- Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. True Rare First Edition, First Printing with 1941 listed on the title page
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. True Rare First Edition, First Printing with 1941 listed on the title page. Bound in publisher's red/orange cloth stamped in dark brown. Good condition, with cover staining. Light fading, light edge wear, and several faint scratches to cloth. Corner clipped from pictorial front free endpaper. Previous owner's name written in the "This book belongs to" line. Light thumbing, toning, and occasional soiling to pages. Lacking the dust jacket. A nice first printing of this beloved classic, with its rarity enhanced by the presence of front and back cover staining.