New York: Hurst and Company, (ca 1910, c 1865). Hardcover - The third volume of the Army and Navy series, set during the Civil War, and originally published in 1866. Frontispiece portrait of Taylor. 301 pp. plus 2 pp of publisher's ads.

Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, (ca 1893, c 1865). Hardcover - The fourth volume of the Army and Navy series, set during the Civil War, and originally published in 1865. This traces the adventures of Jack Somers from the Naval Academy to his promotion to the rank of ensign. Frontispiece and illustrated title page. 333 pp. plus 4 pp of publisher's ads.

Boston & New York: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1898 (c 1886). Hardcover - The fifth book in this series which focuses on the reformatory effects of getting boys at Beech Hill Industrial School involved in a boat building project. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and 2 glossy internal plates. 339 pp plus 10 pp of publisher's ads.

Boston & New York: Lee and Shepard Publishers, (c 1885). Hardcover - The fourth book in this series which focuses on the reformatory effects of getting boys at Beech Hill Industrial School involved in a boat building project - a story of adventure on Lake Champlain and its shores, but one which also incorporates many facts about boats and boat building. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and 2 glossy internal plates. 324 pp.

New York: A. L. Burt, (1898). Hardcover first edition - Historical adventure story for boys. Illustrated by J Watson Davis with a frontispiece and five inserted plates. vi, 262 pp plus a 32 pp publisher's catalogue.

New York: The New York Book Company, (1919). Hardcover first edition - The first book in the Jack Winters series, a set of 4 books all issued in the same year and each focusing on a different sport. A title in American Boys Sport Series. Frontispiece on plain paper. 183 pp plus 1 pp list of this series. Copies by the original publisher are much harder-to-find than the reprints by Donahue.

Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Co., (c 1909.). Hardcover - The first book in this series of boys' adventure stories set in the West, featuring 4 boys, who, with their guardian, spend the summer in the saddle, Frontispiece. 213 pp..

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, (1913). Hardcover first edition - The fourth and final book of this series which depicts "the excitements, the glories of life on the great ranches in the West." Illustrated with a frontispiece and three internal plates on plain paper. Format 1. 242 pp plus 8 pp publisher's ads.

Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Co., (ca 1945, c 1924). Hardcover - Boys' adventure story set in the mountains of Alaska, where there is reputed to be an unknown claim of rich gold ore , Illustrated with a frontispiece and interior drawing on plain paper.. The final book in this series. One of over 200 books written by Patchin both under his own name and under various pseudonyms and house names for the Stratemeyer syndicate. 212 pp..

New York & London: Harper & Brothers, (1907). Hardcover - A collection of adventure stories for younger readers by several authors. The first section - in the Arctic - features three stories by Commander Peary. The second section focuses on the men - Yarns Below - and the third section on Strange Events, including The First American Boys in Japan by William Drysdale, Tale of an Earthquake and more. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and 7 internal glossy plates. Lists 4 titles in this series at the beginning of the book. xi, 232 pp. Uncommon.

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., (1932.). Hardcover - The second book in the Air Mystery series (originally published as the Sky Scout series) . Frontispiece on plain paper. 280 pp.

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., (1932.) dj. Hardcover - The third title in the Air Mystery series (originally published as the Sky Scout series). Frontispiece on plain paper. 276 pp.

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., (1932.) dj. Hardcover - The first book in the Air Mystery series (originally published as the Sky Scout series). Frontispiece on plain paper. Oversized edition bound in gray cloth. Lists to #3 in this series on the back cover of the dust jacket. 280 pp.

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., (1932.). Hardcover - The fourth and final book in the Air Mystery series (originally published as the Sky Scout series) . Frontispiece on plain paper. 280 pp.

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., (1932.) dj. Hardcover - The second book in the Air Mystery series (originally published as the Sky Scout series) . Frontispiece on plain paper. 280 pp.

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., (1932.) dj. Hardcover - The second book in the Air Mystery series (originally published as the Sky Scout series) . Frontispiece on plain paper. 280 pp.

Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, (1920). Hardcover first edition - World War I series written by an author who was best known for his longer Boy Scouts series, written in the years leading up to World War I. This title was one of two published in 1920. Glossy frontispiece. 250 pp plus 6 pp of publisher's ads.

