The Hooky Cop by James Gabrielson - 1970

Old Tappan, NJ: Hewitt House, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. The original price of $6.95 still on the front flap. DJ is toned (yellowed) with numerous chips and tears along the edges. The worst being the top edge of the back of the jacket. There is also a 1 inch piece of tape at the bottom of the spine on the DJ. Blue cloth boards underneath show some light soiling along with edge fade. Edges and corners show bumps/wear in the rear board has a chip in the cloth at the bottom. The internal binding is good at boards but there is a thin crack at the title page. The remaining text pages are good. No signatures or bookplates present, no library markings, no handwriting found. The rear end page does have a stain in the center, and there is some foxing present, though this is mainly limited to the title page and front end page. The stain on the rear end page only appears on the one side, the other side of the page is fine.