Alfred Hitchcock And The Three Investigators #23 The Mystery Of The Invisible Dog - Hardcover 1St Printing M. V. Carey & Jack Hearne (Illustrator) Three Investigators

ALFRED HITCHCOCK AND THE THREE INVESTIGATORS #23 - THE MYSTERY OF THE INVISIBLE DOG by M. V. CAREY, illustrated by Jack Hearne, published by Random House, copyright 1975, First Printing (complete 1 - 9 0 numberline on copyright page), no references to Gibraltar Library Binding on rear cover, white endpapers, matte boards (last book to have matte boards). PROBABLY THE 2ND RAREST OF THE ORIGINAL #1-#28 1ST PRINTING HARDCOVERS TO FIND FOR SALE (ONLY THE 1ST PRINTING OF #4 IS HARDER TO FIND). Book has no creased page corners, hint of dust soiling/age darkening to outer page edges (no foxing), no foxing to pages or endpapers, endpapers are clean and free from soiling or scotch tape marks, no tearing or splitting of page block from internal hinges (very very common defect with these early 3 investigator books - the glue on the page block is always separating from the boards), no former owner's markings or used bookseller stamps/stickers inside, no wear to board edges or board corners, barest hint of wear to bottom spine tip only & NO spine tip chipping (very very common defect with this extremely fragile book - so fragile in fact that with the next book they went with a glossy board stock), BAREST HINT OF SPINE SUN DARKENING (very common defect with this book), no color rubbing to boards, no bumped board corners. 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 a FINE-/N-FINE book of a first hardcover printing Three Investigators book. I have a number of other hardcover and paperback Three Investigator books up for sale.