Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1949, First.  Hard cover, 207 pages.  Good plus; blue boards with pastel yellow anchor decoration on front board, same yellow in lettering and decorations on spine; light green top stain.  Binding sound; some edge, corner and spine wear, a bit of mottling; water mark on bottom edge.  Dust jacket price-clipped with some edge tears and small losses, water stain along bottom edge.  Decorative blue and white map end papers with small water marks at bottom edges; prior owner’s name and Xmas 1952 inked on FEP; remainder of interior clean and unmarked; pencil erasure on first blank page; black and white frontis illustration.  Jacket lists to this title on front flap and on verso of half-title page; book 10 in The Maida Books series.  ‘These lively stories of the adventures of Maida Westabrook and her friends contain all the elements which delight youthful readers – action, mystery, humor and excitement.  The boys and girls who form the jolly group call the Big Eight have fun and good times galore whether turning an old barn into a summer theater, vacationing aboard a houseboat, or running a zoo.’ (from front flap)