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Tom Swift and His Air Scout Or, Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky

By: Appleton, Victor

Price: $69.50

Publisher: New York, Grosset and Dunlap: 1932

Edition: early

Seller ID: 12866

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages; Circa 1932 printing. Grosset & Dunlap. HC/DJ. Olive green cloth with quad-oictorial design to boards in red and dark green. Binding snug and contents very neat. No marks. Dust jacket lists 33 Swift titles front flap terminating w/ Dirigible. Ads in rear of book list 35 Swift titles ending with Giant magnet. Dust jacket is bright and generally neat save for the original owner's now very aged application of tape reinforcing the joints, edges and falp folds. Tape is not heavily toned but is tiff and lightly toned. Similar application to inside surface of flap...
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Tom Swift and His Airline Express; Or, from Ocean to Ocean by Daylight

By: Appleton, Victor

Price: $70.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset and Dunlap: 1926

Edition: early printing

Seller ID: 12975

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

The Tom Swift #29; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 218 pages; 1926 Grosset & Dunlap. HC/DJ. Early printing, circa 1930/1931. Front flap of dust jacket has 31 Swift titles ending in "Talking Pictures" and catalog at rear of book has 33 Swift titles ["Dirigible"] advertised. Solid bright copy of the book in light olive green cloth with "quad" illustration design to cover in red and dark brown. Pictorial dust jacket has title lettering in red to spine. Dust jacket complete and bright with small shallow nicks at corners and spine ends. Prior owner has added (long ago) a short...
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Tom Swift and His Chest of Secrets, or, Tracing the Stolen Inventions: Tom Swift #28

By: Appleton, Victor

Price: $95.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1925

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24014

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket

12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 216 pages; HC/DJ. Apparent and presumed 1st edition. Swift title list on jacket flap lists 28 titles, ending with "Chest of Secrets" ; ad at rear of book lists 27 Swift titles, not including not including"Chest of Secrets". Sound dust jacketed copy in original mustard yellow cloth with "quad" design of illustrations in red and green. Pictorial dust jacket is bright, with a nickel sized chip missing from the top edge of the rear panel and a few very small chips/nicks from the spine ends and corners. There are several short closed tears at j...
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Tom Swift in the City of Gold, Or, Marvelous Adventures Underground [In] Quad White Dust Jacket [1916]

By: Appleton, Victor

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1916

Edition: early printing

Seller ID: 38884

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Good dust jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages; [1916] Grosset & Dunlap. HC/DJ. In the scarce early quad styled pictorial dust jacket printed in red and green on white glazed paper. Jacket dated to 1916 by list of Swift titles to front flap (#16, Big Tunnel). Light shelf bumping to boards at corners; superficial shelf cocking to spine. A mild gap between signatures mid-book. Dust jacket worn and tatty at edges with shallow chips at edges and a medium sized chip missing from the lower front corner of the cover panel. Chipping to jacket at spine ends and light to moderate toning along the spine panel. Fro...
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Tom Swift and His Ocean Airport, Or, Failing the Haargolanders

By: Appleton, Victor

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Racine WI, Whitman: 1934

Edition: early printing

Seller ID: 38885

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 214 pages; Circa 1937 Whitman reprinting of #37 in the Swift series. HC/DJ. Soundly bound in original color pictorial dust jacket. Orange colored cloth with titles in black; expected moderate general toning to page stock. Some light/moderate damp mottling to cloth boards and offset discoloration to the blank reverse of the jacket. Light / moderate ripple and damp stain to jacket rear panel. Trace chipping to jacket at spine ends. A sound and decent but somewhat worn copy with some light dampstaining to externals. G++/G++
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Tom Swift and His Giant Magnet, Or, Bringing Up the Lost Submarine

By: Appleton, Victor

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset and Dunlap: 1932

Edition: First Edition; 2nd state

Seller ID: 38886

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Tom Swift #35; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 216 pages; 1932 Grosset & Dunlap. HC/DJ. 1st edition, 2nd state. Handsome copy is bright and snug in 2nd state orange cloth with titles in black. The book is bright and snug with pictorial orange endpages and bright orange top stain. Gift inscription penned to front blank verso of frontis, dated Oct 1933. Original dust jacket is bright and clean with just mild shelf rubbing to edges and corners; small open snag (smaller than a dime) reinforced to rear surface with a small short piece of cellophane tape. Dust jacket has Swift titles 1-35 (Magnet) on ...
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Don Sturdy in Lion Land or The Strange Clearing in the Jungle

