Phil Hardy's Greatest Test by Alger, Edwin - 1930

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1930. Hardcover. Text is clean. Original bookstore name embossed on front free endpaper. Original pencilled price on front free endpaper. Light spotting to bottom text edge. Blue cloth with orange lettering, outlined in dark blue. Blue series title in center of front cover. Blue spine lettering. Cover shows normal wear. MAD # 09400-3-1. ; Bound to Win; Vol. 3; B&W Illustrations; 208 pages .

Grosset & Dunlap. Good in Fair dustjacket. 1930. Hardcover. Very good and clean pages. Some moderate cover wear. Very rare dustjacket has average wear and some staining, plus a piece missing from the bottom of jacket spine. ; A volume in the Bound to Win Stories. From the dustjacket flap: "The most important outpost of the Seven Seas Shipping Corporation where Phil Hardy is employed is the beautiful island of Pernambia in the Caribbean Sea. But tragedy comes to the force of men employed by the company on the tropical isle. First thefts, then drownings are reported to the home office back in the city. Mr. Dennison, the president of the Seven Seas company, having complete confidence in Phil sends him on a secret mission to Pernambia. Aboard the Night Wind, one of the company's vessels, Phil meets a strange character, Jeffrey Jukes by name. The latter turns out to be connected with the outrages at Pernambia. When Phil reaches Pernambia he is plunged headlong into the mystery… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1930. First Edition (?). Hardcover. Text is clean. Original bookstore name embossed on front free endpaper. Original pencilled price on front free endpaper. Light spotting to bottom text edge. Blue cloth with orange lettering, outlined in dark blue. Blue series title in center of front cover. Blue spine lettering. Cover shows normal wear. Dust jacket has 2 inch chip missing from base of spine. Lower corner of front cover of dust jacket also missing. Back cover advertises 3 Bound to Win titles, rear flap lists 3 Bound to Win titles. Probable first edition. Back of book has 7 pages of advertisements, none of which list books published after 1930, also missing a few titles within those series which were published in 1930. MAD # 09400-3-1. ; Bound to Win; Vol. 3; B&W Illustrations; 208 pages .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap (1930) 208+ pp. Original blue cloth covers, lightly soiled and rubbed. Small price label on rear paste-down. White spine DJ lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear. DJ rear flap and rear panel advertises this series and list to title "Phil Hardy's Greatest Test." Illust. w/ 4 glossy b/w plates. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good-. Illus. by Phil Schaeffer. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.