Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. First edition, softcover review copy previously owned by American poet Charles Guenther with his name on the letter from publisher, has very light sunning to spine, touch of edgewear to top edge of front cover, and light rubbing, otherwise a bright VG+ copy.
Language: English
Published by New American Library, USA, 1960
Seller: The Raven and the Writing Desk, Ruawai, NORTH, New Zealand
Soft cover. Condition: Good to Worn. Age spots and browning, front cover is loosening, edge wear.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Advance Reader's Edition. Plain white cardstock wraps, with pink dust wrapper attached along spine panel (original to issue). 127 pp. Corners mildly bumped, with a bit of shelf wear and lightly sunned spine panel. Despite the Bodley Head imprint on title page, the lower front cover bears an "Uncorrected Advance Proof" sticker from Little, Brown (Boston), partially torn but otherwise intact; most likely, Little, Brown was the US distributor for Bodley Head issues at this time. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Venables, Bob (illustrator). First Edition Thus. First edition thus, slipcased hardcover, the book has a very mild lean to the binding, and slight wear to the spine ends and cover corners. Overall, this is a solid, tight and clean, Very Good+ copy in a like slipcase, which is lightly rubbed, and has bumps to the corners.