"Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book"
— Stephan Mallarme

London: Kestrel Books, 1983. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST BURNINGHAM-ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.240. With frequent in-text illustrations, and six double-sided colour plates. Publisher's yellow / green cloth with silver titles to spine and blue endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £7.95. Also with the illustrated slipcase. A bit of light handling. Near fine. A social drama for children, peopled by animals, and overseen by the Great God Pan (who is apparently not dead). First published in 1908, this is the first edition with illustrations by John Burningham. Item #59218
Price: £75.00