Alfred Hitchcock And The Three Investigators #1 The Secret Of The Moaning Cave - Hardcover 1St Printing 1ST State W/Switched Line Error Robert Arthur & Harry Kane (Illustrator) Three Investigators

ALFRED HITCHCOCK AND THE THREE INVESTIGATORS #1 - THE SECRET OF TERROR CASTLE by ROBERT ARTHUR, illustrated by Harry Kane, published by Random House, copyright 1964, First Printing First State (stitched gathered page block, no references to subsequent printings on the rear cover, single piece endpapers, switched line error on page 47), no references to Gibraltar Library Binding on rear cover, blue spiderweb/graveyard illustrated endpapers, fully illustrated boards. Book has no creased page corners, hint of dust soiling/age darkening/foxing to outer page edges, endpapers are clean and free from any tape residue or discolorations, no tearing or splitting of page block from internal hinges (common defect with these three investigator hardcovers), no former owner's markings or used bookstore markings/stickers inside, no wear to board edges, almost no wear to board corners or to spine tips, no wear to left/right on spine, no soiling or staining to boards, virtually no color rubbing to boards (common defect with this book), no surface color tears to boards, no bumped board corners, no spine sun darkening. EASILY ONE OF THE NICEST COPIES OF THE 1ST STATE OF THE 1ST PRINTING OF THE VERY FIRST THREE INVESTIGATORS BOOK THAT I HAVE HAD FOR SALE IN SOME TIME. Note: This book comes protected by a removable clear Brodart book cover (cover is not taped to book - it can be simply slipped off if desired) which prevents further rubbing/soiling damage to the outer boards. Any white marks/glare lines in the photo are simply glare from the flatbed scanner reacting to this Brodart cover (and are not actual defects with the book). Overall FINE-/N-FINE book of a hardcover first printing first state Three Investigators book. I have a number of other hardcover and paperback Three Investigator books up for sale.