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Publication: The Beginning Place

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  • Publication: The Beginning PlacePublication Record # 270176
  • Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Date: 1981-02-01
  • ISBN: 0-553-14259-3 [978-0-553-14259-4]
  • Publisher: Bantam Books
  • Price:
    $2.25?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 183
  • Format:
    pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: The Beginning Place (1981) • by Elizabeth Malczynski
  • Notes:
    • Stated:
      • Harper & Row edition published February 1980
      • 3 printings through March 1980
      • Book-of-the-Month Club Alternate June 1980
      • Serialized in REDBOOK Magazine December 1980
      • Bantam edition / February 1981
    • [day in the field is arbitrary to place this before the second printing from the same month]
    • First printing by number line 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
    • The artist is not credited, the wraparound artwork is clearly signed
    • Printed in the US
  • External IDs:
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