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TOM SWIFT AND THE ELECTRONIC HYDROLUNG: The New Tom Swift, Jr Adventures, series #18.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1961). Hardcover first edition - Illustrated by Charles Brey. 188 pp. Illustrated endpapers. Lists to self on the back cover.
Condition: Very near fine in matte (flat) illustrated boards with wraparound spine and blue back cover.
Book ID: 81417More details Price: $21.50 -
TOM SWIFT AND HIS FLYING LAB: Tom Swift, Jr Adventures series #1.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1954.). Hardcover - The first book in this series, each one featuring a different ingenious device. Illustrated by Graham Kaye. Lists through #20 inside book, #19 on back cover. Blue and white illustrated endpapers. 208 pp.
Condition: Good only in matte finish illustrated boards with gold spine and back cover (some spine slant, bit of wear to boards, fading to spine)
Book ID: 79532More details Price: $12.50 -
TOM SWIFT AND HIS SPECTROMARINE SELECTOR: Tom Swift, Jr series #15.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, c. 1960. dj. Hardcover - Illustrated by Graham Kaye. Lists through #16 in this series both in the book and on the rear flap of the dust jacket. In blue tweed covers, blue and white illustrated endpapers. 184 pp.
Condition: Very good in a fair dustjacket (several tape repairs to edges of dj. long diagonal tear on front cover, with associated creasing) Book is overall a tight and clean copy with just minor shelfwear and the dust jacket is now protected by an archival cover.
Book ID: 62619More details Price: $15.00 -
TOM SWIFT AND HIS ULTRASONIC CYCLOPLANE: Tom Swift, Jr Adventures series #10.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1957.). Hardcover - Illustrated by Graham Kaye. Lists through #13 in this series in the front of the book In blue tweed covers, blue and white illustrated endpapers, blue tinting to the top edge of the textblock. 182 pp.
Condition: Good condition (corners bumped, previous owner's name on half title page), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 79429More details Price: $12.50 -
TOM SWIFT AND HIS JETMARINE: Tom Swift, Jr series #2.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1954.). Hardcover - Illustrated by Graham Kaye. Lists through #12 at the front of the book. In blue tweed covers, blue and white illustrated endpapers. 208 pp.
Condition: Good condition - minor wear to covers, some toning to edges of textblock, sunning to tinting on top edge.
Book ID: 62838More details Price: $12.50 -
TOM SWIFT AND HIS DEEP-SEA HYDRODOME: Tom Swift, Jr series #11.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, c. 1958. dj. Hardcover first edition - Illustrated by Graham Kaye. Last title in this series listed in the book and on the dj flap. Backcover has a striking black and white Hardy Boys ad: 'Don't Miss the Thrilling Hardy Boys Mysteries.' Blue and white illustrated endpapers. 184 pp.
Condition: Very good+ in blue tweed covers, in a very good dustjacket (chip on rear cover, wear at corners, upper end of spine.) Overall a tight and clean copy.
Book ID: 37699More details Price: $30.00 -
TOM SWIFT AND HIS MEGASCOPE SPACE PROBER: Tom Swift, Jr series #20.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1962). Hardcover - Illustrated by Charles Brey. Lists through #28 on the back cover. White endpapers illustrated in gray. 176 pp.
Condition: Very good in illustrated boards with a beige spine (previous owner's name, corners bumped, some discoloration to fore-edge of textblock)
Book ID: 83615More details Price: $12.50 -
TOM SWIFT AND HIS GIANT ROBOT: Tom Swift, Jr series #4.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1954.). Hardcover - Illustrated by Graham Kaye. Lists through #17 in this series. In blue tweed covers, blue and white illustrated endpapers. 211 pp.
Condition: Good only condition (some sunning to the spine and edges of the covers, corners bumped, spine slant, no dj.)
Book ID: 62656More details Price: $12.50 -
TOM SWIFT AND HIS ROCKET SHIP: Tom Swift, Jr series #3.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1958) dj. Hardcover - Illustrated by Graham Kaye. Lists through #6 in this series listed in the book and through #5 on the back cover of the dust jacket. In blue tweed covers, blue and white illustrated endpapers. 208 pp.
Condition: Good in a good dustjacket (tape remnant on front cover, edgewear to dj especially at ends of spine, some sunning to the spinej.) Overall a tight and clean copy.
Book ID: 79435More details Price: $20.00 -
TOM SWIFT AND HIS ATOMIC EARTH BLASTER: Tom Swift, Jr series #5.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1954.). Hardcover - Illustrated by Graham Kaye. Lists through #15 at the front of the book. In blue tweed covers, blue and white illustrated endpapers. 210 pp.
Condition: Good only condition - minor wear to covers, bumping to corners, fading to tinting on top edge, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 63208More details Price: $12.50 -
MOTOR BOAT BOYS' RIVER CHASE or Six Chums Afloat and Ashore. Motor Boat Boys Series #6.
