TOM SWIFT AND HIS ATOMIC EARTH BLASTER: The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures, #5 (Five)
by Appleton, Victor, II
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap (1954) 210 pp. Original blue tweed covers, very bright and clean. Modest rubbing to spine ends. Covers a bit cocked. Blue and white endpapers. DJ lightly soiled w/ few short tears to edges. Modest chipping to corners and spine ends. Spine a bit sunned. DJ rear flap advertises "The Bomba Books," and list to title "The Lost Explorers." DJ rear panel has an advertisement about Membership in the "Junior Adventurers Club." Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. Illus. by Graham Kaye. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22536CH
- Title
- TOM SWIFT AND HIS ATOMIC EARTH BLASTER: The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures, #5 (Five)
- Author
- Appleton, Victor, II
- Illustrator
- Graham Kaye
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- CHILDRENS BOOKS JUVENILE LITERATURE CHILDREN STORIES FICTIONAL CHARACTERS FICTITIOUS CHARACTER SWIFT TOM ADVENTURE STORIES AUTHORS APPLETON VICTOR GARIS HOWARD ROGER 1873 1962 FICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED KAYE GRAHAM SERIES BOOKS
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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