Posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on October 02, 2007 at 01:54:50 from 195.93.21.2 user ACB.
I seem to remember that the copies I had as a boy (late 50's, early 60's, plus one 1940's PM that I bought for 3d at a jumble sale with the last four pages missing!) had much clearer illustrations than the copies (Cape hardbacks) that I have bought for my children.
My suspicions are increased when I compare the cover of WDMTGS with the pictures. On the cover, you can clearly read "NORD HINDER" on the lightship - in the picture in the text the name is indecipherable.
Am I right?