THE CHESTERFIELD GOLD
Written by Roger Pilkington
Illustrated by Piet Klaasse
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.
in 1957
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THE CHESTERFIELD GOLD
Written by Roger Pilkington.
Illustrated by Piet Klaasse.
Stock no. 1506207
1st.
1957.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The Branxome family and their boat, Dabchick, find themselves in foreign waters, and involved in an exciting adventure full of mystery and thrills. Orange cloth covers with blue titles and vignettes. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. Spine a little bumped and very slightly browned. Lower corners bumped. Ink inscription to front pastedown, contents otherwise clean. A little light foxing to text block. Dustwrapper is edge worn, chipped and browned to edges and rear panel with some foxing.
Front cover
Contents
- Robert G. Chesterfield was something of a crank and when he sent money from the United States to build a new hospital in England he made his gift in the form of bars of gold. But when the boat express reached London the bullion had vanished.
- Chief Superintendent Branxome of Scotland Yard was put in charge of the investigation. But it was his daughter Jill who came upon the real clue when she and her brothers were aboard the family's boat, Dabchick, bound for France. They shadowed a mysterious craft among the harbours of Normandy and up the Seine towards Paris.