Notes: 1st ed., 1st printing The first edition, first printing, was published simultaneously in two different bindings: (i) A green binding with a paste-down print on the cover; and (ii) Teal blue cloth lettered in gilt with a stamped picture on the front, top edge gilt. Wikipedia shows cover (i). LCCN: 11-21580, which links digital copies at LC and at HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL), and OCLC: 1289609 -- "375 pages, [4] leaves of plates : 4 color illustrations ; 20 cm" OCLC 317817635 (2nd printing, as "2nd ed") notes the uncredited illustrator Cover illustration signed same as interior, "M. L. Kirk" clearly enough when the name is otherwise known