1st Edition, 1st impression. 12.5 x 21cm original black boards with silver titles to the spine, 189pp, in John Williamson designed dust jacket, unclipped, showing original price of £2.95. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and named one of the top ten Medal-winning works for the 70th anniversary celebration in 2007. The boards are in fine condition, all corners are firm, sharp and square with virtually no shelf wear. The binding is tight and square. Internally, there is no name or inscription and all pages are lovely and clean. The beautiful Williamson designed dust jacket is in excellent condition, with no tears and only miniscule surface loss at the tips of the spine head corners and tip of the top corner of the front flap joint. There is a little fading to the spine, more so the top half.