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THE WOODEN SHOE MYSTERY: A Mystery Story for Girls #4.
Edition: Early printing.(lists to #5 in the book, to #7 on the dj flap)
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1938) dj. Hardcover - An uncommon book, written under her own name, by the author who is best known as the original writer on the Nancy Drew series. This series of mysteries for girls are each set in a different locale, and feature different girls: this book is set in a community of Dutch immigrants, and involves the story of a lost treasure. Glossy frontispiece. 207 pp plus 2 pp of publisher's ads.
Condition: Very good in gray cloth with burgundy lettering in a very good dust jacket. (prev owner's name dated in 1942, some sunning to the spine of the dj) Still, a very attractive copy of a book which is uncommon in general, and quite scarce in dustjacket.
Book ID: 62596More details Price: $150.00 -
MIKE MARS SOUTH POLE SPACEMAN, #6.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, (1962). Hardcover first edition - The sixth Mike Mars book - a space adventure series for young readers carefully researched. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Albert Orbaan, full-color illustrated endpapers. 190 pp.
Condition: Very good in pale green boards, corners slightly bumped, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 72292More details Price: $15.00 -
DONALD KIRK: The Morning Record Copy-Boy, #1 in series.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, 1912. Hardcover first edition - The first of two books in this series by an author who spent most of his life in the newspaper business (his memoir is called " Free-Lancing for Forty Magazines." Although Donald Kirk has been denied the education he desired, he is determined to learn and progress in his career. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece with a tissue guard and three internal glossy plates by George Varian. 273 pp. plus 4 pp publisher's ads. Cover by the Decorative Designers with their DD monogram.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated cream cloth (a bit of foxing to the spine but overall a tight, clean and very attractive copy).
Book ID: 76022More details Price: $60.00 -
THE SCOUT PATROL BOYS AND THE HUNTING LODGE MYSTERY.
Edition: Early or first edition.
Cleveland, Ohio: World Syndicate Publishing Co., (1933). Hardcover - The third in this four book series, all published in 1933 - the author's name is probably a pseudonym. "Dick Lawrence, traveller, explorer and archeologist, leads the Scout Patrol Boys to adventure and excitement. At Circle-U Ranch they learn how to ride and rope before they go to Yucatan to unearth an ancient race. After that they have a pleasant vacation at Hunting Lodge, with fishing and hunting and in the Frozen South they rescue a famous company of explorers who are stranded on the ice. The books are "chock" full of hair-breath [sic] escapes and escapades that will give you many hours of pleasant reading." (World Syndicate advertisement) 118 pp.
Condition: Very good minus in red paper covered boards with silver lettering and frame on front cover (usual toning to the pages)
Book ID: 76061More details Price: $12.50 -
THE CASE OF THE WALTZING MOUSE: A Brains Benton Mystery, #5.
Edition: Early printing.
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., (c 1961.). Hardcover - The fifth Brains Benton mystery story - Illustrated with drawings in green by Al Schmidt. Six books in this series listed on back cover. 187 pp plus 2 pp publisher's advertisements Brown endpapers.
Condition: Good condition only in illustrated boards (some toning to the pages, rubbing and wear to the covers, binding sturdy.)
Book ID: 50540More details Price: $12.50 -
THE MERCER BOYS' CRUISE ON THE LASSIE (#1)
Edition: Reprint.
Cleveland, Ohio: Falcon Books / World Publishing Co., (1948) dj. Hardcover - The first book in this series featuring the cadets, Don and Jim Mercer and their friend Terry Mackson, at Woodcrest Military Institute. Illustrated. 218 pp.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated boards.
Book ID: 72545More details Price: $12.50 -
THE MERCER BOYS' MYSTERY CASE (#4)
Edition: Reprint.
Cleveland, Ohio: World Publishing Co., (1929) dj. Hardcover - The fourth book in this series featuring the cadets, Don and Jim Mercer and their friend Terry Mackson, at Woodcrest Military Institute. Original text, 256 pp.
