Puffin 1st Edition, published 1965.
Young Kay Harker, returning from school to his family home Seekings and his festive visitors in the shape of a gang of cousins, is given the Box of the title to care for and protect by a mysterious travelling Punch and Judy man, Cole Hawlings. As is the case in these types of books, the Box is a treasure of such magnitude that by rights it should be entrusted to a private army rather than a small boy, and it isn't long before a gang of crooks with a rather magical bent, led by the dark Abner Brown, are on its trail and menacing Kay and his cousins.
Condition grading: Fair. Pen name to first inside page. Bumping wear to bottom of spine. Wear to cover corners and edges. Creases to bottom left corner of rear cover. Damage to bottom edge of rear cover. Creases to bottom top right corner of front cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Puffin 1st Edition, published 1965.
Young Kay Harker, returning from school to his family home Seekings and his festive visitors in the shape of a gang of cousins, is given the Box of the title to care for and protect by a mysterious travelling Punch and Judy man, Cole Hawlings. As is the case in these types of books, the Box is a treasure of such magnitude that by rights it should be entrusted to a private army rather than a small boy, and it isn't long before a gang of crooks with a rather magical bent, led by the dark Abner Brown, are on its trail and menacing Kay and his cousins.
Condition grading: Fair. Pen name to first inside page. Bumping wear to bottom of spine. Wear to cover corners and edges. Creases to bottom left corner of rear cover. Damage to bottom edge of rear cover. Creases to bottom top right corner of front cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
