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Tom Swift and His Rocket Ship (The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures)
by Appleton, Victor, II; Kaye, Graham (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/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 Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. Kaye, Graham. Very handsome copy of book #3 in the second Tom Swift series, which was comprised of 33 volumes written under the pseudonym Victor Appleton II. These are the blue tweed hardcover books with a plain frontispiece, internals, & endpapers by illustrator Graham Kaye. Orig. published in 1954, this is later printing, listing to Book #15 in front matter & back flap, HB# 39 on back cover. 208 pages. Condition is VG+: very clean & bright, downgraded due to mild rubbing to extremities & bumped corners. Binding straight & strong, hinges intact. Pages creamy white, with a whisper of tanning to edges, else unmarked. The unclipped DJ is Good+, with minor-moderate edgewear, including chipping at both ends of spine & corners; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free!
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019839
- Title
- Tom Swift and His Rocket Ship (The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures)
- Author
- Appleton, Victor, II; Kaye, Graham (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Kaye, Graham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- 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
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
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