139pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain blue boards very good. Leaves clean and crisp. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edge-creased at head, minor tanning to reverse (inner) surface. From the jacket flap: "One night James reads by his open bedroom window. Other lives and other worlds beckon. One of those worlds is conjured by old Mr Woodforde, a physicist who looks more like an accountant and who constructs a strange black box. One day when James slips into the laboratory, he makes a dreadful discovery and learns to master a great power . . . " Book weight approx. 330g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall