1973. No edition remarks. 124 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by Mary Norton. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Page 59 with large corner torn away. Minor pen inscription to rear pastedown. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing, fraying and tearing to spine ends and edges. Some additional mild marks and staining. Boards are slightly bowed.