Description
First edition, 1949. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Good condition; Boards rubbed but clean, bumps to corners and spine, faint foxing to fore edges and FEP, pages clean and tightly bound with Fair condition unclipped dust jacket; edgeworn with some chips and small tears, sunned to spine. This is the first issue illustrated by Stone, whose highly evocative illustrations (and dustwrapper artwork) complement the narrative perfectly. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.
Published: London: Faber & Faber, 1949
