The Box of Delights by John Masefield. Illustrated by Sara Ogilvie. Introduction by Geras. Bound in green pictorial cloth with red title to spine. Red endpapers. 9 colour plates. 257pp.

When he boards the train to go home for Christmas, Kay Harker meets an old man who entrusts him with a shiny black box with magic powers. But sinister strangers are in pursuit of it… The sequel to ‘The Midnight Folk’, ‘The Box of Delights’ is a thrilling adventure in its own right.