First edition, first printing. Original beige cloth with gilt titles to the spine and upper board, in the Bertram Prance illustrated dustwrapper. Map endpapers. Illustrated throughout with black and white line drawings by Bertram Prance. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping to the spine tips, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with a previous owner's bookplate to the bank reverse of the half title, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the bright, lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a piece torn from the top edge of the rear panel. Not price clipped (7/6 net to the front flap).
The third title in the Lone Pine series.
Stock code: 28225
£100