First American edition, first printing. 190pp. Quarter bound in blue cloth over grey paper-covered boards, silver titles on spine. 8vo. Single black line from felt marker on bottom of text block. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun faded else bright and crips.
The story of Jim Baxter who is removed from his school by a mysterious figure called the Captain who tells him he has won him in a backgammon game played with his father.
