Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1961
First Edition, First State True First Edition of this title with the requisite bound by H. Wolff, located on the last page in the ‘About The Author’ Section. Stunning First state dust jacket and near fine crisp beautiful book.
The book has crisp, vibrant red cloth boards with an embossed image of a wreath and the head of a child to front. Bright unfaded gilt titles to spine. The boards are in clean condition with sharp corners and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with no bookstore stamps, no owner names, no inscriptions and no bookplates. The internal pages are crisp, bright and clean for this title with no writing, no marks, no scribbles, no stains, no handling marks and no foxing. Beautiful clean, bright copy of a children’s book in hard to find condition!.
The stunning unrestored price clipped, original first edition, first state dust jacket presents in near fine condition. The jacket has strong, bright vibrant colors still retaining the strong red/orange tones to the spine (which is most unusual as this title is usually found with faded spines). The jacket has but trivial nicks to the outer edges, otherwise no edgewear, No stains, No rips, No chips, No rubbing, No fading and No foxing. There is no ISBN number to the rear panel.
A stunning example of this title presenting very well with the striking dust jacket and nice crisp interior.
