Graves, Robert

The Second English Edition, called the 'Children's Edition', March 1938 reprinting, and so identified in the issue statement on page 4 (see image 2). Publisher's red cloth with black lettering to the front cover and spine, and a black publisher's device to the rear cover. Clear, removable, archival sleeve fitted to the illustrated dust-jacket. Octavo. 19.9 x 13.5 cm: [A]8, B-S8, 114 leaves, pp. [1-6] 7-8 [9-10] 11-288, with 16 plates on coated paper printed on one side only following pp. 2, 28, 36, 80, 92, 122, 134, 170, 186, 206, 228, 236, 242, 250, 278, and 284. Sheets bulk 3 cm. Text 20 lines 7.8 x 8.8. The spine of the dust-jacket includes the words 'for boys and girls' in addition to the title and author.