142 pages with line drawing by Antony Maitland, (his 2nd book he illustrated), tan cloth with titles on the spine, these are a little dull, wrapper has a closed splitting at base of the spine and small areas of surface loss, small hole lower front near fore edge, top inner flap on wrapper ha a piece removed and the rear flap also has a smaller piece cut away, closed tear to front and back edge about 1 inches each, top edges dusty contents clean and bright. Book very good, wrapper complete but fair to good only. *This writer of a number of children's books including Toms Midnight Garden and this one doesn't disappoint. A companion for Ben and his exploits discovering a companion of his own despite a birthday present from an uncle that had a twist.