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Publication: The Word for World Is Forest

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  • Publication: The Word for World Is ForestPublication Record # 770775
  • Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Date: date unknown
  • ISBN: 978-1-4732-0578-9 [1-4732-0578-6]
  • Publisher: Gollancz / Orion
  • Pub. Series: Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)
  • Price:
    £8.99?£: UK pound
  • Pages: 128
  • Format:
    tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
  • Type: CHAPBOOK
  • Cover: The Word for World Is Forest (2015) • by Christopher Gibbs
  • Notes: Undated 3rd printing of the 2015 edition, by number line. Title page:
    • Gollancz colophon as imprint.
    Copyright page:
    • "Text copyright © Ursula K. Le Guin 1972, 1976"
    • "Introduction copyright © Ken MacLeod 2014"
    • "This edition first published in Great Britain in 2015 by Gollancz [over] An imprint of the Orion Publishing Group [over] An Hachette UK Company"
    • Number line: "3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4"
    Back cover:
    • Bought new. No price(es) printed on back cover but a black-on-white price sticker (not applied by the retailer), next to the barcode, shows "£8.99". This is consistent with the price £8.99 for the 1st and the subsequent 4th printings.
    • "Illustration by Christopher Gibbs" (no visible signature on the artwork)
    Introduction starts on unnumbered page 1 and is signed "Ken MacLeod" on numbered page 3. Author's Introduction starts on unnumbered page 5 and is signed "Portland, 1976." on numbered page 10. First page of the novella is unnumbered. Semi-gloss cover.
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Chapbook Title: The Word for World Is Forest • (1976) • chapbook by Ursula K. Le Guin

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