First edition with these illustrations, first printing. Publisher's original red cloth with black titles to the spine and gilt illustration on the upper board, in slipcase. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Quentin Blake. Printed on Abbey Pure Rough paper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean and bright throughout. Housed in the fine, structurally sound slipcase.
The text was first published by the Folio Society in 1991. It is revisited here in a larger format, new binding and with illustrations by Quentin Blake.
Stock code: 26503
£100