Octavo. Light tan spine and rear board, light tan illustrated front board

Octavo. Light tan spine and rear board, light tan illustrated front board (all the same as the jacket) are all clean and glossy. Very light bumping at the head and tail of the spine and at the very tip of the upper front outside corner. White endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 110 pages. Dust Jacket-has light rubbing at the head and tail of the spine with a tiny chip in each of the spine's corners. Triangular chip in the lower edge of the front cover is about 2/3" long and 1/2" deep. 2/3" closed tear in the upper edge of the front cover with faint accompanying wrinkles. Just a trace of rubbing in a couple places along the upper and lower edges. Original $8.95 price on the upper corner of the front inside flap. Not perfect, but a tight, clean, attractive copy of a later book from Taylor, who is probably still best known for his young adult novel The Cay.