By: Appleton, Victor

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1932

Edition: early printing

Seller ID: 38899

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket

frontis; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages; Grosset & Dunlap HC/DJ. Early printing. Dust jacket front flap lists just 9 Sturdy titles, but interior lists at rear of book lists 12 Sturdy titles ending "Temple of Fear" Presumably a 1932 printing. Pictorial green and white endpages. Original red cloth with title lettered in green. Hinges a little tender but sound. Dust jacket has shallow chipping from spine ends, several short closed tears at edges and a longer, semi-circular closed tear from the bottom edge of the front panel/cover. Publisher's green top stain fading. VG-/G++
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Don Sturdy in the Land of Volcanoes; Or, the Trail of the Ten Thousand Smokes. (Don Sturdy #5)

By: Appleton, Victor

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1927

Edition: early printing

Seller ID: 38916

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

frontis & jacket art; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 214 pages; Dated to 1927 by list of Sturdy titles on jacket front flap and ad at rear, ending with "Land of Gorillas" #7 in the Sturdy series. Snugly bound and very neat in original duo-tone color pictorial dust jacket. Just mild shelf pulling to cloth at spine ends. Mild stress wrinkle to fron edge of page # 127/128. Dust jacket generally bright and clean with light shelf rubbing to edges, several tiny chips along the bottom edge of the front panel, nicks at corner tips and spine ends, a short closed tear along bottom edge of the rear p...
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Don Sturdy Across the North Pole, Or Cast Away in the Land of Ice

By: Appleton, Victor

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1927

Edition: reprint

Seller ID: 38918

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 214 pages; Circa 1927 printing. Rear flap of dust jacket has 5 Sturdy titles ending in "Land of Volcanoes" and catalog at rear of book has 7 Sturdy titles, ending in "Among the Gorillas." Original red cloth with titles to cover in a black outlined yellow script and to spine in black. Rogers designed dust jacket has some light shelf rubbing at edges with a small triangular chip missing from the base of spine and a few short closed tears and tiny nicks from edges. Mild toning to whites of jacket surfaces. Prior owner gift inscription penned to front end...
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Tom Swift and His Great Oil Gusher; Or the Treasure of Goby Farm

By: Appleton, Victor

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1924

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 38883

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 210 pages; 1st edition, early (2nd) printing. Soundly bound in original color, duotone pictorial dust jacket. Oil Gusher listed as the final titles in ads at front and rear but with next title - "Chest of Secrets" listed as the last title in the list on the front flap. Mild shelf bumping and rubbing to cloth at front corners. Prior owner's small ink name stamp in duplicate to front endpage. Jacket lightly rubbed and worn at edges; spaine panel toned and faded with some damp mottling. Trace damp evidence to jacket top edge and front edge of rear panel. VG-/G++
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Tom Swift in Captivity, or a Daring Escape by Airship [Duotone Dust Jacket]

By: Appleton, Victor

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1919

Edition: early printing

Seller ID: 40018

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

frontis; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages; [1919] Grosset & Dunlap. HC/DJ. Early printing, dated to 1919 by the list of Swift titles at jacket flap and rear panel lists, ending at "Air Scout." Rear book list ends at the earlier Big Tunnel. Soundly bound in original mustard yellow quad pictorial cloth. Duotone pictorial dust jacket is edge rubbed with several short closed tears and small chips from edges and shallow chip from crown of spine panel. Prior owner's short tape mends and reinforcements to corners and spine ends of both reverse surface and front surface of jacket. Light ge...
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Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope (Better Little Book #1485)

By: Appleton, Victor & James Gary (Illust. )

Price: $110.00

Publisher: Racine WI, Whitman: 1939

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 38903

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

B&W drawings; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 425 pages; 1939 Whitman Better Little Book #1485. Tom Swift # 39, penultimate in the series. 1st edition. Small format HC in original glazed, color pictorial boards. Binding sound and contents complete. Illustrated with b&w drawings by James Gary. There are two notable condition issues. It appears this books was at one time bundled with some other BLB titles using string and it appears this was the bottom book in the bundle. There are shallow indent impressions to the rear board and pressure ruptures where the string looped over the board edges. Shallo...
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Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope (Better Little Book #1485)

By: Appleton, Victor & James Gary (Illust. )

Price: $145.00

Publisher: Racine WI, Whitman: 1939

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 38904

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

B&W drawings; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 425 pages; 1939 Whitman Better Little Book #1485. Tom Swift # 39, penultimate in the series. 1st edition. Small format HC in original glazed, oclor pictorial boards. Binding sound and contents complete. Illustrated with b&w drawings by James Gary. Spine square and flat with light rubbing at spine ends and board edges. Last blank page appears to be missing. Prior owner name in pencil and pen to rear endpage. A small half-dime sized surface abrasion to the paper covered front board at the bottom edge. Contents sound and clean; a generally well preserved ...
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Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope (Better Little Book #1485)

