The Egyptian Cat Mystery (A Rick Brant Science Adventure, Book 16) by Blaine, John - 1961

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 7x5x0. First edition, MAD-49500-16-3, front jacket flap advertises this title, prelim lists through The Egyptian Cat Mystery, 15 Ken Holt titles on rear panel, 16 Rick Brant titles (through The Egyptian Cat Mystery) on rear flap. Hinges just beginning to weaken, 1 inch closed tear on rear jacket corner with associated light crease. 1961 Hard Cover. 182 pp. Reddish pink tweed boards, black titles, map of Spindrift Island on endpapers. "Rick Brant is the central character in a series of 24 adventure and mystery novels by John Blaine, a pseudonym for authors Harold L. Goodwin (all titles) and Peter J. Harkins (co-author of the first three). The series was published by Grosset & Dunlap between 1947 and 1968, with the previously unpublished title, The Magic Talisman printed in 1990 in a limited edition as the concluding #24. In the series, teenaged Rick Brant and his ex-Marine pal, Don Scott [Scotty] live on Spindrift Island off the coast of New Jersey, where Rick's father, Hartson Brant, heads the Spindrift Foundation, a group of scientists. Rick and Scotty are involved in various adventures at home and abroad.