ALFRED HITCHCOCK & THE THREE INVESTIGATORS #2 - THE MYSTERY OF THE STUTTERING PARROT by ROBERT ARTHUR, cover art by Ed Vebell, interior illustrations by Harry Kane, published by Random House, copyright 1964, published October 1973, Windward Silverback Edition #23. The first two Three Investigator books were published in paperback form in 1972 & 1973 as part of the Windward" silverback edition (these tall paperbacks had silver foil covers and $.95 cover price - these 2 books were the first ever Three Investigator pbs, shortly thereafter scholastic started releasing some (but not all) of the Three Investigator books in paperback for school book club orders; it was not until 1978 when Random House decided to stop publishing three investigators in hardcover that it started issuing the prior books in paperback). 

    Book has no creased page corners from reading (some creasing from poor storage/handling), no vertical spine creases, no spine lean, hint of wear to spine tips, wear to left/right on spine, tight flat white pages, slight age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps inside, pages starting to age yellow at edges (common defect caused by poor paper quality), cover creasing, slight color rubbing/scratching to covers (very common defect with these silver foil covers), no soiling or staining to covers, rear cover is without soiling, just edge wear. 

    Overall a VG- book of a true 1st pb printing Three Investigators book.  I have a number of other hardcover and paperback Three Investigator books up for auction on ebay - just click on the 'see other items' link to the right of the picture.

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     DELIVERY CONFIRMATION IS NOT TRACKING (despite what ebay and paypal want to call it - again they don't control the U.S. post office).  Delivery confirmation is merely what it says it is - it confirms delivery to prevent fraudulent chargebacks of claimed unreceived items (which is why I don't charge for delivery confirmation in the shipping costs).  Also, since I print shipping labels from home (as opposed to purchasing shipping at the post office), the delivery confirmation number IS NOT SCANNED BY THE POST OFFICE AT THIS END.  Therefore, in most cases, the first time that the Post Office will show anything when you check the delivery confirmation number is when the package hits your local post office/sorting center (basically the day before its delivered to you).   Occasionally (about 25% of the time) a package will get scanned at the Federal Way, WA transfer station, but in the vast majority of the cases the delivery confirmation won't show anything until basically the day before you get the package.

     I  DO COMBINE SHIPPING COSTS FOR MULTIPLE  ITEMS WON (if you would like estimates of what combined shipping costs might be for a certain group of auctions, please e-mail me before the auctions close but a very rough estimate is $.50-$1.00 per additional book for media mail, $1.00-$2.00 per additional book for priority mail, and $6.00-$7.00 per additional book for international mail). 

       As for returns -All items are used (not new) books and therefore are sold as-is, which is why I try to provide a fairly detailed description of the item itself (i.e. what it is and what it is not) as well its specific condition, noting any significant defects (for collectible items).  Book grades are provided in the posting, however book grading standards/categories very widely from seller to seller, so please do not rely solely on the grade that I have given a book or ebay's provided "condition" box description, without considering the specific condition/defects described for that particular book.  I do, on occasion, miss a significant defect in an item or simply make a cut/paste error in the description (i.e. an error in the description from using a prior posting as the "shell" for this book's description), and for collectible items, if that happens, on a case-by-case basis I do issue a full refund (including the cost of return shipping) depending upon the collectible significance of the undisclosed defect.