Tree and Leaf First US Edition

First US edition, first impression, published by Houghton Mifflin in 1965. Originally published in the UK by George Allen & Unwin a year earlier. Unclipped dust jacket is generally smart, a short closed tear to the top edge, back panel a little tanned, now a tidy removable protective wrapper. Dark greyish blue cloth covers, gilt lettering to the front and spine, orange or light red top edge, securely bound. Dark greyish blue endpapers, clean tidy pages, no inscriptions. Very good condition. The US edition is a slightly larger format than the UK edition, it measures approx 21x14cm, with a unique dust jacket design by Robert Quackenbush. Tree and Leaf comprises of On Fairy Stories, Leaf By Niggle, and an introductory note by the author.