Written over fifty years ago, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler became an instant American classic, informing the escapist dream of many children who were enraptured by the story of suburban children run away to New York to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

London: Macmillan, 1969. 162 pages. 23 x 15 x 2.5 cm. Hardback. First UK edition, file copy with pasted publisher’s label as seen, book and jacket in very good condition.