Max Parrish, 1967, Blue Cloth, Book Condition: Near Fine, Dust Jacket Condition: Good, First, Illustrated By: Palmer, Garrick
gilt titles spine; illust. by b/w. line drawings; a childrens adventure story set in New Zealand; "Ted had always wanted to go to the bleak island in Dusky Sound, but when he finally persuades his father and sister to go there for a short holiday none could have guessed the exciting adventures they would go through. Why is the fisherman Paddy Williams so anxious for them not to go? And what is the old hermit doing in a cave on Dusky? Is the unpleasant Art Wilkins really taking a rest-cure down at Cascade Cove? All these questions are answered as the tale unfolds and Ted, Debbie and their father succeed in bringing some desperate criminals to justice. They learn, too, of another visitor to the island - 200 years earlier. (Captain Cook)"; price-intact D/J. has some small holes to spine; 154 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Palmer, Garrick. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; New Zealand; Children. Inventory No: CHD00196.
gilt titles spine; illust. by b/w. line drawings; a childrens adventure story set in New Zealand; "Ted had always wanted to go to the bleak island in Dusky Sound, but when he finally persuades his father and sister to go there for a short holiday none could have guessed the exciting adventures they would go through. Why is the fisherman Paddy Williams so anxious for them not to go? And what is the old hermit doing in a cave on Dusky? Is the unpleasant Art Wilkins really taking a rest-cure down at Cascade Cove? All these questions are answered as the tale unfolds and Ted, Debbie and their father succeed in bringing some desperate criminals to justice. They learn, too, of another visitor to the island - 200 years earlier. (Captain Cook)"; price-intact D/J. has some small holes to spine; 154 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Palmer, Garrick. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; New Zealand; Children. Inventory No: CHD00196.