Condition: Good overall in light green cloth with dark green lettering on the spine (missing front endpaper, usual toning to the pages) in a good dustjacket with overall edgewear, sunning to the spine. Uncommon in dj in any condition.
Book ID: 72237More details Price: $21.50 -
THE MYSTERY HUNTERS AT LAKESIDE CAMP, #2 in series.
Edition: Reprint.
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., (1934) dj. Hardcover - The second book in a four book series by this prolific author best known for his Mercer Boys series. After high school graduation, four friends from a small town in Vermont decide to vacation at Lakeside Camp in New Hampshire, a camp run by the college they are planning on attending. As they are walking from the train station to the camp, a storm forces them to seek shelter at an old Opera House where they hear strange footsteps. Plain frontispiece. 250 pp.
Condition: Good overall in dark green boards - usual rather severe toning to the pages, partially erased gift inscription dated Christmas 1949 - in a good only dustjacket with significant sunning to the spine, overall tanning and light edgewear.
Book ID: 78880More details Price: $18.50 -
THE HUNNIWELL BOYS AND THE PLATINUM MYSTERY #4 in series.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: A. L. Burt, (1928). Hardcover - The fourth book in this "thrilling aviation series for boys 12 to 16 years." Features Bill and Gordon Hunniwell, two enterprising and inventive young Americans who have many thrills in their new electric airplane. Five titles listed at front of book. Glossy frontispiece, 218 pp plus 6 pp publisher's ad.
Condition: Fair condition only in illustrated tan cloth (corners slightly bumped, missing front endpaper, tide mark to upper edge)
Book ID: 76051More details Price: $14.50 -
THE HUNNIWELL BOYS IN THE AIR, #1 in series.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: A. L. Burt, (1928). Hardcover - The second book in this "thrilling aviation series for boys 12 to 16 years." Five titles listed at front of book. Glossy frontispiece, 222 pp.
Condition: Good overall in tan cloth illustrated in blue and dark brown with dark brown lettering.
Book ID: 84055More details Price: $12.50 -
THE HUNNIWELL BOYS' LONGEST FLIGHT, #5 in series.
Edition: First or early edition.
New York: A. L. Burt, (1928). Hardcover first edition - The fifth book in this "thrilling aviation series for boys 12 to 16 years. Bill and Gordon Hunniwell, two enterprising and inventive young Americans, have many thrilling experiences far above the clouds in the 'Albatross,' their new electric airplane." Five titles listed at front of book and in the ads at the back. Glossy frontispiece, 244 pp. + 8 pp ads.
Condition: Good overall in illustrated blue cloth (back cover has vertical crack down the middle)
Book ID: 85827More details Price: $14.50 -
THE HUNNIWELL BOYS IN THE AIR, #1 in series.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: A. L. Burt, (1928). Hardcover - The second book in this "thrilling aviation series for boys 12 to 16 years. Bill and Gordon Hunniwell, two enterprising and inventive young Americans, have many thrilling experiences far above the clouds in the 'Albatross,' their new electric airplane." Five titles listed at front of book. Glossy frontispiece, 222 pp. plus 1 pp publisher's ad,
Condition: Very good overall in tan cloth illustrated in blue and dark brown with dark brown lettering (gift inscription dated Dec 1929)
Book ID: 85836More details Price: $15.00 -
THE HUNNIWELL BOYS AND THE PLATINUM MYSTERY #4 in series.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: A. L. Burt, (1928). Hardcover - The fourth book in this "thrilling aviation series for boys 12 to 16 years." Features Bill and Gordon Hunniwell, two enterprising and inventive young Americans who have many thrills in their new electric airplane. Five titles listed at front of book and in ads at rear. Glossy frontispiece, 218 pp plus 6 pp publisher's ad.
