Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 160pp., a few pages have some light colored stains -all text clear and readable, Exlibrary with usual markings,
Language: English
Published by Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London, 1969
ISBN 10: 0090623215 ISBN 13: 9780090623211
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Mabey, Ralph (illustrator). Fourth Impression. Fourth impression from 1969. Originally published in 1948. The work was revised and enlarged by Christina Hole with a new edition published in 1962. This was reprinted in May 1969 with this edition following in September of the same year. There are a number of small white spots to the front and rear panels of the boards with a small brown mark and a small raised bump to the rear panel and some discolouration along the edgew. Slight dustiness to the page edges with a small stain to the top edges and three small stains at the top of the fore edges. Light browning to the endpapers but the pages are unmarked. The price-clipped jacket has chipping to the surface at the top and bottom of the spine, with a piece of brown tape stuck to the reverse at the bottom, and some rubbing to the edges. Jacket design by Ralph Mabey.