Joey Goes to Sea

by Alan Villiers

illustrated by Victor J. Dowling 

First edition.  New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939 

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition, with a VERY GOOD DJ under Mylar.

• Buff cloth covers are mostly clean, with text and illustration in green ink.  Boards show a few smudges, some edgewear.  Corners are sharp. 
• Spine has green text and is bright with softened ends.
• Binding is strong. 
• Pastedowns and feps have some staining.  
• Frontispiece is present.
• Illustrations are bright and clear.  
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits some scattered foxing.  See photos. 
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges are foxed. 
• Pictorial DJ looks great behind Mylar and is backed with archival paper.
• Close examination of DJ reveals edgewear, tiny chips at corners, scuffs, and possible rubbing and/or tiny closed tears.  See photos.  
• PS2024.0904

66 pages. 6.5 x 8 inches

A very good copy of this story for young readers, based on the life of a real ship's cat, and illustrated with ink drawings that capture Joey's adventures.  First edition, in the publisher's dust jacket.  A few pages show a sprinkle of foxing; overall bright and very readable. 

The author, Alan Villiers (1903-1982), was an Australian writer, adventurer and mariner.  Villiers sailed traditionally rigged vessels, the Joseph Conrad among them, and captained sailing ships for film.  Illustrations are by Victor J. Dowling (1906-1970s?), a New York City artist known primarily for his comic book art in the 1930s-1950s.    

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