Boston (L.M.) The Children of Green Knowe, first edition, frontispiece, 5 plates and illustrations by Peter Boston, lengthy ink gift inscription to front free endpaper "This book has been written by a Neighbout of mine who lives in the house described in this book - only a few hundred yards from where we live. It really is one of the oldest inhabited manor houses in England..." to front free endpaper with ink ownership stamp to head, strip of browning to endpapers, original cloth, very slight bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, light browning, spine a little chipped at head with old tape repair to verso, short tear to foot of lower joint, a few small nicks with light creasing to head and foot, an excellent example, 8vo, 1954.

⁂ The first title in Boston's Green Knowe series with a charming associative inscription. Boston based the setting of the books on her home at the time, The Manor at Hemingford Grey.