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THE X BAR X BOYS AT THE ROUND-UP (Western Stories for Boys, # 5).
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1927) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Thrilling tales of the great west told primarily for boys. .. . The cowboys of the X Bar X Ranch are real cowboys, on the job when required, but full of fun and daring." Illustrated by Walter S. Rogers. Lists to itself both in the book, and on the front dj flap. Bound in light gray cloth. One of a series of Western Stories for Boys.
Condition: Very good in a dust jacket with a large chip on front cover, other edgewear.
Book ID: 19172More details Price: $28.00 -
THE X BAR X BOYS AT NUGGET CAMP (Number 6).
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1928.). Hardcover - Lists to itself in the front of the book and to #11 in the back, Illustrated by Walter S. Rodgers. Glossy frontispiece, green and white illustrated endpapers. Bound in red cloth with black lettering and small illustration of a bucking horse. One of a series of Western Stories for Boys.
Condition: Very good in red cloth with black lettering and illustration on front cover and spine, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 41486More details Price: $12.50 -
THE X BAR X BOYS WITH THE SECRET RANGERS (Number 15).
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1936.). Hardcover - Illustrated by Walter S. Rodgers. Glossy frontispiece, green and white illustrated endpapers. . One of a series of Western Stories for Boys. Lists to #18 in the back, 215 pp plus 4 pp of publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall in red cloth with black lettering and small illustration of a bucking horse (some foxing to the edges of textblock, spotting to margins of a few pages), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 64894More details Price: $12.50 -
THE X BAR X BOYS AT RUSTLER'S GAP (Number 7).
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1929.). Hardcover - Lists to itself in the front of the book, Illustrated by Walter S. Rodgers. Glossy frontispiece, green and white illustrated endpapers. Bound in red cloth with black lettering and small illustration of a bucking horse. One of a series of Western Stories for Boys. 218 pp.
Condition: Good overall in red cloth with black lettering and illustration on front cover and spine (front edge bumped, goudge to front cover, missing final blank page at end of book) no dust jacket.
Book ID: 66287More details Price: $12.50 -
THE X BAR X BOYS AT NUGGET CAMP: Western Stories for Boys, # 6.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1928.). Hardcover first edition - Lists to itself in the front of the book and to #5 in the back, Illustrated by Walter S. Rodgers. Glossy frontispiece. Bound in gray cloth with brown and dark blue lettering One of a series of Western Stories for Boys, featuring Roy and Teddy Manley, the sons of an old ranchman on the Great Plains, whose spread contains many thousands of cattle. 216 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall (corners slightly bumped, foxing/spotting to several pages), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 66702More details Price: $12.50 -
THE X BAR X BOYS AT THE ROUND-UP (Western Stories for Boys, # 5).
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1927). Hardcover - "Thrilling tales of the great west told primarily for boys. .. . The cowboys of the X Bar X Ranch are real cowboys, on the job when required, but full of fun and daring." Illustrated by Walter S. Rogers. Glossy frontispiec. Lists to #18 in the ads at the back. One of a series of Western Stories for Boys. 212 pp plus 8 pp publisher's ads. Dark green and white endpapers of a cowboy on horseback roping a steer.
Condition: Very good in red cloth with black lettering.
Book ID: 67785More details Price: $12.50 -
THE X BAR X BOYS IN SMOKY VALLEY (Number 11)
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. dj. Hardcover first edition - Lists to itself both in the book, and on the front dj flap. Bound in red cloth. One of a series of Western Stories for Boys. 219 pp.
Condition: Very good in red cloth in a fair only dust jacket missing a large piece on the back cover, but with an attractive & bright front illustration.
Book ID: 19171More details Price: $21.50 -
THE X BAR X BOYS ON BIG BISON TRAIL (Western Stories for Boys, # 4).
Edition: First or very early edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1927). Hardcover first edition - "Thrilling tales of the great west told primarily for boys. .. . The cowboys of the X Bar X Ranch are real cowboys, on the job when required, but full of fun and daring." Illustrated by Walter S. Rogers. Glossy frontispiec. Lists to #5 at the front of the book (#4 and 5 were both issued in 1927). One of a series of Western Stories for Boys. 215 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads. Plain endpapers.
Condition: Good in greige cloth with brown lettering (corners bumped)
Book ID: 67786More details Price: $12.50 -
THE X BAR X BOYS AT RUSTLER'S GAP (Number 7).
