The Tombs of Atuan

New York: Atheneum, 1972. First edition, second printing. Large octavo in blue DJ, 163 pages, b&w illustrations, 25 cm. Ex-library book with usual markings (two stickers to DJ spine, four pieces of tape residue to boards, one piece of tape to front board, card pocket with stamps, typing, and writing to front free endpaper, due-date card to front free endpaper, ink initials to front pastedown, stamp and sparse ink to copyright page, three pieces of tape residue to rear free endpaper, extremely mild rubbing to corners, exceedingly gentle wear to spine head and foot, faint soiling to boards, light mark to page 89, ink line to fore-edge, bright pages in tight binding, less than quarter-inch tear to front DJ-top corner, extremely mild wear to DJ spine head and foot, exceedingly gentle rubbing to DJ corners, extremely light rubbing to front DJ-top edge, else Very Good(+) in Very Good(+) DJ. Hardcover.

Arha's isolated existence as high priestess in the tombs of Atuan is jarred by a thief who seeks a special treasure. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve.