Tom Swift and His Giant Robot (The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures)
by Appleton, Victor, II; Kaye, Graham (Illustrator)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- 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 First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Kaye, Graham. Vol.#4 in the second Tom Swift series, which was comprised of 33 volumes written under the pseudonym Victor Appleton II. One of the original blue tweed cloth-covered books with wrap-around pictorial DJs, this is a true FIRST EDITION, first printing, listing to itself in front matter & on back DJ cover, with self summary on front DJ flap & summary of TS#3 on rear flap. In 211 pages with a plain frontispiece & blue/white endpapers by illustrator Graham Kaye. Book condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, binding straight & strong, hinges intact, pages creamy white with very mild dust dulling to outside edges, but unmarked. The unclipped DJ is VG, with only mild edgewear, the worst of which is chipping to both ends of spine, worst at top; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--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 #
- 019791
- Title
- Tom Swift and His Giant Robot (The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures)
- Author
- Appleton, Victor, II; Kaye, Graham (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Kaye, Graham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First 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
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...