Parable Of the Sower
by Butler, Octavia
In acclaimed science-fiction author Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower, we find the world in 2025, crippled by global warming, pollution, and socio-cultural tensions.
'Hyperempath' Lauren Olamina, a black teenager living just outside Los Angeles, flees with her community to escape the dangerous pyromaniacs who are destroying the remainders of civilization. As she flees, she begins to preach her philosophy, her religion, called 'Earthseed' to the other refugees.
"Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists that control the fool To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery."
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The first edition of Parable of the Sower was published by Four Walls, Eight Windows, in 1993. The First edition states “A FOUR WALLS EIGHT WINDOWS FIRST EDITION and has a full number line starting with 1. The dust jacket has a $19.95 price stamp on the inside front flap.
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Parable of the Sower
by Butler, Octavia E.
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Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Like New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" An outstanding copy of the rare first edition one of the greatest novels in the genre. A fine copy in a fine jacket, binding crisp and square, with only the faintest hints that this copy has been read. First printing… Read more about this item Item Price
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Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler
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PARABLE OF THE SOWER
by Butler, Octavia E
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Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Signed by Author. Signed and inscribed by Octavia Butler on half title page. Owner seal also on half title page in upper corner, Butler's signature is unaffected. Fourth printing. Hardcover in jacket, price intact on jacket flap. Clean and unmarked, hint of dusting to page edges.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Parable of the Sower
by BUTLER, Octavia E.
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New York: Aspect, 2000. Fourth Trade Paperback Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Duodecimo. 5.25 x 8 in. 345 pp. Very good in the original illustrated wrappers that have a crease on the upper front cover and a slight bow to the bottom corner. The interior pages are toned around the edges. Otherwise, the pages are clean. Inscribed by Butler… Read more about this item Item Price
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Parable of the Sower (Parable, 1)
by Octavia E. Butler
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PARABLE OF THE SOWER
by Butler, Octavia E.
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Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993. 299pp, Black board binding, gold lettering on spine, slight bump at bottom corner tips of cover and lower spine edge, no names or markings in text; stated first editon, Glossy dust jacket looks nearly new and has 19.95 price on front flap, California, 2025, her community overrun by violent people addicted to a dangerous… Read more about this item Item Price
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PARABLE OF THE SOWER
by Butler, Octavia E.
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- 1993
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New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine unclipped dust jacket.. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. First edition, first printing with complete number line on copyright page. First installment in Butler's excellent, two-book dystopian Earthseed series. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings,… Read more about this item Item Price
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PARABLE OF THE SOWER
by Butler, Octavia E.
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Parable of the Sower (SIGNED BY OCTAVIA E. BUTLER)
by Butler, Octavia E.
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- 1993
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New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993 Fourth Printing of the First Trade Edition (and probable book club) SIGNED by Octavia E. Butler with personalized inscription to half-title, no markings, no spine creases, shelf/edge wear to wraps with small crease top front corner, there are a few formerly dogeared pages and a few small stains to prelims as well as… Read more about this item Item Price
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Parable of the Sower
by Butler, Octavia E.
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USA: Warner Books, 1995. Warner Books 1995 Fine/ Light pencil note inside cover. Tight tanned pages. In Plastic.. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Item Price
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Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler
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PARABLE OF THE SOWER
by Butler, Octavia E
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Four Wallls Eight Windows. hardcover. Acceptable. 8x5x1. Ships M-F. An acceptable ex-library book. Besides the usual labels and stamps this book also has a general worn look and feel. This is a decent reading copy. We protect your purchase with damage-resistant double-layer bubble-wrap packaging where possible. Your purchase helps fund small charities in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana. *Our… Read more about this item Item Price
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Parable of the Sower: the New York Times bestseller
by Octavia E. Butler
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Parable of the Sower
by Butler, Octavia E.
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New York: Four Walls Eight Windows. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0941423999 . Third Printing. Black cloth with modest rubbing to the boards. The dust jacket has a publisher label to the rear flap. In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better… Read more about this item Item Price
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Parable of the Sower
by Butler, Octavia E
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Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Third printing. 299 pages. Black boards with gold spine titles, very good with light edgewear, lightly bumped spine tips. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket has light dampstaining along top margin of rear panel and inner flap, at verso; no aesthetic effect on the illustrated side. DJ lightly edgeworn, protected… Read more about this item Item Price
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Parable of the Sower (Parable, 1)
by Butler, Octavia E.
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- 2019-04-30
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Parable of the Sower [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
by Butler, Octavia E.
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- 1993
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Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Very good in near fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed 'To Elke and to a better future. Best' by the author on the half-title page.1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket has mild rubbing and scratches, now in a protective mylar sleeve. Book… Read more about this item Item Price
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Parable of the Sower: A Novel
by Butler, Octavia E.
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Parable of the Sower: the New York Times bestseller
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