Michael Ende - The Neverending Story. First UK Printing

Published by Allen Lane, London, 1983. Hardcover. First UK edition, first printing of The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, translated by Ralph Manheim. Red cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Pp. 396, illustrated in colour throughout, with the text printed in green and red — a defining feature of this edition.

Condition: Very Good. Text block fresh with no ownership inscriptions, library markings, foxing, or spotting. Corners of both covers bumped and rubbed; spine rolled so the binding is shaken and no longer firm. Dustjacket Very Good with no loss, minor shelf-creasing to the edges, unfaded at the spine. No printed price at the front flap — likely an export copy.