London, Jonathan Cape, 1984, hardcover, 268 pp, First Edition, First

London, Jonathan Cape, 1984, hardcover, 268 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight, and clean with no markings, slightest spine-end touches, touch of foxing to top edge. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, in new Brodart sleeve. This collection of 14 stories by the prolific children's author range from the macabre to the hilarious, from fairy tale to technology and, in location from New York's Washington Square to that ancient, rather wild part of London, Rumbury Town. Illustrated with drawings by Pat Marriott. ISBN 9780224021982