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ALFRED HITCHCOCK AND THE THREE INVESTIGATORS #2 - THE MYSTERY OF THE STUTTERING PARROT by ROBERT ARTHUR, illustrated by Harry Kane, published by Random House, copyright 1964, First Printing First State (no references to subsequent printings on the rear cover, title page has no author credit & incorrectly refers to the illustrator as Ed Vebell when it should be Harry Kane, single piece endpapers, stitched page block - only found with the 1st printing), no references to Gibraltar Library Binding on rear cover, blue spiderweb/graveyard illustrated endpapers, fully illustrated boards.

SHOP AND COMPARE - A COPY OF THE 2ND STATE (CORRECTED TITLE PAGE) IS LISTED FOR SALE AT $139 - SEE EBAY 283879527559

Book has no creased page corners, slight dust soiling to outer page edges which are still white (no foxing/age darkening), endpapers are clean and free from any tape residue or discolorations, no tearing or splitting of page block from internal hinges (common defect with these three investigator hardcovers), no former owner's markings or used bookstore markings/stickers inside, no wear to board edges or board corners, hint of wear to spine tips, no soiling or staining to boards, hint of color rubbing to boards (common defect with this book), no surface color tears to boards, no bumped board corners, no spine sun darkening.

Note: This book comes protected by a removable clear Brodart book cover (cover is not taped to book - it can be simply slipped off if desired) which prevents further rubbing/soiling damage to the outer boards. Any white marks/glare lines in the photo are simply glare from the flatbed scanner reacting to this Brodart cover (and are not actual defects with the book).

Overall FINE- book of a hardcover first printing first state 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.

      NOTE - MEDIA MAIL ROUTINELY TAKES 3-4 WEEKS (REGARDLESS OF WHAT EBAY MAY SAY - THEY DON'T CONTROL THE POST OFFICE). For U.S. buyers, both priority mail (3-5 days) and media mail (3-4 weeks) shipping options will be listed in the ebay invoice (or if the book is a paperback or small magazine both 1st class mail (5-7 days) and media mail shipping options will be listed in the ebay invoice) - SIMPLY CLICK ON THE BLUE 'OTHER SHIPPING OPTIONS' LINK IN THE INVOICE TO SEE BOTH SHIPPING OPTIONS/COST.

     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.