- Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The edges of the covers are slightly faded. The dust jacket is rubbed with the head & tail of its spine chipped & with a price-sticker on the front flap. 314 & [3] pages. There is an owner's book label on the front endpaper. There is a stain to the top edge. Full-page black-and-white illustrations by Susan Obrant. Good.

First American edition.

Signed by the author on the half-title.

CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; JOAN AIKEN; THE CUCKOO TREE; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; ILLUSTRATOR; SUSAN OBRANT; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.