London: Collins, 1967

8vo, pp. 224. Original blue boards, lettered in silver to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. Small inked initials to front free endpaper, otherwise a near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper with a small scuff affecting title lettering to head of spine and just the lightest of general edgewear.

First edition.

Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in the year of its publication and the basis for the feature-length, Oscar-nominated Studio Ghibli film version in 2014.

Scarce, especially in this condition.