NY: Ace Publishing Corporation, 1969. First edition. 286pp. 12mo. Illustrated wraps. Light corner wear; white offsetting/shelf staining to base of textblock; bound-in Science Fiction Book Club subscription card has been removed. Altogether near fine.
Attractive first printing of Le Guin's celebrated exploration of gender and religion, which would go on to win both the 1970 Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel. This mass-market paperback preceded the first hardcover edition, published later the same year by Walker. Cover art by Leo and Diane Dillon.
