Robbins Ruth Illustrations (4 results)

First Edition. Very good book Very good jacket. X-Library [RAL] We provide PROTECTIVE packaging. Photos of our books are always available upon request. SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS ON ABE SINCE 1997 AND IN OUR STORE IN THE BERKSHIRES FROM 1987 TO 2015.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Bound in dark yellow linen cloth with illustrated cover and endpapers. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Area of browning to front pastedown and ffep. Text and images unmarked. Dust jacket has a few small edge tears and faint soiling. The front panel is clipped and lightly browned, now in a mylar cover.…

Unbound. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. VG, 1959, DUSTJACKET ONLY, NO BOOK DJ ONLY, LITE rub wear DJ EDGES & INK # FRONT RIGHT CORNER DJ, , THE WOLF BALTA LEARNS THE WAYS of the wild as he grows from Puppyhood to Maturity.Life in theworld beyond his den where he has been protected by his mother & Father is a world of dangers & surprises, a golden eagle swoops down over him with sharp Tallons. Rushing savage River threatens to enguf him in its rapids. Balta learns to hunt with the pack for food. Ruth Robbins, (illustrator). …

First Paperback Edition. First Printing. Octavo (17.75cm); original pictorial card wrappers; yellow-orange edge-staining; [10],11-205 + [3]pp ads. Signed by Le Guin on the title page, beneath the signatures of cover artists Leo & Diane Dillon. Light wear to extremities, hint of sunning to spine, with some tanning to inner cover edges, and an early owner's name faintly stamped on upper edge of textblock; Very Good+. An attractive copy of Le Guin's fourth published novel, and the first to bring her critical acclaim after the release of the three novels in her Hainish Cycle. "Predicted to become a great Archmage, proud and willful Ged attends the School for Wizards on Roke where, goaded by an older student, he calls back Elfarran from the dead and thereby looses the Shadow, which first haunts him and then is hunted by him. This first part of the Earthsea Trilogy.has become a classic presentation of both coming of age and light-dark conflict because of its almost perfect blend of atmosphere, style, setting and theme" (Barron, Fantasy Literature 4B-98). Uncommon signed especially by cover artists Leo and Diane Dillon. …