Ace Books, 1968. Likely printed in 1973 based on price and ads in back of book, despite only the copyright date being stated in book. The second cover art published as a mass market paperback by Ace and a fairly rare edition. The first book in the young adult fantasy series, Earthsea. With illustrations by Ruth Robbins.
Very good. Mild shelf wear around the edges with crease to bottom right corner of front cover and wear to spine ends. Blemish to top of spine where a sticker likely was imperfectly removed. Crease to front cover along joint. Binding is tight, spine is straight and without reading creases. Previous owner's stamp on reverse side of front cover and small black mark to top edge of text block, otherwise all pages are clean and unmarked though tanned.