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RUSS FARRELL, CIRCUS FLYER, #2.
Edition: First thus - motion picture edition.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1928. Hardcover - Russ joins an army sponsored flying circus intended to raise the public's awareness of aviation and he takes part in the making of a movie with an aviation background. Motion picture edition with a frontispiece photo from the film "Russ Farrell, Aviator." 222 pp.
Condition: Good overall in dark red cloth with black lettering.
Book ID: 76327More details Price: $18.50 -
REX LEE, TRAILING BANDITS #10 in series.
Edition: First edition.
Condition: Good condition in illustrated olive green boards, no dust jacket, name in pencil.
Book ID: 85820More details Price: $15.00 -
REX LEE SKY TRAILER. #4 in series.
Edition: First edition.
Condition: Very good condition in illustrated olive green boards, no dust jacket (gift inscription in pencil)
Book ID: 85821More details Price: $17.50 -
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. Bound in bright lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, orange tinting to the top edge. 215 pp. plus 2 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Very good (some fading to the spine, prev owner's name, but otherwise tight and clean.)
Book ID: 85842More details Price: $14.50 -
FOUR ACES: Air Combat Stories #2.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1932.). Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War. Illustrated by J. Clemens Greta. Glossy frontispiece. Bound in lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, tinting to the top edge. 216 pp. plus 2 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall (darkening to the spine, usual toning to pages, some wear to covers but a tight copy), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 85849More details Price: $14.50 -
FLYING BLACK BIRDS: Air Combat Stories #4.
Edition: 1940s printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1933.). 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. Bound in green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, tinting to the top edge. 242 pp. Produced under wartime conditions notice on title page.
Condition: Fair condition only - some rubbing and wear to edges of boards, rather severe toning to pages, corners bumped, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 85843More details Price: $14.50 -
THE RIDDLE OF THE STONE ELEPHANT: A Ken Holt Mystery #2.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1949). Hardcover - 1950s edition with beige tweed boards with dark green lettering and small illustration, dark green scenic endpapers. Illustrated. Lists to #13 at front of book. 213 pp.
Condition: Good only (peeled spot in upper corner of front cover, corners bumped, etc)
Book ID: 63636More details Price: $11.50 -
THE BLACK THUMB MYSTERY: A Ken Holt Mystery #3.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1950). Hardcover - Bound in beige tweed boards with dark green lettering and small illustration, dark green scenic endpapers. Illustrated. 216 pp.
Condition: Good overall (corners bumped, no dj)
Book ID: 63637More details Price: $9.50 -
THE CLUE OF THE COILED COBRA: A Ken Holt Mystery #5.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1951). dj. Hardcover - Ken and Sandy are driving home after covering a dog show for the Brentwood Weekly Advance. At a bus stop restaurant they offer a hitch-hiker a lift - who later turns out to be wanted for a payroll robbery. 1950s edition with beige tweed boards with dark green lettering and small illustration, dark green scenic lightning endpapers. Lists to #6 in book and on front dust jacket flap. Dustjacket has wraparound illustration on spine. . Illustrated. 214 pp.
Condition: Very good in a good only dust jacket with creasing and chipping to the upper edge of the back cover, some wear to the folds, corners and ends of the spine.
Book ID: 69647More details Price: $25.00 -
THE RIDDLE OF THE STONE ELEPHANT: A Ken Holt Mystery #2.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1949). dj. Hardcover - 1950s edition with beige tweed boards with dark green lettering and small illustration, dark green scenic endpapers. Dustjacket has wraparound illustration on spine. Front flap and list in front of book includes 16 titles. Illustrated. 213 pp.
Condition: Very good in fair dust jacket (very slight spine slant, previous owner's name, tears along front cover close to flap)
Book ID: 81382More details Price: $21.50 -
THE RIDDLE OF THE STONE ELEPHANT: A Ken Holt Mystery #2.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1949). Hardcover - 1950s edition with dark green scenic endpapers. Illustrated. Lists to #7 at front of book. 213 pp.
Condition: Very good in beige tweed boards with dark green lettering and small illustration
Book ID: 83947More details Price: $13.50 -
THE SECRET OF SKELETON ISLAND: A Ken Holt Mystery #1.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1949) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book in this popular series featuring Ken Holt, son of a world-famous foreign correspondent, and his close friend, photographer Sandy Allen. Lists just the first two titles in the book and on the front dust jacket flap (as was typical of series books, both titles were issued at the same time in 1949) Back cover of dj lists to Hardy Boys #28 and rear flap lists to #6 in the Rick Brant series. Frontispiece, dark green scenic endpapers 214 pp.
