The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery at Missile Town by Jerry West (1961), Doubleday & Company Inc., Hardcover with Dust Jacket
$20.00
This is The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery at Missile Town by Jerry West, illustrated by Helen S. Hamilton, a Doubleday & Company hardcover from Garden City, N.Y., copyright 1961, in its pictorial dust jacket.
The dust jacket has a chip at the head of the spine and wear along the edges, while the red cloth boards and pages inside are clean, as the photos show.
When the Hollisters land in Florida, they are greeted by an exploding missile, and helping Uncle Walt search for a lost rocket nose cone turns their visit into a mystery. The trouble grows when their new friend, Lady Rhesus the space monkey, goes missing.
Details
- Item: Hardcover book with dust jacket
- Title: The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery at Missile Town
- Author: Jerry West
- Illustrator: Helen S. Hamilton
- Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, N.Y.
- Publication Year: 1961 (Copyright 1961 by Doubleday & Company, Inc.)
- Edition and Printing: Not confirmed from photos
- Format and Binding: Hardcover, red cloth with black stamped running children
- Dust Jacket: Yes, pictorial jacket. The back panel reads Meet The Happy Hollisters
- Pages: 186
- Genre: Children's mystery and adventure, The Happy Hollisters
- Language: English
- ISBN: None printed on the copyright page
- Dimensions: 9x6 inches. Depth not confirmed from photos
Condition Grade: Good
Positives
- Graded Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use, and every flaw is named in this listing.
- Pictorial dust jacket present, with the Hollister children watching a rocket launch.
- Pictorial endpapers of a family campfire scene.
- The contents page lists all 18 chapters, from the opening chapters through Young Heroes.
- The text pages shown are clean and easy to read.
Issues / Wear
- A chip at the head of the dust jacket spine.
- Edge wear along the dust jacket.
- Toning and a small stain at a corner of the jacket back panel.
- Pages are toned with age.
Please view the photos. Scroll in to judge the condition. This is the actual book you will be receiving.
This 1961 Doubleday copy of the Mystery at Missile Town keeps its rocket launch jacket and Helen S. Hamilton's pictures, and it suits a Happy Hollisters shelf. 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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