Condition: Good condition overall in illustrated tan cloth (gift inscription dated Christmas 1929, 1 leaf of ads partially detached, some wear to covers, but a straight tight copy, no dust jacket)
Book ID: 85844More details Price: $17.50 -
THE BATTALION CAPTAIN.
Edition: First edition.
New York: A. L. Burt, (1936). Hardcover first edition - One of the last and most difficult to find titles in the Adventure and Mystery Series for Boys, set at a military college south of Philadelphia - the Fortress - modeled on the Pennsylvania Military College where Wyman worked for many years, eventually becoming a Dean and then Vice President. Glossy frontispiece. 254 pp. Illustrated endpapers.
Condition: Very good in red cloth (previous owner's name, hint of spine slant)
Book ID: 85924More details Price: $40.00 -
THE HUNNIWELL BOYS' VICTORY, #2 in series.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: A. L. Burt, (1928). Hardcover - The second book in this "thrilling aviation series for boys 12 to 16 years." Five titles listed at front of book. Glossy frontispiece, 240 pp.
Condition: Good overall in illustrated beige cloth (some foxing, previous owner's name, corners bumped, etc)
Book ID: 68799More details Price: $12.50 -
BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD'S SNAPSHOT CLUE.
Edition: Hardcover.
Racine, WI: Whitman, 1943. Hardcover - An original story about The Bumstead Family of the famous newspaper comics, radio series & motion pictures "Blondie". Illustrated. Bound in blue boards with orange lettering.
Condition: Good condition (the usual age-toning to the paper, edgewear to the boards, slight spine slant.)
Book ID: 24857More details Price: $12.50 -
THE MOTOR BOYS ACROSS THE PLAIN or The Hermit of Lost Lake, #4 in series.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1907). Hardcover - The Motor Boys are: Bob Baker, son of a rich banker; Ned Slade, son of a large department store owner; Jerry Hopkins, son of a well-to-do widow. The fourth book in this series published under a Stratemeyer Syndicate house name. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece by Charles Nuttall. Lists to #9 at the front of the book. 248 pp.
Condition: Good overall in the third format - in brown with black printing depicting the boys (each in a separate circle) and illustrations of a biplane, auto and boat (some fraying to the base of the spine)
Book ID: 68926More details Price: $12.50 -
THE MOTOR BOYS AFTER A FORTUNE or The Hut on Snake Island #13.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1912). Hardcover first edition - The Motor Boys are: Bob Baker, son of a rich banker; Ned Slade, son of a large department store owner; Jerry Hopkins, son of a well-to-do widow. . . "Enthusiastic over their success in locating the stolen bank treasure, the Motor Boys hearing of a fortune in radium supposed to be located in the Grand Canyon, start out to seek it, using first an auto, then a motor boat and then in an airship. A truly remarkable story, full of new interest and adventure." Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and one glossy internal plate. Lists to self at the front of the book and to #16 in the ads at the back. 248 pp plus 2 pp of publisher's ads.
Condition: Good only in gray -green illustrated boards with black and white lettering and red touches in the illustration (a bit of rubbing and wear to the spine, lower corner of rear of textblock stained, not effecting the test, hinges starting, other wear to covers) No dust jacket.
Book ID: 79953More details Price: $18.50 -
THE MOTOR BOYS OVER THE ROCKIES or A Mystery of the Air. #10.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1911). Hardcover - The Motor Boys are: Bob Baker, son of a rich banker; Ned Slade, son of a large department store owner; Jerry Hopkins, son of a well-to-do widow. . .this is the second book in the series in which aviation plays a major role. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and three glossy internal plates. Lists to self at the front of the book and to #16 in the ads at the back. 248 pp plus 2 pp of publisher's ads. This is in binding B with gray boards with orange-red and black printing and a propellor on the spine.
Condition: Fair condition only - some spine slant and discoloration to the spine, binding is cracked before the title page, some mustiness. No dust jacket.
Book ID: 85817More details Price: $16.50