Condition: Very good in tan boards in a good only dust jacket (gift inscription dated Chrismas 1949, some loss at both ends of the spine of the dj, other edgewear, but this is relatively uncommon in the first edition in dj.)
Book ID: 69884More details Price: $35.00 -
THE SECRET OF SKELETON ISLAND: A Ken Holt Mystery #1.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1949) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book in this popular series featuring Ken Holt, son of a world-famous foreign correspondent, and his close friend, photographer Sandy Allen. Lists to #16 in the book and on the front dust jacket flap. . Frontispiece, dark green scenic endpapers 214 pp.
Condition: Very good in tan boards in a very good dust jacket (slight spine slant, previous owner's name, some minor edgewear to dust jacket.)
Book ID: 81385More details Price: $21.50 -
SNAGGED AND SUNK or The Adventures of a Canvas Canoe,
Edition: Reprint.
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., (ca 1913, c 1888). Hardcover - A title in the Field and Stream series. Frontispiece. 419 pp. Illustrated endpapers.
Condition: Fair condition only in tan boards with a pasted on illustration on front cover (previous owner's name dated Dec 1913, several stamps, title page partially detached, rear hinge cracking, overall wear to covers, etc).
Book ID: 76991More details Price: $12.00 -
THE NAVY BOYS CRUISE TO THE BAHAMAS: The Story of two Yankee Middies with the first Cruise of an American Squadron in 1775 (Navy Boys #11.)
Edition: Later printing.
New York: A. L. Burt, (c 1905.) dj. Hardcover - The eleventh book in this series set during the American Revolution (other titles were written by James Otis.) Glossy frontispiece. 300 pp plus 9 pp of publisher's advertisements.
Condition: Very good+ in a very uncommon but fair only dust jacket (gift inscription dated Christmas 1932, dj is missing about 1 1/2 inches at bottom of spine, about an inch at the top of the spine, other edgewear, now in an archival cover.)
Book ID: 45183More details Price: $30.00 -
BATTLING THE CLOUDS or For a Comrade's Honor. Aviation Series #1.
Edition: Early printing.
Akron, OH: Saalfield. (c 1927). Hardcover - Adventure story for boys set in the years after the Great War - World War I - at a training base in Oklahoma. Frontispiece on plain stock. 165 pp.
Condition: Fair only condition in green cloth with black lettering - gift inscription dated Christmas 1941, both hinges cracked, rather severe toning to the pages..
Book ID: 85279More details Price: $13.50 -
DANGEROUS DEEDS or The Flight in the Dirigible. Aviator Series #3.
Edition: Early printing.
Akron, OH: Saalfield. (1927) dj. Hardcover - Adventure story for boys set in the years after the Great War - World War I - a young aviator, an orphan with no knowledge of his ancestry, is selected to operate a dirigible to transport important secret documents and funds. Plain frontispiece. 168 pp.
Condition: Good overall in pale yellow cloth with dark brown lettering (rather severe toning to the pages but a tight copy) in a fair only dust jacket with some loss to the ends of the spine, tear along front fold, other wear.
Book ID: 85822More details Price: $20.00 -
AVIATOR'S LUCK or The Camp Knox Pilot. Aviator Series #2.
Edition: First or early edition.
Akron, OH: Saalfield. (1927). Hardcover - Adventure story for boys set in the years after the Great War - World War I - Plain frontispiece. 168 pp.
Condition: Very good in illustrated blue cloth - gift inscription dated Christmas 1935, rather severe toning to the pages but a tight copy.
Book ID: 85835More details Price: $16.50 -
BATTLING THE CLOUDS or For a Comrade's Honor. Aviation Series #1.
Edition: Early printing.
Akron, OH: Saalfield. (c 1927). Hardcover - Adventure story for boys set in the years after the Great War - World War I - at a training base in Oklahoma. Frontispiece on plain stock. 165 pp.
Condition: Good only condition in purple cloth with black lettering - rather severe toning to the pages..
Book ID: 85837More details Price: $14.50 -
DANGEROUS DEEDS or The Flight in the Dirigible. Aviator Series #3.
Edition: Early printing.
Akron, OH: Saalfield. (1927). Hardcover - Adventure story for boys set in the years after the Great War - World War I - a young aviator, an orphan with no knowledge of his ancestry, is selected to operate a dirigible to transport important secret documents and funds. Plain frontispiece. 168 pp.
