[8] 184pp. First edition, with the issue point 'First edition 1-B' on the copyright page. Original publisher's decorated cloth boards lettered blue, with the original dustwrapper including '...author of Stuart Little' to front, and the publisher's name split over two lines to the rear panel, below Stuart Little review extracts. Boards remain bright and sharp save bumping to corners, dustwrapper is toned with minor losses to all edges, more notably spine ends. Contemporary gift inscription to title "Sylvia ... Daddy, 12/25/52", otherwise internally bright and clean save a few light marks throughout the illustrated pageblock, light toning to web-design endpapers.