By: Appleton, Victor & James Gary (Illust. )

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Racine WI, Whitman: 1939

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 38905

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

B&W drawings; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 425 pages; 1939 Whitman Better Little Book #1485. Tom Swift # 39, penultimate in the series. 1st edition. Small format HC in original glazed, color pictorial boards. Binding sound and contents complete. Illustrated with b&w drawings by James Gary. Spine square and flat with just light rubbing at spine ends and board edges. A few tiny spots of rub to board surfaces and some mild soiling in evidence to spine. Expected general toning to page stock but a little more so than in other copies we have handled. Still a solid and well preserved example of the un...
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Tom Swift and His Ocean Airport, Or, Foiling the Haargolanders

By: Appleton, Victor & Nat Falk (Illust. )

Price: $300.00

Publisher: NY, Grosset & Dunlap: 1934

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 38994

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

Very good in very good dust jacket. ; 214 p. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 214 pages; 1st edition of #37 (second to last) of the Grosset published 1st Swift series. #37 Ocean Airport is the last title in the list on the copyright page, is not included on the list at rear of book which ends at #36 Television Detector. Front dust jacket flap also ends at #36. Original orange cloth with titles boldly in black to cover and spine; publisher's orange top stain is uniform and bold. Pictorial orange lining sheets. Original pictorial dust jacket has shallow chipping at spine ends, mild toning to spine p...
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Don Sturdy [Set of 7] #1 on the Desert of Mystery; #2 with the Big Snake Hunters; #6 in the Port of Lost Ships; #7 Among the Gorillas; #8 Captured by Head Hunters;

By: Appleton, Victor & Walter Rogers (Illust. )

Price: $65.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1930

Seller ID: 40291

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

#10 in the Land of Giants; # 11 on the Ocean Bottom; B&W frontis; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1470 pages; 1925 - 1931. Grosset & Dunlap. 7 books of the Don Sturdy Series: #1 on the Desert of Mystery; #2 with the Big Snake Hunters; #6 in the Port of Lost Ships; #7 Among the Gorillas; #8 Captured by Head Hunters; #10 in the Land of Giants; # 11 on the Ocean Bottom. Soundly and uniformly bound in original red cloth with titles in two styles, green outlined yellow lettering and solid dark green lettering. Illustrated with b&w frontis by Walter Rodgers each book. Among the Gorillas retains the origi...
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Don Sturdy in the Tombs of Gold Or, the Old Egyptian's Great Secret

By: Appleton, Victor & Walter S. Rodgers (Illust. )

Price: $110.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1925

Seller ID: 41748

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 214 pages; Circa 1927 printing. Grosset & Dunlap. HC/DJ. Very early printing. Snugly bound and neat in original color pictorial dust jacket with 5 Sturdy titles on the front flap and 28 Tom Swift titles on the rear flap. Publisher ads at rear list 7 Sturdy titles ending with "Among the Gorillas" published in 1927. Dust jacket lightly shelf rubbed at edges and with general expected mild toning to the cream color of the jacket background. Light toning and surface rubbing to jacket spine panel. Jacket color cover design and b&w frontis by Walter Rodgers. Plain w...
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Don Sturdy with the Harpoon Hunters, Or, the Strange Cruise of the Whaling Ship.

By: Appleton, Victor, Pseud

Price: $85.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1935

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 12864

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Frontis and lining sheets; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages; 1935 Grosset & Dunlap. HC 1st edition of the last Sturdy title. Original thatched red cloth with titles stamped boldly in dark green to cover and spine. At spine a shield outlines "Author of Tom Swift Books." Binding sound and contents clean. Top edge stain is green, slightly faded. Just mild silverfish predation to the sizing of the cloth along the lower and front edge of the cover board. Cloth just a little crimped at spine ends; verysmall pin sized puncture to cloth mid-spine. At rear is a 4 page catalog of Sturdy, Sw...
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Don Sturdy on the Desert of Mystery Or Autoing in the Land of the Caravans

By: Appleton, Victor; Walter S. Rogers

Price: $32.50

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1925

Edition: reprint

Seller ID: 12804

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 214 pages; 1925 Grosset & Dunlap. HC/DJ. Circa 1932 printing of the book in a dust jacket that appears to be earlier. Thatched red cloth with titles blocked in green to cover and spine. Nat Dlak illustrated edndpage and Walter Rogers frontis. Publisher ads at rear list 12 Sturdy titles, though the front dust jacket flap has only 7 Sturdy titles and the rear flap ends with Tom Swift #29 Air Line Express. Book bright and cleanwith just a hint of silverfish patchiness to board edges. Dust jacket with shallow chips at spine ends and tips and with a short open run mids...
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Author:Appleton, Victor