The Harps that Once...: Sumerian Poetry in Translation
Yale University Press, September 1997. Paperback. xv, 4989 pp. Penciling and pen markings to margins throughout, a bit of rubbing to extremities, sound otherwise.
Yale University Press, September 1997. Paperback. xv, 4989 pp. Penciling and pen markings to margins throughout, a bit of rubbing to extremities, sound otherwise.
Cornell University Press, August 1982. Paperback. 305 pp. Very light shelf wear, clean and unmarked otherwise.
Oxford University at the Clarendon Press, 1927. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 12mo, marbled paper over boards backed in brown cloth, printed paper spine label, deckled edges, fine cold pressed paper. Tips a bit rubbed, very clean and sharp otherwise in tight, square binding.
Clarendon, 1927. Third Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. xv, 195 pp. Navy boards, gilt lettering. Endpapers and dust jacket annotated. Some underlining, sound otherwise. DJ a few chips and tears.
Basil Blackwell, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition thus. 252 pp. 12mo, teal cloth, gilt spine lettering, B/W frontispiece. Clean, sharp copy; tips trivially rubbed.
Ithaca Press, January 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Some neat marginal penciling to early pages, very sound and square otherwise.
The Horn Book, 1955. Hardcover. 38 pp. Foxing, some rubbing to extremities, sound and unmarked otherwise.
William Heinemann ; Doubleday Page & Co., 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by Arthur Rackham on the half-title verso. Hand-numbered copy 421 of an Edition limited to 1450. 4to, white cloth, gilt lettering and pictorial stamping to spine and front cover, top edge gilt, deckled fore and tail. 12 full-page.....
Andrew Melrose, 1915. Hardcover. vi, 203 pp. Navy boards, gilt lettering, gilt head edge. Owner name to FFEP, a bit of rubbing to extremities, sound otherwise.
Western Fishermans Pr, January 2000. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. VIII, 415 pp. Signed copy. Black cloth with gold gilt lettering on front cover and spine, profusely illustrated. Near pristine copy, slight bumping on fore spine. DJ minimal rubbing on covers and bumping on fore spine, otherwise clean and crisp.
Mediaeval Academy of America, 1962. Hardcover. x, 277, 109. Bi-directional Hebrew and English text. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. Some light rubbing to extremities, very clean and sharp otherwise.
St. Thomas Poetry Series. Hardcover. 224 pp. 12mo, royal blue muslin cloth, inlaid paper label to front cover, tipped in color plates, cold pressed paper, printed endpapers. Exceedingly clean and sharp.
Russell & Russell, 1966. Hardcover. 408 pp. Crisp copy. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Deckled page edges. Owner's name to ffep. Clean and sharp.
Cambridge University Press, 1955. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. xiii, 310 pp. Owner name to FFEP, corners a bit bumped, clean otherwise. DJ a few significant tears with some chipping, still intact.
Doubleday, Page and Co., 1912. First Edition. Leather. Publisher's deluxe green morocco leather binding with gilt-stamped drop-capped title and tooled border to front cover. Oblong 8vo of a single gathering, hand stitched and tied in the middle. Cover is detached and edgeworn, spine and tail sunned.
Routledge, July 2009. Hardcover. iv, 249 pp. A pristine copy.
Lincolns Prager, 1959. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. [6], 7-205 pp. 12mo, red cloth, gilt stamped spine and front cover lettering. 'Modern Yugoslavian Writers' series. Some foxing spots to endpapers and top edge, possible light silverfishing to tail edge, tips very faintly rubbed, three puncture spots to front hinge; tight binding.....
University of Pennsylvania Press, September 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 298 pp. A very sharp, clean copy. DJ very light rubbing to tips.
Putnam, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 12mo, navy cloth, gilt spine lettering. Small bookplate, spine leaning, clean and sharp otherwise; DJ tips worn, some loss to head and short tear to tail.
J.L. Delkin, 1946. Hardcover. xii, 112 pp. Inscribed by author, deckled fore and tail edge. Typically toned, rubbing to spine with small tear, otherwise clean and sharp.
Viking, October 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. xiii, 383 pp. Signed by author. A crisp, clean copy. DJ now wrapped in mylar.
Eerdmans, 1967. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 161 pp. A bit of rubbing to extremities, sharp and clean otherwise. DJ foxed, a few small chips.
Alfred A. Knopf, Borzoi Books, 1946. BOOK CLUB EDITION. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. vi, [2], 3-470 pp., colophon. 12mo, brick cloth, gilt spine lettering and gilt Icelandic stamp to front cover, blue stained head. Early BCE with unclipped price '$3.00', Borzoi hound blindstamp but no punch to rear cover. Unique.....
Shambhala, 1999. First Edition. Trade Paperback. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on the half-title, 'For Elaine, / with warm good wishes / from Ursula. / 24.6.99.' 112 pp. Paperback first. Tips a bit worn, clean and sound otherwise.
Atheneum, A Jean Karl Book, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author, 'for Elaine / with all good wishes. / Ursula K. Le Guin / 23 III 93'. [12], 226 pp. 12mo, brown paper over boards backed in black clith, copper gilt spine lettering.....