At head of printer's imprint on colophon: "19--8--78".

Date taken from printer's imprint.

Publisher's advertisements for "The Select LIbrary 2/- Vols." on p. [1-8] at end include "The Hillyars and the Burtons".

"Two Shillings"--Spine.

MASS copy: Bound in pastel pink glazed paper-covered boards printed in red, blue and black. Upper cover printed with titling and large wood-engraved illustration of a family looking at a book. Illustration is unsigned and with numbering "197". Lower cover printed in black with publisher's advertisement. Spine with series title: "Select Library of Fiction". All sides of endpapers printed with publisher's advertisements entitled "Popular Authors in the Select Library of Fiction".