First edition, first impression. 256pp. In pinkish-red cloth covered boards with black lettering on spine. 12mo. Cloth is a little faded at edges, gently rounded at spine tips. Hint of spotting on text block edges. Gift inscription inked on front free endpaper else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, bumped along upper edge, a couple of very short nicks at edges, a little rubbed and rounded on corners and spine ends, lightly sunned over spine with a little shelf wear. Jacket now protected in an archival quality Mylar wrapper, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. A novel for adults from the writer of the Just William stories.
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