340, [2] + [6] ad pp. Illustrated throughout with color & black & white drawings by John R. Neill. 9x6½, light green cloth stamped in dark green, red & yellow; color pictorial endpapers. First Edition, First State, First Binding.

First state of the binding in light green (rather than tan) cloth; with 6 pages of ads at end, including preliminary ad with photographs of 5 covers & commencing with "You Will be Glad to Know...", followed by 5 pages of synopses. This has the second state of p.35 with the `C' in "Chapter" overlapping the text; only the earliest copies of the first printing have the overlap on p.35. Hanff & Greene VII, Plate 41.