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FOURTH DOWN SHOWDOWN: A Chip Hilton Sports Story, #13.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1956). Hardcover first edition - Frontispiece. Lists to self at front of book. 213 pp. Endpapers with multiple small drawings of sports equipment.
Condition: Very good in rust tweed boards, no dj (corners slightly bumped)
Book ID: 69709More details Price: $16.50 -
A PASS AND A PRAYER: Chip Hilton Sports Series, Number 7.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1951.) dj. Hardcover - A football story. Lists to 16 titles in front of book. Illustrated with a frontispiece and internal drawings. Bound in rust-colored tweed boards, illustrated endpapers with bats, basketball baskets, etc, in diagonal rows. 216 pp.
Condition: Good+ condition in a poor dust jacket (dj is in 3 pieces - front flap, front cover and most of spine, rear cover and flap - but it is mostly there, and it did protect the book - and it is now in a protective archival cover itself)
Book ID: 74898More details Price: $21.50 -
TEN SECONDS TO PLAY: Number 12 in the Chip Hilton Sports Series.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1955.) dj. Hardcover - A football story in this popular sports series. Frontispiece and en texte illustrations. Illustrated endpapers with bats, basketball baskets, etc, in diagonal rows. 213 pp. Lists to #19 in front of book and on back cover of dust jacket.
Condition: Very good in rust tweed boards in a very good dust jacket (chip to upper edge of front cover, horizontal tear on spine)
Book ID: 79459More details Price: $24.50 -
NO-HITTER: Number 17 in the Chip Hilton Sports Series.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1959) dj. Hardcover - Lists to #19 at front of book and to #18 on back cover of dust jacket. Frontispiece and small illustrations at the head of each chapter. Bound in rust-colored tweed cloth boards, illustrated endpapers with bats, basketball baskets, etc, in diagonal rows. 182 pp. One of the hard-to-find later titles in this series.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (some tape remnants on dj, edgewear and wear to folds, but bright and attractive)
Book ID: 79460More details Price: $30.00 -
DUGOUT JINX: Number 8 in the Chip Hilton Sports Series.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c.1952). Hardcover - Lists to #20 on back cover and in the list at the front. Frontispiece and small illustrations at the head of each chapter. Illustrated endpapers with bats, basketball baskets, etc, in diagonal rows.210 pp plus a 1 pp "scorecard"
Condition: Good overall in illustrated boards with orange spine and back cover (slight spine slant, some soiling to edges of textblock - colors are bright).
Book ID: 79542More details Price: $11.50 -
CLUTCH HITTER: Chip Hilton Sports Series, Number 4.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1952). Hardcover - A baseball story. Lists to 19 titles in front of book. Illustrated with a frontispiece and internal drawings. Bound in rust-colored tweed boards, illustrated endpapers with bats, basketball baskets, etc, in diagonal rows. 206 pp plus "scorecard."
Condition: Good+ condition(some spine slant, inconspicuous prev owner's name)
Book ID: 79543More details Price: $12.50 -
STRIKE THREE: A Chip Hilton Sports Story #3.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1949.). Hardcover - A baseball story, frontispiece, illustrated endpapers with small brown drawings on white background. 1960s edition in illustrated boards. Lists to #20 on back cover and in front of book. 212 pp.
Condition: Just about fine in illustrated boards with orange spine and back cover - bright and attractive.
Book ID: 81379More details Price: $15.00 -
NO-HITTER: Number 17 in the Chip Hilton Sports Series.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1959) dj. Hardcover - Lists to #19 at front of book and to #18 on back cover of dust jacket. Frontispiece and small illustrations at the head of each chapter. Bound in rust-colored tweed cloth boards, illustrated endpapers with bats, basketball baskets, etc, in diagonal rows. 182 pp. One of the hard-to-find later titles in this series.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (previous owner's name, price-clipped, but overall a bright, straight and attractive copy)
Book ID: 81402More details Price: $35.00 -
TEN SECONDS TO PLAY: Number 12 in the Chip Hilton Sports Series.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1955.). Hardcover - A football story in this popular sports series. Frontispiece and en texte illustrations. Illustrated endpapers with bats, basketball baskets, etc, in diagonal rows. Lists to #19 in front of book. 213 pp.
