Later printing. 156pp, with charming frontispiece and illustrations in text by Ernest H Shepard. In pale green cloth boards with black illustration and decorations, titles front and spine. 12mo. Cloth lightly rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends. Top text block edge lightly spotted. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, lightly chipped at edges and shelf wear visible on verso, price clipped. Dust jacket now protected in a Brodart-style sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. Classic children's tale,