Size: 10x8x0; First printing with number line to 1. Signed by Jane Yolen at

Size: 10x8x0; First printing with number line to 1. Signed by Jane Yolen at verso of half-title (facing title page). Blue cloth with silver titling and decoration, in dust jacket. DJ very good with light rubbing and edgewear, a few small spots of soiling on the front cover, price-clipped at front inner flap. DJ protected in Mylar. Cloth boards underneath are clean and bright, with one small spot to front panel, light edgewear. Interior text block is straight and firm, and free of markings. A very attractive copy. Illustrator: Mercer Mayer.

4to. 80 pp. With numerous plates, illustrations. Illustrated green

4to. 80 pp. With numerous plates, illustrations. Illustrated green publisher's cloth, cover art by Eitzen, w/ d.j. wraparound cover art by Eitzen (slight shelfwear, very slight rubbing), NF/NF copy, inscribed by author on ffep., w/ skull & crossbones illust. First edition, inscribed, of the Caldecott-winning author's first real mystery set against the backdrop of a series of pet thefts in Conway, MA, with some characters from the author's life. Eitzen would later illustrated Yolen's poetry anthology, "Alphabestiary."