"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke

London: Collins, 1968. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[4]; 44. With frequent in-text illustrations by Francis. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. With the red dust-jacket also illustrated by Francis. Internally fine. Jacket price-clipped and sunned to spine with some small closed tears. Very good. A story about a small boy deliberately left at home by his parents when they travel to Peru, and left with only minimal supplies of food and money. By the grandson of Sigmund Freud. Item #51815
Price: £65.00