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1929.). Hardcover - Lists to itself in the front of the book, Illustrated by Walter S. Rodgers. Glossy frontispiece, plain endpapers. Bound in beige cloth with dark brown and black lettering. One of a series of Western Stories for Boys. 218 pp.
Condition: Good overall (corners slightly bumped)
Book ID: 69715More details Price: $12.50 -
THE X BAR X BOYS LOST IN THE ROCKIES: Western Stories for Boys, #9.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1930.). Hardcover - One of a series of Western Stories for Boys, featuring Roy and Teddy Manley, the sons of an old ranchman on the Great Plains, whose spread contains many thousands of cattle. Illustrated by Walter S. Rodgers. Glossy frontispiece. Bound in red cloth with black lettering and an illustration of a bucking horse on the front cover. Green and white illustrated endpapers. Lists to #19 in the back, 211 pp plus 5 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall (shelfwear to bottom edge), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 69716More details Price: $12.50 -
THE X BAR X BOYS IN THUNDER CANYON: Western Stories for Boys, #2.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1926). Hardcover - The second book in a series of Western Stories for Boys, featuring Roy and Teddy Manley, the sons of an old ranchman on the Great Plains, whose spread contains many thousands of cattle. Illustrated by Walter S. Rodgers. Glossy frontispiece. Bound in red cloth with black lettering and an illustration of a bucking horse on the front cover. Green and white illustrated endpapers. Lists to #5 at the front and to #16 in the back, 216 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall (sunning to spine and edges of boards), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 69717More details Price: $12.50 -
THE X BAR X BOYS IN THUNDER CANYON: Western Stories for Boys, #2.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1926). Hardcover - The second book in a series of Western Stories for Boys, featuring Roy and Teddy Manley, the sons of an old ranchman on the Great Plains, whose spread contains many thousands of cattle. Illustrated by Walter S. Rodgers. Glossy frontispiece. Bound in beige cloth with brown lettering, plain endpapers. Lists to #5 at the front. 216 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall (sunning to spine, some soiling to edges of textblock), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 76127More details Price: $12.50 -
THE BOY GLOBETROTTERS FROM TOKIO TO BOMBAY, #3.
Edition: Reprint.
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, (c 1915). Hardcover - The third book in this series about two boys who make their way around the world, working as they go. Illustrated throughout with small drawings by the author. 244 pp plus 15 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Fair condition only in red cloth with black lettering and illustration (wear to the covers, rear hinge cracking, offsetting to endpapers, etc)
Book ID: 64366More details Price: $15.00 -
TOM SLADE PICKS A WINNER. #13 in series.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1924.) dj. Hardcover - After serving as a doughboy in the Great War, Tom Slade, Boy Scout is back at the old campground at Black Lake. Illustrated by Howard L. Hastings with a glossy frontispiece and 3 glossy internal plates. Notation on title page that this was 'published with the approval of the Boy Scouts of America.' 235 pp plus 4 pp advertisements. Lists through #14 in back of book. Bound in olive green cloth with black lettering on spine and brown lettering outlined in black on front. Photographic endpapers. Illustrated dustwrapper with wraparound green band at top and bottom with title and author in yellow lettering.
Condition: Good overall in a good dust jacket (gift inscription dated in 1926, some chipping to all edges of dj, including loss of up to 1 cm at top of spine, wear at folds and discoloration at lower edge of front cover near the spine, affecting the book slightly.) Despite the flaws this is quite uncommon in dj.
Book ID: 79888More details Price: $45.00 -
ROY BLAKELEY'S ROUNDABOUT HIKE, #14 in series.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1927). Hardcover first edition - The 14th book in this popular series featuring a Boy Scout troop in the town of Bridgeboro, New Jersey and "published with the approval of the Boy Scouts of America." Illustrated by H. S. Barbour with a glossy frontispiece and three inserted glossy plates. Lists to #12 in the ads at the rear of the book. 237 pp plus 6 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good condition in red boards with olive green and black lettering (previous owner's name)
Book ID: 67297More details Price: $20.00 -
FRANK ALLEN SNOWBOUND or Fighting for Life in the Big Blizzard #14.
Edition: First edition.
Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1927. Hardcover first edition - The hard-to-find fourteenth (and probably the last title actually published) in the "Famous Frank Allen Series." Eight of the books in this series were originally published in The Boys of Columbia High series by Grosset and Dunlap, but this title was first published in this Garden City edition. Glossy frontispiece. 218 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall condition in tan cloth - some fraying to the corners and ends of the spine, toning to the pages, but a decent copy.
Book ID: 68490More details Price: $75.00 -
THE FOREST OF MYSTERY: The Exploration Series #4
Edition: First edition.
New York: A. L. Burt, (1935). Hardcover first edition - The fourth book in this adventure series, in which two boys accompany their fathers, noted naturalists and collectors for zoos, to remote and wild places -to Africa in this book. Glossy frontispiece. Bibliography. Lists to self at beginning of book. 254 pp. Brown and white illustrated endpapers.
Condition: Good condition in original orange cloth with black lettering
Book ID: 63733More details Price: $15.00 -
THE OCEAN EXPRESS or Clint Webb Aboard the Sea Tramp, #4 in series.
Edition: Early printing.
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, (1913). Hardcover - The fourth book in a rather short-lived series (all published in 1913) by this prolific writer. He was best known for his Westerns, but under the house name of Alice Emerson, he also wrote the first 19 books in the Betty Gordon series. Glossy frontispiece. 256 pp. Illustrated endpapers.
Condition: Good overall in tan illustrated boards (bookstore name stamped on front endpaper)
Book ID: 77707More details Price: $17.50 -
THE OCEAN EXPRESS or Clint Webb Aboard the Sea Tramp, #4 in series.
Edition: Early printing.
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, (1913). Hardcover - The fourth book in a rather short-lived series (all published in 1913) by this prolific writer. He was best known for his Westerns, but under the house name of Alice Emerson, he also wrote the first 19 books in the Betty Gordon series. Glossy frontispiece. 256 pp. plus 2 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Very good minus in tan illustrated boards (gift inscription dated 1928 on front endpaper, a bit of fraying to ends of spine, binding cracked just before title page)
Book ID: 77708More details Price: $18.50 -
BUDDY AT SCHOOL #2.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1929) dj. Hardcover - The second book in this series written for boys from 6-10. Lists to #3 in the book, but to #21 on the dust jacket flap. Frontispiece. 210 pp.
Condition: Good in good dust jacket (usual toning to the pages, overall edgewear to dj)
Book ID: 63460More details Price: $13.50 -
BUDDY AT RED GATE or A Boy on a Chicken Farm. #17.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (c 1941) dj. Hardcover - The 17th book in this popular series written for boys from 6-10. Lists to this title in the book, but to #20 on the dust jacket flap. Frontispiece. 209 pp.
Condition: Good in a fair dust jacket (uneven toning - some pages are very toned, others almost not toned at all to the pages, overall edgewear to dj, chip on front cover, tear along flap)
Book ID: 78873More details Price: $15.00 -
DICK HAMILTON'S CADET DAYS Or The Handicap Of A Millionaire's Son, #2 in series.
Edition: Reprint.
Cleveland: Goldsmith Publishing, (c 1910) dj. Hardcover - The second book in this series featuring a very rich protagonist who is also handsome, manly, and athletic, and who succeeds at everything he attempts. In this book, he is sent to a military academy to make his way without the use of money. 371 pp plus 3 pp ads. Wraparound art on dust jacket.
Condition: Good in a good dust jacket (severe toning to the pages, minor wear to dj)
Book ID: 72981More details Price: $15.00 -
THE OUTBOARD BOYS AT SHARK RIVER; or, Solving the Secret of Mystery Tower, #4 in series.
Edition: First or early edition.
New York: A. L. Burt, (1934). Hardcover first edition - Fourth and last title in this adventure series by the son of the prolific and popular authors, Howard and Lillian Garis. Glossy frontispiece. 251 pp. Green and white illustrated endpapers.
Condition: Good overall in thicker format, in blue boards with embossed black lettering - rear hinge cracking, sunning to spine, other minor wear to covers, no dust jacket. A rather uncommon series.
Book ID: 76010More details Price: $21.50 -
JACK COLLERTON'S ENGINE. Young Captains of Industry, #2.
Edition: First edition.
