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. A superb FINE copy of this title with a stunning First state dust jacket.
The book has fine, 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 bright, flat, crisp, and creamy white. The pages are completely clean, 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 appearing as unread!
The stunning original first edition, first state dust jacket has benefited from a very slight touch of restoration to the outer spine tips and presents in near fine condition. The jacket has strong, bright vibrant colors still retaining the strong red/orange tones to the spine with but a hint of fading (which is most unusual as this title is usually found with faded spines). The jacket has no edgewear, No stains, No rips, No chips, No rubbing, No fading and No foxing. The jacket has is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $3.95 on the front inside flap and no ISBN number to the rear panel.
A stunning fresh example of this title presenting very well with the striking dust jacket and nice crisp interior.