Condition: Very good in illustrated beige cloth with dark brown lettering (bookseller's stamp inside front cover, usual rather severe toning to the pages but a tight copy and clean copy)
Book ID: 85889More details Price: $16.50 -
AVIATOR'S LUCK or The Camp Knox Pilot. Aviator Series #2.
Edition: Early printing.
Akron, OH: Saalfield. (1927) dj. Hardcover - Adventure story for boys set in the years after the Great War - World War I - Plain frontispiece. 168 pp.
Condition: Very good in green cloth with black lettering - usual rather severe toning to the pages but a tight copy - in a fair only dust jacket (tears to top of dj spine and back cover)
Book ID: 85986More details Price: $21.50 -
THE BRIDGE OF BOMBERS: Steve Knight Flying Stories Series #2.
Edition: First or early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1941). Hardcover - The second book in this three book series -although still wating to get into the Naval Air School, Steve is offered the chance to fly ferry bombers to England. Frontispiece and blue and white illustrated endpapers by Leon Gregori. 212 pp. plus 4 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good condition in orange boards with black lettering (prev owner's name in pencil, spine slanted), no dust jacket
Book ID: 70025More details Price: $13.50 -
THE MYSTERY OF DEVIL'S HAND: Steve Knight Flying Stories Series #1.
Edition: First or early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1941). Hardcover first edition - The first book in this series -while trying to get into the Naval Air School, Steve flies a refugee from San Antonio to the Honduras, only to discover his plane sabotaged and to find himself under attack when he is forced to land on the beach. Frontispiece and blue and white illustrated endpapers by Leon Gregori. 214 pp.
Condition: Fair condition only in orange boards with black lettering (foxing to the front edge of the textblock, soiling to covers, usual toning to the pages, corners slightly bumped, hinges tight), no dust jacket
Book ID: 85839More details Price: $15.50 -
GARRY GRAYSON'S WINNING KICK or Battling for Honor, #6 in series.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1928) dj. Hardcover first edition - Number 6 in the series: the last title listed on the front of the book - lists to #5 in this series in the ad at the end. Glossy frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers. A series described as 'good clean football at its best - and in addition rattling stories of mystery and schoolboy rivalries.' 218 pp plus 2 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Very good in light green cloth with dark green lettering on spine, dark green outlined in black on front cover, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 76380More details Price: $15.00 -
GARRY GRAYSON'S HITTING THE LINE or Stanley Prep on a New Gridiron, #7 in series.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929). Hardcover - Number 7 in the series: the last title listed on the front of the book - lists to #10 in this series in the ad at the end. Glossy frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers. A series described as 'good clean football at its best - and in addition rattling stories of mystery and schoolboy rivalries.' 214 pp plus 6 pp publisher's ads. Illustrated endpapers.
Condition: Very good in orange cloth with brown lettering on spine and front cover, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 76509More details Price: $14.50 -
GARRY GRAYSON'S WINNING TOUCHDOWN or Putting Passmore Tech on the Map. #8 in series.
Edition: Reprint.
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., (c 1930) dj. Hardcover - The eighth book in this series described as 'good clean football at its best - and in addition rattling stories of mystery and schoolboy rivalries.' 216 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall in green boards in a fair dust jacket (usual toning the pages, dust jacket has several tears and chips, and is beginning to separate along the folds, but still bright and attractive in a new mylar cover which is holding it all together)
Book ID: 78753More details Price: $21.50 -
THE MYSTERY OF THE CHINESE JUNK. The Hardy Boys Series 39.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1960. Hardcover - Brown endpapers with multiple small drawings. Back cover lists to #4, inside to #41.
Condition: Very good in illustrated boards with blue spine, (small peeled spot on front cover).
Book ID: 25442More details Price: $10.00 -
THE HARDY BOYS: THE MUMMY CASE #63.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Simon & Schuster - Wanderer, 1980. Illustrated by Leslie Morrill. ISBN: 0-671-41111x.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 27720More details Price: $10.00 -
THE SECRET OF THE OLD MILL: The Hardy Boys Series 3.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca 1980, c. 1962.). Hardcover - In matte (flat) finished illustrated boards with blue spine. Frontispiece. 178 pp. Cameo endpapers. Order form at back, mentions 59 titles, but only lists 58. ISBN: 0-448-089033.
Condition: Very near fine.
Book ID: 48509More details Price: $11.50 -
THE MYSTERY OF THE CHINESE JUNK. The Hardy Boys Series 39.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1960.). Hardcover - Endpapers with multiple small drawings. Plain frontispiece. 184 pp. ISBN: 0-448-089394.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated boards with blue spine.
Book ID: 50034More details Price: $13.50
