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Tom Swift and His Motor Boat
by Appleton, Victor
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers [1910], 1910. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo. [2], iii-iv, 212, [8] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Beige cloth with decorations in red and black on the front board and spine (with the early "Four Square" design on the front board). Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece. Pictorial dust jacket. Illustrations by H. Rudolph Mencl. Axe 22. A reprint of the 2nd book in the Tom Swift series, lists to Tom Swift and His Airline Express (#29 in the series) on the front flap of the jacket and to Tom Swift and His Airline Express (#29) the advertisements page. A Good book with foxing to the fore-edge and some rubbing to the boards, a contemporary gift inscription on the front flyleaf; jacket is Fair with chipping, toning, and a crease to the front panel.
Synopsis
Tom Swift and His Motor Boat, or, The Rivals of Lake Carlopa, is Volume 2 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00009835
- Title
- Tom Swift and His Motor Boat
- Author
- Appleton, Victor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap Publishers [1910]
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
Terms of Sale
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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.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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.
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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