The Left Hand of Darkness
New York: Walker and Company, 1969. Jacket illustration by Jack Gaughan. First Edition. Hardcover in illustrated dust jacket. Slate-gray cloth with titles stamped in black to spine. Publisher's blue topstain. 286pp. Ex-library copy. First printing of the landmark science-fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018), which follows a galactic emissary on his inaugural trip to an "ambisexual" world in which gender has no fixed role but shifts fluidly within each inhabitant. Good condition. Cocked spine; lightly edgeworn; mildly soiled; else contents clean save ex-library markings: tape residue to boards, marker line to topstain, card-holder pasted to front free endpaper, library stamp to last free endpaper. Very good unclipped dust jacket ($4.95) free of markings; lightly scuffed and shallowly edgeworn; with all material present. Item #3949
Price: $500.00