Rare, especially in such very good condition and with the dust-jacket, which is entirely unsophisticated in having no restoration, tears or significant wear. Now a children's classic, The Tiger who came to Tea was Judith Kerr's first book. Her preparatory sketches for the work are now held by the British Library.

'The work, published in 1968, has been read by several generations and tells the story of a tiger who invites himself to tea and eats and drinks all the food and water in Sophie's house. He then leaves, never to return. "It was just a bedtime story I made up for my daughter when she was two, getting on for three," says Kerr, who also wrote and illustrated the Mog series of picture books.' (Lucy Wallis, BBC interview with the author).

First edition, first impression; 4to (260 x 190 mm): colour illustrations throughout, one very faint mark to lower, outer corner of title-page and a hint of age-toning generally but otherwise near-fine; publisher's matt pictorial boards, again, minor age-toning and a couple of faint, marks to upper board, contemporary ownership name to front free endpaper, otherwise near-fine also, corresponding illustrated dust-jacket (unclipped, priced 15s on front flap, slight yellowing with age, creasing to upper edges and a couple of small, minor marks to upper panel, otherwise very good plus.