Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators in The Mystery of the Fiery Eye. TALL. 1969. First UK Edition

ARTHUR, Robert. Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators in The Mystery of the Fiery Eye.

London & Glasgow: Collins, 1969. True First UK Edition / First Printing. 
Tall Format Pictorial Hardcover (issued without dust jacket).

The highly collectible, scarce 1969 first British printing of Book #7 in the iconic Three Investigators mystery series. This is the coveted original "Tall Format" edition, boasting the full wrap-around pictorial cover art by Roger Hall and the classic, atmospheric graveyard endpapers.

• Format: Original 1969 tall trade format (distinguished from the shorter 1970s reprints).
• Binding & Boards: Original wrap-around illustrated hardboard covers. Structurally square, firm, and tight. Displays slight uniform surface rubbing, mild bumping to extremities, and a more distinct bump to the top front outer corner.
• Endpapers: Features the classic blue graveyard/spiderweb illustrations by Harry Kane. The front end-papers are clean; the rear paste-down displays 2 minor marks.
• Interior: 159 pages. Internally clean, small crease to a couple of page corners. Features a previous owner's neat handwritten name on the front free end-paper and repeated on the half-title page. 
• Edges: Shows light, uniform foxing/age-toning confined strictly to the closed text block edges.
All five, full page illustrations complete and in VG condition.
• Overall: A solid, collectible Good+ to Near Very Good (G+/NVG) copy of a difficult-to-find 1960's children's series first edition.

ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. 

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