Edition: Early (or first) printing.
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, (c 1914). Hardcover - The sixth book in this series featuring six teenage boys and their adventures on various waterways - in this book they catch some bank robbers after a chase down the Mississippi River. Ad for a bicycle preceding the first page. 257 pp an ad for a billiard table. Green and white illustrated endpapers.
Condition: FAIR/POOR condition only in illustrated light green cloth (no glossy frontispiece, rear hinge cracked, front hinge starting, wear to the covers and rubbing to the white lettering, especially on the spine).
Book ID: 74727More details Price: $14.50 -
GAY'S YEAR AT HARFORD HALL.
Edition: Reprint.
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, (1927). Hardcover - The second novel telling of the adventures of Gay Annersley, niece and adopted daughter of the Jennings, on Sunset Island in the West Indies and at her boarding school. 247 pp.
Condition: Good overall in beige cloth with dark brown lettering (rather severe toning to the pages, corners bumped, gift inscription) , no dust jacket.
Book ID: 67108More details Price: $13.75 -
GAY'S YEAR ON SUNSET ISLAND, #1 in series.
Edition: Reprint.
Cleveland, Ohio: Goldsmith Publishing, (c 1926). Hardcover - The first novel in this two book series, in which Gay Annersley, niece and adopted daughter of the Jennings, tells of how - after her uncle's bank failed - another uncle took her to Sunset Island in the West Indies, where the Pirate Morgan was reputed to have buried his treasure. 242 pp.
Condition: Good overall in orange boards with black lettering (rather severe toning to the pages, corners bumped) , no dust jacket.
Book ID: 83934More details Price: $13.75 -
A YANKEE FLIER IN ITALY. #5 (AIR COMBAT STORIES #12.)
Edition: First or very early edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1944.). Hardcover - Illustrated by Paul Laune. One of 3 series published under the general name 'Air Combat Stories for Boys.' Ads in back of book lists only to #11 (excluding this title.) Wartime conditions notice on the title page. 212 pp plus 2 pp advertisements at rear. Blue and white illustrated endpapers.
Condition: Good in green cloth with dark green lettering and illustration (usual rather severe toning to the pages), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 64854More details Price: $12.50 -
A YANKEE FLIER IN ITALY. #5 (AIR COMBAT STORIES #12.)
Edition: First or very early edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1944.) dj. Hardcover - Illustrated by Paul Laune. One of 3 series published under the general name 'Air Combat Stories for Boys.' Last title in this series listed on the back cover, rear flap of dustjacket has a synopsis of the 4th book in the Yankee Flier series. Back of book lists only to #11 (excluding this title.) Wartime conditions notice on the title page. 212 pp plus 2 pp advertisements at rear. Blue and white illustrated endpapers.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (usual rather severe toning to the pages, light edgewear to the dj, with a few small chips at top of spine, attractive cover illustration.)
Book ID: 31108More details Price: $28.00 -
THE BOY RANCHERS or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Cupples & Leon. (1921). Hardcover - Frontispiece. The first book in the series. Two Eastern boys visit their cousin and become involved in a mystery. 210 pp plus 2 pp of publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall in illustrated beige cloth - corners slightly bumped, some toning to pages and overall wear.
Book ID: 83915More details Price: $15.00 -
JANE ALLEN: CENTER.
Edition: Reprint.
Akron, Ohio: The Saafield Publishing Company, (c 1918.) dj. Hardcover - A college girls' story - Jane solves the mystery of a shy new student, a gifted violinist, as well as succeeding in school and basketball. Frontispiece. 308 pp.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (gift inscription on front pastedown, usual toning to the pages, flaw in gluing the endpapers, but overall the binding is tight and sturdy, dust jacket has some edgewear but is bright and attractive).
Book ID: 75471More details Price: $20.00 -
TOD HALE ON THE SCRUB.
Edition: Reprint.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1928). Hardcover first edition - The third book in the Tod Hale series,this one featuring football Illustrated by Leslie Crump (although one of the plates depicts boxing) 312 pp.
Condition: Good overall in red boards, with black lettering (frontispiece missing, some wear to covers)
Book ID: 66358More details Price: $12.50 -
TOD HALE ON THE NINE. #4 in series.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1929. Hardcover first edition - The fourth and final book in the Tod Hale sports series, in the original edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three glossy internal plates by Leslie Crump. 280 pp.
Condition: Very good in tan boards with a four-color pasted on illustration on the front cover, no dust jacket. (missing front free endpaper, previous owner's name, otherwise tight and clean)
Book ID: 83963More details Price: $21.50 -
TOD HALE WITH THE CREW. #1 in series.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1926. Hardcover first edition - The first book in the Tod Hale series, in the uncommon original edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three glossy internal plates by Leslie Crump. 307 pp.