Boston: Little Brown, (1910). Hardcover first edition - The hard-to-find second book in the "Young Captains of Industry" series written for older boys by this engineer, professor, and author, who was also President of Drexler Institute. "Jack Collerton goes abroad to enter his father's airship engine in an English contest. A rival company, with unscrupulous methods, is a competitor in the same contest. Jack's engine is stolen and he has an exciting time in England and on the continent in his attempts to recover it." Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven inserted glossy plates by H. Burgess. Tissue guard at frontispiece. 285 pp plus 2 pp of ads (just the first 2 books in this series listed in the ad) .
Condition: Fair condition only (front endpaper roughtly torn out, rubbing to the covers, corners bumped)
Book ID: 67743More details Price: $40.00 -
A CADET OF BELGIUM: An American Boy in the Great War; A Story of Cavalry Daring - Bicycle and Armored Automobile Adventures.
Edition: First edition.
New York: George H. Doran, (1915). Hardcover first edition - The first book in what was intended to be a 4 books series on "Boys at the Front in the Great War" - but apparently only the first 2 titles were published, both in 1915. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and 5 inserted plates by Bayard Jones. 286 pp.
Condition: Fair condition only in illustrated blue cloth (front free endpaper and one plate missing, crease down spine, other wear to the covers, but still a very readable and reasonably decent copy of a hard-to-find title)
Book ID: 66492More details Price: $19.50 -
BOB STEELE'S WINNING RACE; or, Fearless and True (#8 in Motor Power Series)
Edition: First hardcover edition.
Philadelphia: David McKay Co, (c 1909). Hardcover first edition - A later title in this boy's adventure series adapted from the stories originally published weekly as the Motor Stories by Street and Smith as part of their paperback Dime Novels. Frontispiece on glossy stock. As the publisher's ad notes the boys had adventures with every kind of motor-driven machines - including motorcycles, automobiles, areoplanes and even submarines. 301 pp plus 1 p publisher's ad (which lists all 10 titles)
Condition: Very good in illustrated beige boards with red and black lettering (gift inscription dated Christmas 1920, foxing on a few pages, fairly minor soiling and wear to the covers)
Book ID: 83936More details Price: $45.00 -
DAVE DARRIN'S THIRD YEAR AT ANNAPOLIS or Leaders of the Second Class Midshipmen.
Edition: Reprint.
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., n.d. (ca 1925, c 1911) dj. Hardcover - Third book in this series following the adventures of Dave Darrin and his friend Don Dalzell. Illustrated. 250 pp.
Condition: Good overall in white illustrated boards in a very good dust jacket (both hinges starting, usual rather severe toning to the pages. prev owner's name.)
Book ID: 64030More details Price: $17.50 -
DAVE DARRIN ON THE ASIATIC STATION or Winning Lieutenants' Commissions on the Admiral's Flagship. Dave Darrin Series #5.
Edition: Early printing, by the original publisher.
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, (c 1919). Hardcover - One of five books in the Dave Darrin series all published in 1919. These follow the career of Dave and his friend in the US Navy after their years at Annapolis. Illustrated with a plain frontispiece and inserted drawings. 212 pp. plus 4 pp of publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall in beige illustrated cloth,
Book ID: 66411More details Price: $12.50 -
DAVE DARRIN'S THIRD YEAR AT ANNAPOLIS or Leaders of the Second Class Midshipmen.
Edition: Reprint.
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., n.d. (ca 1925, c 1911) dj. Hardcover - Third book in this series following the adventures of Dave Darrin and his friend Don Dalzell. Illustrated. 250 pp.
Condition: Good overall in pale blue illustrated boards in a good only dust jacket (sunning to the covers, usual rather severe toning to the pages. prev owner's name, chipping and edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 70679More details Price: $15.00 -
THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL BOYS IN THE WOODS or Dick & Co. Trail Fun and Knowledge, #3 in series.
Edition: Probable first edition.
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, (1911). Hardcover first edition - The third book in this short-lived series, of just 4 titles, all issued (presumably simultaneously) in 1911. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three full-page drawings on plain paper stock. 255 pp plus 8 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall in pale yellow cloth with red spine lettering and red and green illustrated front cover (gift inscription, both hinges cracking, some foxing to the margins of several pages, and fading to the lettering on the spine, light soiling to the covers.) Despite the flaws, a decent copy of a fairly uncommon juvenile series book,
Book ID: 84772More details Price: $16.50
