Kit and the Mystery Man

by Mollie Chappell

Kit Pugh is a dreamer. He has only to see a ship, or leaf through a travel folder, and her is lost in a dream of faraway places which he longs to visit. Perhaps that is why Joe Tree fascinates him so much, for the mysterious Joe understands him and can tell stories of exotic lands which make Kit’s heart beat with excitement. Another favourite pastime of Kit’s is gazing through the dusty glass of Quoram’s, an antique shop in the nearby town of Langley. And it is there he first sees the painting which is to stir up so much trouble, and is to involve Joe, Kit and his friend Judy, in a struggle against unscrupulous men. For someone else likes Kit’s painting, and will stop at nothing to get it.
Mollie Chappell, well-known author of children’s books, has written another thrilling tale which will keep its readers engrossed to the very last pages.
(Dustwrapper blurb from 1966 edition)

My edition: Children's Press 1966 with dustwrapper
Advertised in a Children's Press laminated edition on the back of 'Diary of a Spycatcher' by Lomax Guthrie 1968 (and elsewhere)

Not known in a Seagull edition

Children's Press dustwrapper 1966