Condition: Very good in tan boards with a four-color pasted on illustration on the front cover, no dust jacket. (peeled spot to illustration on front cover, previous owner's name, otherwise tight and clean)
Book ID: 70675More details Price: $20.00 -
BARCLAY BACK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1942. Hardcover first edition - A football story, illustrated with en-texte drawings by I.B. Hazleton. True first edition with a (1) on the final page. 255 pp.
Condition: Very good in light green cloth with black lettering on the spine (tear to top edge of front endpaper, and some wear to the ends of the spine, but overall a tight and clean copy)
Book ID: 66362More details Price: $18.00 -
SUBSTITUTE JIMMY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: The Century Company, (1928). Hardcover first edition - Football story for older boys - how Jimmy became the "most valuable substitute the Riverbend football team ever had" - a hero both off and on the field. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and three inserted plates by Charles Lassell. 321pp.
Condition: Good overall in tan cloth (some wear to the top of the spine, nick to the upper corner of textblock) Uncommon.
Book ID: 66401More details Price: $25.00 -
FOUR AFOOT: Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Highway.
Edition: First edition.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1906. Hardcover first edition - A boys' adventure story, the second in the series. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and three inserted plates with sepia tinting by Charles M. Relyea. 285 pp.plus 6 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good condition in terra cotta cloth with white lettering and an illustration of four boys and their dog walking (some rubbing wear to the spine, a bit of foxing to the endpapers, gift inscription, rear hinge cracked)
Book ID: 73550More details Price: $25.00 -
RIGHT END EMERSON: The Football Eleven Books #8.
Edition: Reprint.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1932) dj. Hardcover - A story of life at a prep school, although the hero of this title - Russell Emerson - has to work his way through school. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and 3 inserted plates by Leslie Crump (all of the plates are present, but they are all inserted at different pages than indicated on the list of illustrations.) 270 pp plus 8 pp of publisher's ads.
Condition: Very good+ in orange cloth with black lettering in a good dust jacket (chipping to the dj at the ends of the spine, some rubbing and wear) Uncommon in dust jacket..
Book ID: 62636More details Price: $50.00 -
HOLD 'EM WYNDHAM!
Edition: First printing.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1925. Hardcover first edition - A football story by this prolific author, primarily of boys' sport series. The third book in the Wyndham Series. Glossy frontispiece. The true first edition with the (1) on the bottom of the last page. 270 pp plus 4 pp of publisher's ads.
Condition: Very good in red boards with black lettering on the front cover and the spine (fading to the red on the spine, but the lettering is unfaded) .
Book ID: 79799More details Price: $15.00 -
FOR YARDLEY: A Story of Track and Field.
Edition: First printing.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1911. Hardcover first edition - A title in the Yardley Hall series Illustrated with a tinted glossy frontispiece and 3 inserted plates. 298 pp.
Condition: Good condition in dark red cloth with cream lettering and a pasted on illustration on the front cover. (bookplate)
Book ID: 63889More details Price: $20.00 -
THE CRIMSON SWEATER.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: The Century Company, 1908 (c 1906). Hardcover - School sports (football and hockey) and adventure story for older boys. Illustrated by C. M.Relyea with a frontispiece and 27 inserted plates. 367 pp.
Condition: Very good in illustrated tan cloth (prev owner's name)
Book ID: 66486More details Price: $18.00 -
LEFT HALF HARMON.
Edition: Reprint.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1921). Hardcover - A rather uncommon football novel for young adults. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and three inserted plates by Leslie Crump (all plates are present, but the pages on the list of illustrations are incorrect) 312 pp.
Condition: Good overall in illustrated brown cloth.
Book ID: 66399More details Price: $13.50 -
THE AIRPLANE GIRL AND THE MYSTERY OF SEAL ISLANDS, #3 in series.
Edition: Early printing.
Condition: Good only condition in blue cloth (corners bumped, rather severe toning to the pages, slight spine slant and some wear to the covers)
Book ID: 68919More details Price: $12.50 -
THEÊMOVING PICTURE COMRADES ABOARD A SUBMARINE, or, Searching for Treasure Under the Sea. #4 in The Motion Picture Series.
Edition: Reprint.
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., (c 1917). Hardcover - "The romance of Motion Pictures -- how it is interwoven with America's life to-day! When sturdy, stout-hearted lads determine to build their careers around Motion Pictures, it needs just such an author as Elmer Tracey Barnes to record their ups and downs, for Adventure is their ever-constant companion. Likable heroes, rapid action and unusual settings for their stories -- these are the things that make these five tales so intensely popular with a host of eager readers." ( Saalfield advertisement) Frontispiece. 179 pp. plus 8 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall in illustrated beige boards - prev owner's name, significant age-toning to the pages.
Book ID: 83931More details Price: $18.00
