1st ed, 1st imp. 250pp. Beige cloth boards (rubbed rounded at corners and spine ends, dusty). Library lending sheet on front endpaper, no other library marks, else internally neat and clean barring very minor spotting). In its original dust jacket (lightly rubbed and bumped at edges, rubbed at corners and on folds, sunned and chipped on spine, shelf wear visible on verso). Dust jacket now in archival-quality mylar wrapper to protect & prolong the life of the jacket. It is not adhered to the book or to the dust jacket. Few characters in mid-century fiction have been so beloved as Runbeck's entrancing child, Miss Boo. This novel revolves around the same household and preserves the unconscious wit and charm which delighted thousands.
