Children’s Adventure Fiction, Flipper: The Mystery of the Black Schooner (1966), Richard Hardwick | Illustrated Whitman TV Tie-In, Children’s Adventure
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This is Flipper: The Mystery of the Black Schooner by Richard Hardwick, a 1966 Whitman Authorized Edition hardcover with pictorial boards, illustrated by Al Andersen and Robert Allen.
The aqua pictorial boards are rubbed at the edges and corners, with scrapes at the spine ends, while the binding is solid and the text pages read clean, as the photos show.
The book is based on the Flipper television series starring Brian Kelly, Luke Halpin, and Tommy Norden, and it is set around Coral Key, where the pages shown mention a schooner called the Shark and talk of lobster poachers. Chapter titles such as Visitors at Coral Key, Disappearance, and Night Watch on the Lagoon set up the mystery.
Details
- Item: Hardcover book, TV tie-in
- Title: Flipper: The Mystery of the Black Schooner
- Author: Richard Hardwick
- Illustrator: Al Andersen and Robert Allen
- Publisher: Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin (printed by Western Printing and Lithographing Company)
- Publication Year: 1966 (copyright Ivan Tors Films, Inc., and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.)
- Edition and Printing: Authorized Edition, as printed on the front cover. Printing: Not confirmed from photos
- Format and Binding: Hardcover, pictorial boards
- Dust Jacket: None, pictorial boards
- Pages: 190, as listed. The contents page runs to chapter 14, An Explanation, on page 182
- Genre: Children's adventure, TV tie-in
- Language: English
- ISBN: None shown in the photos
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.25 inches
Condition Grade: Good
Positives
- Graded Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use, and every flaw is named in this listing.
- The binding is solid.
- Illustrated endpapers show a boy swimming beside Flipper, signed by the artist.
- Full page color illustrations inside, including a storm scene at the dock.
- The title page credits the television series and its three stars.
- The contents page lists all 14 chapters.
- The back cover carries three oval scenes and bright signal flags, and the spine title is easy to read.
Issues / Wear
- Rubbing, edge wear, and corner wear on the pictorial boards.
- Scrapes at both spine ends.
- Age toning to the paper, with typical tanning on the text pages.
- A small pencil note reading Dec. 5 on the front endpaper illustration.
Please view the photos. Scroll in to judge the condition. This is the actual book you will be receiving.
This 1966 Whitman Authorized Edition has Flipper on its pictorial boards and illustrated endpapers inside, and it suits a shelf of 1960s TV tie-in books. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.
- Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
- Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
- Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
- Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
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