Original blindstamped blue cloth on boards. First free endpaper missing. Fading to cover and tiny nick to head of spine. Seventeen-year-old David Oliphant has finished school and is back home with his uncle in Oldanby, a boring town. When a visitor excites David's uncle with a scheme to find treasure in South America, David is invited to go in his uncle's place. Eight black-and-white plates. 335 pp.