Irvington-on-Hudson, NY: Harvey House, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Hardcover in pale blue linen cloth lettered and decorated in black. Presumed first edition. 178 pp., title page printed in turquoise and black. Illustrations by John J. Floherty, Jr. Fine, bright example, light offsetting to the front free endpaper. In bright, crisp illustrated dust jacket, price clipped and with a short closed tear top edge front panel. A thief that leaves no tracks, a tattooed stranger, stolen farmer's livestock, vaulable missing mink. Best friends Bob and Lou investigate because their buddy may be sent to reform scholl if they can't find the true solution. Young adult mystery set in the New Jersey farm country.

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Bookseller: The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: E16084
Title: The Helicopter Mystery (in original dust jacket)
Author: Elting, Mary
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: very good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Harvey House
Place of Publication: Irvington-on-Hudson, NY
Date Published: 1958
Keywords: new jersey, mystery, young adult, children

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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.

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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).

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Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
Crisp: A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...