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Editor's Note
Book Details
Before she passed away, Le Guin worked with series artist David Lupton to ensure that her worlds and characters were presented as accurately as possible. For The Tombs of Atuan, Lupton continued to work with the author’s son to maintain the integrity of Le Guin’s much-loved characters, and for this special edition he has created seven rich and foreboding illustrations, as well as a beautifully eerie binding design.
Production Details
Bound in printed and blocked clothPlain slipcase
Printed map endpapers
Dimensions
9 inches x 5¾ inchesFont
Set in Garamond with Ducinea Serif as displayPages
184 pagesAuthor
Ursula K. Le GuinIllustrated by
David LuptonIllustration
7 full page colour illustrationsPublication Date
17/05/2022Printing
First PrintingAbout the Illustrator
David Lupton is a London-based illustrator, hand-drawing and painting his work with traditional media. He often finds expression in the melancholy and the macabre. He has created work for many commercial briefs, including editorial illustration, children's picture books, music video design and animation, and record cover artwork. Lupton has illustrated a number of books for Folio, including The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (2015) and And Then There Were None (2017, Folio 2025). He worked closely with Ursula K. Le Guin to illustrate the Folio edition A Wizard of Earthsea (2015), and continued to realise the author's vision after Le Guin passed away, illustrating The Left Hand of Darkness (2018), The Dispossessed (Folio 2019), The Tombs of Atuan (2022), The Farthest Shore (2022), Tehanu (2023), Tales from Earthsea (2023) and The Other Wind (2024).
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About the Illustrator
David Lupton is a London-based illustrator, hand-drawing and painting his work with traditional media. He often finds expression in the melancholy and the macabre. He has created work for many commercial briefs, including editorial illustration, children's picture books, music video design and animation, and record cover artwork. Lupton has illustrated a number of books for Folio, including The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (2015) and And Then There Were None (2017, Folio 2025). He worked closely with Ursula K. Le Guin to illustrate the Folio edition A Wizard of Earthsea (2015), and continued to realise the author's vision after Le Guin passed away, illustrating The Left Hand of Darkness (2018), The Dispossessed (Folio 2019), The Tombs of Atuan (2022), The Farthest Shore (2022), Tehanu (2023), Tales from Earthsea (2023) and The Other Wind (2024).
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About the Illustrator
David Lupton is a London-based illustrator, hand-drawing and painting his work with traditional media. He often finds expression in the melancholy and the macabre. He has created work for many commercial briefs, including editorial illustration, children's picture books, music video design and animation, and record cover artwork. Lupton has illustrated a number of books for Folio, including The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (2015) and And Then There Were None (2017, Folio 2025). He worked closely with Ursula K. Le Guin to illustrate the Folio edition A Wizard of Earthsea (2015), and continued to realise the author's vision after Le Guin passed away, illustrating The Left Hand of Darkness (2018), The Dispossessed (Folio 2019), The Tombs of Atuan (2022), The Farthest Shore (2022), Tehanu (2023), Tales from Earthsea (2023) and The Other Wind (2024).
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About the Illustrator
David Lupton is a London-based illustrator, hand-drawing and painting his work with traditional media. He often finds expression in the melancholy and the macabre. He has created work for many commercial briefs, including editorial illustration, children's picture books, music video design and animation, and record cover artwork. Lupton has illustrated a number of books for Folio, including The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (2015) and And Then There Were None (2017, Folio 2025). He worked closely with Ursula K. Le Guin to illustrate the Folio edition A Wizard of Earthsea (2015), and continued to realise the author's vision after Le Guin passed away, illustrating The Left Hand of Darkness (2018), The Dispossessed (Folio 2019), The Tombs of Atuan (2022), The Farthest Shore (2022), Tehanu (2023), Tales from Earthsea (2023) and The Other Wind (2024).
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About the Illustrator
David Lupton is a London-based illustrator, hand-drawing and painting his work with traditional media. He often finds expression in the melancholy and the macabre. He has created work for many commercial briefs, including editorial illustration, children's picture books, music video design and animation, and record cover artwork. Lupton has illustrated a number of books for Folio, including The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (2015) and And Then There Were None (2017, Folio 2025). He worked closely with Ursula K. Le Guin to illustrate the Folio edition A Wizard of Earthsea (2015), and continued to realise the author's vision after Le Guin passed away, illustrating The Left Hand of Darkness (2018), The Dispossessed (Folio 2019), The Tombs of Atuan (2022), The Farthest Shore (2022), Tehanu (2023), Tales from Earthsea (2023) and The Other Wind (2024).
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About the Illustrator
David Lupton is a London-based illustrator, hand-drawing and painting his work with traditional media. He often finds expression in the melancholy and the macabre. He has created work for many commercial briefs, including editorial illustration, children's picture books, music video design and animation, and record cover artwork. Lupton has illustrated a number of books for Folio, including The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (2015) and And Then There Were None (2017, Folio 2025). He worked closely with Ursula K. Le Guin to illustrate the Folio edition A Wizard of Earthsea (2015), and continued to realise the author's vision after Le Guin passed away, illustrating The Left Hand of Darkness (2018), The Dispossessed (Folio 2019), The Tombs of Atuan (2022), The Farthest Shore (2022), Tehanu (2023), Tales from Earthsea (2023) and The Other Wind (2024).
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About the Author
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) was born in Berkeley and lived in Portland, Oregon. She published 21 novels, 11 volumes of short stories, 4 collections of essays, 12 books for children, 6 volumes of poetry and 4 translated works, and received many honours and awards, including the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, a National Book Award and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. A Wizard of Earthsea (1968; Folio Society 2015, 2022) is her best-known work; it is the first book of Earthsea, which includes The Tombs of Atuan (1971; Folio Society 2022), The Farthest Shore (1972; Folio Society 2022), Tehanu (1990; Folio Society 2023), Tales from Earthsea (2001; Folio Society 2023) and The Other Wind (2001; Folio Society 2024). Her Hugo Award-winning novels, The Left Hand of Darkness (1969; Folio Society 2018) and The Dispossessed (1974; Folio Society 2019) have also been produced as Folio editions.