Condition: Just about fine in rust tweed boards, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 81403More details Price: $16.50 -
BACKCOURT ACE: Number 19 in the Chip Hilton Sports Series.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1961.). Hardcover first edition - A basketball story in this popular sports series. Frontispiece and en texte illustrations. Illustrated endpapers with bats, basketball baskets, etc, in diagonal rows. Lists to self in front of book. 182 pp. One of the hard-to-find later titles in this series,
Condition: Just about fine in rust tweed boards, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 81404More details Price: $40.00 -
FENCE BUSTERS: Number 11 in the Chip Hilton Sports Series.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1953) dj. Hardcover - A baseball story in this very popular series of sports books for boys. Frontispiece. Early 1960s edition in tweed rust colored boards. 208 pp. Lists to #18 at front of book and to #17 on back cover of dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers with small brown drawings of ball and bat, helmet, etc.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (price-clipped, a bit of wear to dj at ends of spine)
Book ID: 81432More details Price: $30.00 -
FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK: Number 9 in the Chip Hilton Sports Series.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1952.). Hardcover - An exciting sports story by a famous collegiate athlete and noted basketball coach who draws upon his own experiences for these stories (Bee was inducted into the National Basketball Hall of Fame in 1968) Frontispiece and small illustrations at the head of each chapter. Lists 13 sports stories at the front of the book and to this title at the back. Frontispiece and small illustrations at the head of each chapter. Bound in rust-colored tweed cloth boards, illustrated endpapers with bats, basketball baskets, etc, in diagonal rows. 211 pp.
Condition: Very good, no dust jacket. (previous owner's name)
Book ID: 85349More details Price: $16.50 -
NO-HITTER: Number 17 in the Chip Hilton Sports Series.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1959) dj. Hardcover - A baseball story., a title in what is considered one of the best sports series for young readers. Bee was a famous collegiate athlete and noted basketball coach who draws upon his own experiences for these stories (he was inducted into the National Basketball Hall of Fame in 1968) Lists to #19 at front of book, and to 18 on back cover of dj. Frontispiece and small illustrations at the head of each chapter. Bound in rust-colored tweed cloth boards, illustrated endpapers with bats, basketball baskets, etc, in diagonal rows. 182 pp. One of the hard-to-find later titles in this series.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. An exceptional copy.
Book ID: 86771More details Price: $50.00 -
FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK: Number 9 in the Chip Hilton Sports Series.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1952.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An exciting football story by a famous collegiate athlete and noted basketball coach who draws upon his own experiences for these stories (Bee was inducted into the National Basketball Hall of Fame in 1968) Frontispiece and small illustrations at the head of each chapter. Bound in rust-colored tweed cloth boards, Lists to this title at the front of the book and to #8 on the back cover of dj. illustrated endpapers with bats, basketball baskets, etc, in diagonal rows. 211 pp.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (minor wear to the edges of the boards and to the dj, price-clipped)
Book ID: 86744More details Price: $60.00 -
A PASS AND A PRAYER: Chip Hilton Sports Series, Number 7.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1951) dj. Hardcover first edition - A football story., a title in what is considered one of the best sports series for young readers. Bee was a famous collegiate athlete and noted basketball coach who draws upon his own experiences for these stories (he was inducted into the National Basketball Hall of Fame in 1968) Lists to this title in front of book and only 4 titles on back cover of dj.. Illustrated with a frontispiece and internal drawings. Bound in rust-colored tweed boards, illustrated endpapers with bats, basketball baskets, etc, in diagonal rows. 216 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. Uncommon in this condition and in the first edition.
Book ID: 86746More details Price: $85.00 -
THE FLYING SQUAD.
Edition: Reprint.
Garden City, NY: Sun Dial Press, (c 1927). Hardcover - A boys' adventure novel centered around flying, set in Canada, near Ontario, shortly after the first World War. A title in the "Young Moderns Book Shelf." 260 pp.
