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Tom Swift and His Electronic Retroscope
by Appleton II, Victor
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Very Good
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap [1959], 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo. [8], 184 pp. Blue cloth with blue lettering on the front board and spine. Blue pictorial endpapers and pastedowns. Pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated with a few full-page black and white drawings by Graham Kaye. Lists to itself on the verso of the half title page and on the rear flap of the jacket. Fourteenth book in The Tom Swift Jr. series. Rubbing to the edges of the boards and the topstain faded away; jacket shows a few traces of edge wear and a small chip.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00003247
- Title
- Tom Swift and His Electronic Retroscope
- Author
- Appleton II, Victor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap [1959]
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
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Madison, Wisconsin
About Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
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- Verso
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Jacket
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