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Inscribed by Le Guin on the title page. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($7.95), bumped and with a few small chips at the head and foot of the spine. Quarter green cloth with green paper on the boards, lightly rubbed at the bottom edge. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Le Guin's Hainish novel of an anarchist utopia, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards.

The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia is a novel by American author Ursula K. Le Guin, set in the same fictional universe as that of The Left Hand of Darkness (the Hainish Cycle). It was first published in 1974 and is a tale of two planets, Urras and Anarres, and the lives of their inhabitants, focusing on the themes of anarchism, isolation, and society. The book's protagonist, Shevek, is a physicist from Anarres who challenges and explores the societal norms of both worlds.

To determine if a copy is a first edition of 'The Dispossessed', look for the words 'First Edition', accompanying the date 'May 1974' on the publication details page with 'Harper & Row' as the publisher. Other indicators include the absence of additional printing numbers or the presence of a dust jacket featuring the original artwork.