Condition: Good overall in dark blue cloth with orange lettering on the spine, no dust jacket (a bit of soiling to edges of textblock, but a tight and straight copy)
Book ID: 75411More details Price: $12.50 -
BOY SCOUTS IN ENGLAND (Facing the German Foe), #4.
Edition: Early printing.
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., (c 1916). Hardcover - The fourth book in this 12 book series, published between 1916-1919, as the Great War was raging in Europe. Instead of the usual boy scout activities of camping, fishing and public service projects, they go to Europe and fight in World War I. The 12-volume series takes the scouts across the European theater of war, ranging from England, France, and Germany to Turkey and submarines. Illustrated by E. A, Furman. 241 pp plus 12 pp ads. Illustrated endpapers.
Condition: Good only in illustrated tan boards - usual toning to the pages, rear hinge cracked.
Book ID: 81714More details Price: $14.50 -
OUT WITH GUN AND CAMERA or Out With Rod and Gun. #4 in the Boy Hunters series.
Edition: First or early edition.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1910.). Hardcover - "Takes up the new fad of photographing wild animals as well as shooting them. An escaped circus chimpanzee and an escaped lion add to the interest of the narrative." Glossy frontispiece and 3 glossy inserted plates. Lists to itself at the front of the book, 258 pp
Condition: Good+ overall in light blue-green cloth with white lettering, and olive, black and white illustration on the front cover. Missing front endpaper and previous owner's name in pencil on front pastedown, but otherwise sturdy and straight, covers are bright and attractive.
Book ID: 72387More details Price: $16.00 -
SPRAY HITTER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Lantern Press, (1959). Hardcover first edition - A school baseball story, illustrated by Victor Prezio. 189 pp.
Condition: Ex-library, in sturdy library binding (top of spine beginning to tear, some spotting in the margins, other reading wear)
Book ID: 67039More details Price: $11.50 -
THE BOY INVENTORS ELECTRIC HYDOPLANE, #5.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Hurst and Company, (1914). Hardcover first edition - A series probably inspired by the success of the Tom Swift books, this features two young teenage boys, who have already invented many devices before the series even opens - In this volume, "The restless, inventive spirit of Jack Chadwick and the persistent enthusiasm of his cousin, Tom Jesson, once more clamor for a new expression, and this book describes the unique result of their labors and the use to which it is opportunely put." Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and three inserted plates on plain paper by Charles Wrenn.Lists to #3 in the ads at the back of the book. 292 pp plus 22 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall in light tan cloth with red, white and black illustrations and lettering. Some soiling to the covers, usual toning to the pages, corners slightly bumped, but the binding is tight, hinges unbroken.
Book ID: 68275More details Price: $18.00 -
THE BOY INVENTORS' WIRELESS TRIUMPH, #1.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Hurst and Company, (c 1912). Hardcover - The first book in a series probably inspired by the success of the Tom Swift books, this features two young teenage boys, who have already invented many devices before the series even opens - "Blest with natural curiosity, -- sometimes called the instinct of investigation, -- favored with golden opportunity, and gifted with creative ability, the Boy Inventors meet emergencies and contrive mechanical wonders that interest and convince the reader because they always "work" when put to the test." Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and three inserted plates on plain paper by Charles Wrenn. Lists to #6 in the ads at the back of the book. 293 pp plus 20 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Fair condition only in light tan cloth with red, white and black illustrations and lettering. Some soiling to the covers, front endpaper missing, toning to the pages, corners bumped, but the binding is tight, hinges unbroken.
Book ID: 83454More details Price: $15.00 -
DAVE DAWSON AT SINGAPORE: The War Adventure Series #6.
Edition: Reprint.
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., (c. 1942.) dj. Hardcover - "Thrilling story of how it happened that at the very moment of the attack on Pearl Harbour, Dave Dawson, Freddy Farmer and the American Volunteers won the first USA victory over the Japs." Bowen was a pilot for the Royal Flying Corps and the R.A.F. in World War I (he lied about his age), and later a test pilot, newspaperman and editor of an aviation magazine in addition to writing many action-filled books for boys. 250 pp.