Chicago: M.A. Donohue, (c 1913). Hardcover - A rather hard to find title in this series. Ralphson was one of the first scout masters in the rather short-lived American Boy Scouts (not to be confused with the Boy Scouts of America) founded by Randolph Hearst and differing from the BSA in its emphasis on preparing the young boys for military service. Remington Arms even created an official American Boy Scouts rifle. A very cheaply produced book, with the wrong author's name on the spine covering. 162 pp.

Chicago: M.A. Donohue, (c 1911). Hardcover - Glossy frontispiece. Lists to #15 in this series at back of book. Ralphson was one of the first scout masters in the rather short-lived American Boy Scouts (not to be confused with the Boy Scouts of America) founded by Randolph Hearst and differing from the BSA in its emphasis on preparing the young boys for military service. Remington Arms even created an official American Boy Scouts rifle. 255 pp. plus 3 pp advertisements. Orange and white illustrated endpapers.

Cleveland, Ohio: World Syndicate Publishing Co., (ca 1935, c 1919.) dj. Hardcover - A between the wars issue of this boy's "adventure" story set in the trenches of the Great War, World War I. Back cover of dust jacket advertises a boys' biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt "From Boyhood to President" thus helping to date this copy. Plain frontispiece. 216 pps.

Cleveland, Ohio: World Syndicate Publishing Co., (ca 1935, c 1919.) dj. Hardcover - A between the wars issue of this boy's "adventure" story set in the trenches of the Great War, World War I. Back cover of dust jacket advertises a boys' biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt "From Boyhood to President" thus helping to date this copy. Plain frontispiece. 216 pps.

Cleveland, Ohio: World Syndicate Publishing Co., (ca 1935, c 1919.) dj. Hardcover - A between the wars issue of this boy's "adventure" story set in the trenches of the Great War, World War I. 216 pp.

Cleveland, Ohio: World Syndicate Publishing Co., (ca 1935, c 1919.) dj. Hardcover - A between the wars issue of this boy's "adventure" story set in the Great War, World War I. 214 pp.

New York: George Sully and Company, (1918). Hardcover first edition - The third book in the series to use the name "Dave Fearless" or the 7th in the Deep Sea / Sea Treasure series. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece. 248 pp plus 4pp publisher's ad. Last title listed at the front of the book.

New York: Cupples & Leon Company, nd (c 1938). Hardcover first edition - Omnibus edition containing four complete adventure novels for boys, the first books in several popular series - each with its own title page, and separate pagination. Included are "Bomba the Jungle Boy of the Old Naturalist's Secret" by Rockwood (204 pp); the first title in the Slim Tyler Air Series "Sky Riders of the Atlantic" by Stone (208 pp); " Bob Dexter and the Club House Mystery" by Willard F. Baker (248 pp) and the first in teh Jerry Ford Wonder series "Wrecked on Cannibal Island" by Fenworth Moore. (210 pp) Each section is followed bu a publisher's ad listing all the titles in each series. Glossy frontispiece.

New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1913). Hardcover - The second book in this early airplane boys series, written by Weldon J. Cobb under the Stratemeyer syndicate house name of Roy Rockwood. Glossy frontispiece. Lists to #4 at front of book, to #5 in ads at back. 202 pp plus 10 pp publisher's ads.

Boston: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd, (1918). Hardcover first edition - One of the interesting U.S. Service Series, each highlighting a different department of the U.S. government. Illustrated "With 41 selected photographs." Lists to itself at the front of the book. viii, 356 pp.

Boston: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd, (1920). Hardcover first edition - One of the interesting U.S. Service Series, each highlighting a different department of the U.S. government. Illustrated with 62 photographs." A book intended to "portray the art of invention" rather than just catalogue all of the inventions. x, 361 pp. plus 1 pp of publisher's ads.

Boston: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd, (1909). Hardcover - One of the interesting U.S. Service Series, each highlighting a different department of the U.S. government. Illustrated "With thirty-seven illustrations from photographs taken by the U.S. Geological Survey." Lists to the ninth book in the series. xii, 381 pp plus 3 pp of publisher's ads.

Boston: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd, (1921). Hardcover first edition - One of the interesting U.S. Service Series, each highlighting a different department of the U.S. government. Contains 32 illustrations, some photographs, some drawings." Focuses on the Secret Services historical primary duty -that of safeguarding the Treasury of the US. 364 pp. plus 4 pp of publisher's ads. Lists to #12 at front of book, and to #9 in the ads at the back.