Macmillan, New York, 1963.  Macmillan Master Library Edition; former school library book with label on spine being only identifier and the book appears never to have been on loan.  Illustrated boards show light shelf wear; binding sound.  Illustrated dust jacket matching boards has been price clipped, showing light rubs and a bit of soil, and covered in brodart protector.  Interior clean and unmarked; a ding on fore-edge has resulted in a mark on a few pages in fore-edge margin; colour and black & white illustrations by Lawrence Beall Smith.  ‘Eight amazing, amusing, totally enchanting tales about Dekdek, a little Southeast Asian boy, and his water buffalo, Loy, as they move like magic through breathtaking adventures with the animals and spirits that haunt the jungle.’ (from front flap)