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ALFRED HITCHCOCK AND THE THREE INVESTIGATORS #19 - THE SECRET OF PHANTOM LAKE by M. V. CAREY, illustrated by ROGER HALL, published by UK publisher Collins, copyright 1974, First Printing (states "First Published in this edition 1974" on copyright page with no references to subsequent printings - there was only ever 1 printing the these later "tall" format UK HCs), blue graveyard illustrated endpapers, illustrated boards (same picture as on the dust jacket), 1.05p net price on DJ front flap - EXTREMELY RARE TO FIND WITH PRICE INTACT (NORMALLY THESE ARE ONLY EVER FOUND EITHER PRICE CLIPPED OR UNPRICED EXPORT I.E. AUSTRALIAN EDITIONS). ONLY #19-28 OF THE "TALL" FORMAT UK COLLINS 3 INVESTIGATOR BOOKS WERE PUBLISHED IN DUST JACKETS AND ALL ARE HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE/RARE (MOST WERE ONLY SOLD TO LIBRARIES - SO FINDING CLEAN COPIES OF THESE BOOKS FOR SALE ON THE MARKET IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE). THESE UK COLLINS ARE ALSO DESIREABLE BY COLLECTORS BECAUSE UNLIKE THE U.S. EDITIONS WHICH (STARTING WITH #15) ONLY HAD ARTWORK ON THE FRONT PANEL, THE UK "TALL" COLLINS HCS CONTINUED THE FULL "WRAP" ARTWORK FORMAT ALL THE WAY THROUGH #28. Book has no creased page corners, slight dust soiling/age darkening to outer page edges (no foxing), endpapers are clean and free from any tape residue or foxing, no tearing or splitting of page block from internal hinges, pages barely starting to age yellow at edges, no former owner's markings or used bookseller stamps/stickers inside (faint evidence of removed former owner's bookplate to pre-title page), no wear to board edges or board corners or spine tips (common defect as normally these books are found with considerable "shelf rubbing" to bottom edges), no soiling or staining to boards, no exterior spine tears, no bumped board corners. Dust jacket has no chipping or tearing, ni wear to spine tips, no wear to front flap crease, no edge wear, no soiling or staining, no dust rubbing, no peeling to cover gloss overcoat, NO SPINE SUN FADING (very common defect with these books - most copies of the UK DJs have spine fading - particularly on those DJs taken from ex-library books). Overall a FINE-/N-FINE book in N-FINE dust jacket (not price clipped) of a rare first hardcover printing UK Three Investigators book WITH RARE DUST JACKET. I have a number of other hardcover and paperback Three Investigator books up for sale. Seller Inventory # ABE-1539576624132
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