The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin [FIRST EDITION] 1980 • Atheneum • Earthsea #3

The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin and illustrated by Gail Garraty [EARTHSEA III]

FIRST EDITION • SIXTH PRINTING [1980] ATHENEUM

Refurbished ex-library hardcover with dust jacket in beautiful condition.

Dust jacket is very nice; artwork looks stunning w/ minimal shelf wear;sunning to spine.  Both front and rear panels have fraying / discoloration to underside.  Now housed in a new HQ brodart jacket protector. 

Book itself is excellent; clean white pages.  Tight binding.  Clean black boards w/ metallic purple frontispiece.  Library stamp on top to text block.    Beautiful edition. 

Book Three of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea CycleDarkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world and its wizards are losing their magic. Despite being wearied with age, Ged Sparrowhawk -- Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord -- embarks on a daring, treacherous journey, accompanied by Enlad's young Prince Arren, to discover the reasons behind this devastating pattern of loss. Together they will sail to the farthest reaches of their world -- even beyond the realm of death -- as they seek to restore magic to a land desperately thirsty for it.With millions of copies sold worldwide, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere, alongside the works of such beloved authors as J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis.