Original green cloth spine with Shinn illustration of Rip and elves on the front of the book as well as the dust jacket. Slight edge wear. Very clean and tight inside, with no stains and no prior owner marks. Dust jacket has wear at the spine edges as well as the corners and spine ends. Three small closed tears. Spendid profuse illustrations on the end papers and each page of the book. First edition of this children's version. Unpaginated.