Billy Whiskers Kidnaped

Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1910. Book. Illus. by Arthur DeBebian. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. Small quarto, (9" x 7"), hardcover with full color brightly illustrated (identically on front and back boards) paper covered boards with brown spine and black spine titles. 187 pp. plus 3 pages of ads. Illustrated with 6 full page brilliantly full color illustrations (aside from the cover illustrations) by Arthur DeBebian plus many in-text line drawings. The11th volume in the popular "Billy Whiskers" Series. This copy surprisingly well-preserved, with strong undamaged brown spine and very solid text block. All 6 of the vivid color illustrations are fine, bright and flawless. All interior pages are bright, clean and without defect (i.e. no tears, creases, foxing. stains,marks childish scrawls etc.) with the exception of a smattering of faint dust smudges or faint stains; none larger than a dime. The paper at the board edges is, inevitably lightly to moderately rubbed, throuigh, (but not in any way affecting the cover illustration), and the lower front corner is lightly bumped, causing a 1/4" lloss of cover paper, but again not affecting the illustration. The spine cloth is excellent, having no marks, stains, tears etc The color illlustratons on front and back show a handful of very small scuffs, occasional minor touches of superficial rubbing and generalized light soil/darkening, but no particular spots or marks. Nonetheles, the colors on the boards are quite clear and bright. Despite this meticulous catalog of minor flaws, this remains an attractive and very good copy of this title, in distinctly superior condition to that in which it is usually found. In this excellent condition, SCARCE..