First edition with John Minton illustrations. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the John Minton colour illustrated dustwrapper. Further illustrations in black and white throughout the text by John Minton. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt, bright and fresh. The contents, with a previous owner inscribed Book Society bookplate to the front endpaper are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the very good rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has several small chips and short closed tears, with associated creasing to the spine tips and fold corners. Not price-clipped. A decent example, in original condition of a notoriously fragile dustwrapper.
Stock code: 21890
£275
London: Paul Elek.
1947