The Gay Dolphin Adventure by Malcolm Saville; Illustrated by Bertram Prance
London and Sydney: George Newnes and Dymock's Book Arcade, 1952. Hardcover. First Australian Editon 1952. 255 p.: illustrations; 19 cm. Green cloth with black spine and cover titles. Map on endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket in mylar cover. Advertisement on back section of dust jacket for five titles in the series by Australian publisher Dymock's Book Arcade, Sydney. Gift inscription on half title page in Dutch dated 1956. This is the third title in the author's Lone Pine series and is set in and near Romney Marsh. The Gay Dolphin is an inn in Rye. Scarce in the United States. Book is in Very Good+ Condition: head of spine slightly faded; pages are browning but clean and solid. Dust jacket is in Fair+ Condition: loss at ends of spine and adjacent part of upper front section, with partial loss of "G" in title; shadows left from old tape repairs; archival reattachment of front flap; back section is rubbed and lightly soiled; upper edge chipped. Very Good + / fair +. Item #008433
Price: $75.00