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Tom Swift and His Flying Lab (The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures)
by Appleton, Victor, II; Kaye, Graham (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-/Fair
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1954. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. VG-/Fair. Kaye, Graham. Vol.#1 in the second Tom Swift series, which was comprised of 33 volumes written under the pseudonym Victor Appleton II. Originally published in 1954, this book is one of the original blue tweed cloth-covered books with wrap-around pictorial DJs, so it is a First Edition, but slightly later printing, listing to TS#3 in front matter & on rear flap & back cover of DJ. In 208 pages with a plain frontispiece & blue/white endpapers by illustrator Graham Kaye. Book condition is VG-: very clean, binding straight & strong, hinges intact, pages creamy white with very mild tanning/dust dulling to outside edges, but unmarked. Moderate-heavy rubbing to extremities & bumped corners. The unclipped DJ is all there, but downgraded to Fair due to many missing chips & holes, significant chipping to edges; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free!Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021217
- Title
- Tom Swift and His Flying Lab (The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures)
- Author
- Appleton, Victor, II; Kaye, Graham (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Kaye, Graham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- BOYS SERIES CHAPTER BOOKS YA YOUNG ADULT MYSTERY ADVENTURE HERO INVENTOR SCIENCE FICTION wrap DJ
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series; Science Fiction-Fantasy;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
All books shipped promptly that day or next; tracking # provided on all orders. Refunds issued gladly in accordance with Biblio policies.
About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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- Edges
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- Chipping
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- First Edition
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- Fair
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