1965. First Edition thus. 64 pages. Colour illustrated dust jacket over similarly illustrated cloth blue boards. Mixture of colour and black & white illustrations throughout, by Paul Galdone. Binding remains firm. There is the previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Mild foxing to endpapers. Boards have mild edge wear and a couple of bumped corners. Big crease along back board and a small scuff to front board. Unclipped jacket with light edge wear. Moderate tanning to spine ends.