Description
A first edition, first printing of The Gay Dolphin Adventure by Malcolm Saville, published by George Newnes Ltd, London in 1945. A very good copy free from internal inscriptions, boards slightly bowed and bound in publisher’s original buff cloth with gilt titling to the top board and spine, bumping to the heel of the spine, strips of toning to the top edge of boards and spine, toning to top edge of text block with spotting to the fore-edge and bottom edge. In a good unclipped wrapper with chipping to the spine tips and knuckles of front and rear flap folds, toning to the spine, an open tear to the upper corner of front panel and hinge of spine, a closed tear to the upper edge of front panel, an open tear to lower corner of front panel and hinge of front flap fold leading to a substantial closed tear along the hinge, toning and shelf-wear to the rear panel with open single hole to the middle of the hinge with rear flap fold, a closed tear to the upper edge of rear flap fold. Wrapper illustrated by Bertram Prance.
The Gay Dolphin Adventure is the third novel in Malcolm Saville’s Lone Pine series. Set in Rye, Sussex, it introduces cousins Jon and Penny Warrender, who join David Morton and the twins in a treasure hunt centred on an old hotel. Mysterious documents, smugglers’ history and the sinister Miss Ballinger drive the adventure. Saville combines suspense with friendship, loyalty and an evocative portrait of the historic town and its surrounding coastal landscape.