Condition: Good in a very good- dust jacket. (hinges cracking, usual severe toning to the pages, some edgewear to the dj, but overall quite bright and attractive.)
Book ID: 40020More details Price: $17.50 -
RED RANDALL AT PEARL HARBOR, Red Randall series #1.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1944.). Hardcover first edition - The first in this series of World War II aviation adventures, featuring Second Lieutenant "Red" Randall of the U.S. Army Air Corps, by the author of Dave Dawson War Adventure Series. Plain frontispiece; illustrated orange and white endpapers show a scene of planes in a dog-fight. 216 pp.
Condition: Fair condition overall in green boards with black lettering (rather severe toning to the pages, notice on title page that it was printed under wartime conditions, gift inscription in pencil dated in 1944) no dust jacket.
Book ID: 85819More details Price: $13.50 -
THE AUTO BOYS' QUEST. #5 in series.
Edition: Early printing.
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1911 (c 1910). Hardcover - The fifth book in this popular adventure series which gives a good look at automobiles in the beginning of the 20th century. Illustrated by Alfred DeBebian with a frontispiece and 3 glossy internal plates. In addition to being a popular author, Braden was the advertising manager for Diamond Rubber Company, in Akron, Ohio and a founding member Association National Advertisers in 1910. 393 pp plus 3 pp advertisements.
Condition: Fair condition only in red illustrated covers with a picture of four boys in an open car (hinges cracked, approximately 1/4in missing from outer margin on front endpaper and frontispiece, rubbing and wear to the covers.)
Book ID: 85789More details Price: $16.50 -
THE HILLTOP BOYS ON LOST ISLAND, #3 in series.
Edition: Reprint.
Cleveland, Ohio: World Publishing Co., (c 1931) dj. Hardcover - The third book in this four books series set at the Hilltop Military Academy, aka "The Academy." Frontispiece. 177 pp.
Condition: Fair condition only in a good dust jacket (toning to pages, edgewear to dj)
Book ID: 78755More details Price: $14.50 -
DAREDEVILS OF THE AIR: Air Combat Stories #1.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1932.). Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War. Illustrated by J. Clemens Greta. Glossy frontispiece and three internal plates. Bound in bright lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, orange tinting to the top edge. 205 pp.
Condition: Very good (some fading to the spine, prev owner's name, but otherwise tight and clean.)
Book ID: 54114More details Price: $16.50 -
WING FOR WING: Air Combat Stories #3.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1932.). Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War. Illustrated by J. Clemens Greta. Glossy frontispiece and three internal plates. Bound in bright lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, orange tinting to the top edge. 205 pp.
Condition: Very good (some fading to the spine, prev owner's name, toning to the pages, but otherwise tight and clean.)
Book ID: 54115More details Price: $12.00 -
WING FOR WING: Air Combat Stories #3.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1932.) dj. Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War. Illustrated by J. Clemens Greta. Glossy frontispiece and three internal plates. Bound in bright lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, orange tinting to the top edge. 212 pp. plus 5 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Very good in a very good dust jacket (usual rather severe toning to the pages, minor edgewear to the dj, front cover illustration bright and attractive)
Book ID: 67247More details Price: $25.00 -
FLYING BLACK BIRDS: Air Combat Stories #4.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1933.) dj. Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War - features ace Stormy Lake and his squadron, the Black Birds, as they take on the German 'Red Devils.' Illustrated by J. Clemens Greta. Lists to itself on the back cover. Bound in bright lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, orange tinting to the top edge. 242 pp. (Lists to Ted Scott #18 on back cover, and 7 Air Combat books on rear flap)
Condition: Very good in a good only dust jacket (usual toning to the pages, some overall edgewear to the dj, tears at top of dj spine, tape on dj, etc.)
Book ID: 67277More details Price: $21.50 -
REX LEE ACE OF THE AIR MAIL. #5 in series.
Edition: Early printing.
Condition: Very good condition in illustrated olive green boards, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 74953More details Price: $15.00
