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London: The Epworth Press, 1953. 188 pages, last blank. Black-and-white Illustrated frontispiece " Sir Francis, I must speak with you!" He cried breathlessly. Pale orange coloured boards with black writing on the spine. Bumping to the head of the spine and to the top book corners. Shelfwear to the lower book edges and there is some discoloration to the top spine edge. Browning and foxing the paper edges. Foxing to the endpapers and to the first few pages and last few pages of the book. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right hand corner of the front paste down. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing 2 young people in a small boat and sailing ships in the distance, with red and green writing on the front panel and green, red and purple on the spine. The dustwrapper is rubbed and faded and the the back panel is quite grubby. Rubbing and shipping to the dustwrapper corners. Rubbing and chipping to the dustwrapper corners and the lower lefthand corner of the rear panel has a small piece missing. Chipping, with associated creasing, to the top dustwrapper edge. There is a split to the front spine gutter edge measuring 3 ", and there is a 1 " tear to the lower rear dustwrapper panel. The original price has been removed via a small hole being punched out. Jennifer and Barnaby set out to find a spy during the events of the Spanish Amada of 1588. Book set in England.. First British Edition. Pale Orange Boards. Reasonable for Age/Ordinary. Octavo - up to 9 ¾" Tall. Children's.