- c. 1992 undated 45th printing by indicia publishing history printing number line stated an ace book published by the berkley publishing group 200 madison avenue, new york, new york 10016 (usa) cover art alex ebel retained (signed, uncredited) cover price ($5.99 canada) • $4.99 u.s. isbn 0-441-47812-3 bar-code number 0 72742 00499 8 47812> indicia publishing history printing number line: 48 47 46 45 320pp. including sixteen unpaginated pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters), 6pp. introduction ©1976 by ursula k. le guin, etc, 3 end pp: the gethenian calander and clock (nf within f) --- --- --- --- 1991 incompletely-reported ace books tp/b printing bears new, largely typographical design cover art isbn 0-441-47812-3 ... ... .. 7/2000 incompletely-reported ace books tp/b printing cover art (?designer of geometric field on which typographical cover is set?) cover price (?canada?) $12.95 isbn 0-441-00731-7 cover states new introduction david mitchell, new afterword charlie jane anders cover states 50th anniversary, but n (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Ursula K. Le Guin - The Left Hand Of Darkness - Ace - Paperback - USA (1972)

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Ursula K. Le Guin - The Left Hand Of Darkness - Macdonald & Co. - Hardcover - UK - 0356029476 (1969)

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Ursula K. Le Guin - The Left Hand Of Darkness - Panther / Granada - Paperback - UK - 0586036415 (1973)

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Ursula K. Le Guin - The Left Hand Of Darkness - Futura - Paperback - UK - 0708880819 (1981)

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Ursula K. Le Guin - The Left Hand Of Darkness - Orbit - Paperback - UK - 1857230744 (1992)

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Ursula K. Le Guin - The Left Hand Of Darkness - Gollancz / Orion Publishing Group - Paperback - UK - 9781473221628 (2017)