The Happy Hollisters and the Old Clipper Ship
Jerry West
From Rareeclectic, Pound ridge, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 16 January 2015
From Rareeclectic, Pound ridge, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 16 January 2015
About this Item
Stated First Edition. This is the genuine First Edition. There are very few of these around. It is NOT a book club edition, and the price on the dust jacket is the appropriate $1.00. As you can see from the photos, the red covers are in excellent condition. This is a children's book published in 1956! There isn't a hint of soiling. The illustration on the front cover and the lettering on the spine are both very bright and have no wear. The edges look perfect. The corners look great, maybe a speck of light rubbing at the bottom front corner, no rub-through. The only wear is a very tiny tear at the bottom edge of the spine which is hardly noticeable. The top page edge is yellow. The book is square and very solidly bound from cover to cover, nicely tight pages, absolutely no binding issues. The interior of the book is in top-notch condition. I'm turning over the pages and not finding even one instance of soiling. The inside covers and end papers form a black and white (with a little blue) illustration, the same one front and rear. The illustrations in the book are white and blue. I'm not seeing any creasing on any of the pages. And there are no dogeared corners. No markings and no attachments of any kind. No bookplates. Not ex-library. Finally, no one has written their name or anything else anywhere in the book. What a beautiful book. One slightly odd thing I want to mention. I've been holding the book in my hand for the last 10 or 15 minutes as I dictate this description, scrolling through the pages, etc. and as I do so there's a crinkling sound coming from the spine. Not certain what's causing that, but I can say with much confidence that there are no binding issues with any part of the book, including the spine. You can see the dust jacket in the first three photos. I've rated it Good Plus because of the small losses at the spine edges and one tiny loss at the edge of the illustration on the spine. There isn't much other wear, two tiny tears at the top edge of the front. The jacket is quite clean. There is a very small light stain at the bottom rear corner and it continues just a bit onto the rear flap, quite minor. The flaps are in very good condition. No loss, no tears. The jacket is NOT price-clipped, not clipped at all. I've had it in a fitted protective cover for as long as I've owned the book. Seller Inventory # 002441
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Happy Hollisters and the Old Clipper Ship
Publisher: Garden City Books, Garden City, N.Y.
Publication Date: 1956
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Helen S. Hamilton
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus
Edition: 1st Edition
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