New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. [8], 118[120]pp. Original red cloth gilt. Original unpriced-clipped pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. First issue. Signature of Dahl mounted on half-title. A fine copy in a very good wrapper that has a small chip to the top outer corner, another to the spine, and three short tears, all without loss, and some minor rubbing & wear. The first U.S. edition preceded the English first by six years. The true first was bound by Wolff Press; the first issue wrapper has no numbers on the back panel.