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The Boy Scout Aviators
by Durston, George
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1921. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. No. 8 in the series of scouting adventures written by George Durston & Robert Maitland (pseudonyms for Georgia Roberts Durston) in this popular series for boys published by Saalfield beginning shortly after the formation of the Boy Scouts of America. Though this is a FIRST EDITION from 1921, cannot determine printing as there are no other books in the series listed. Unpaginated, 4 pages of ads for other children's books in rear, plain frontispiece (artist unattributed). Hardcover 8vo has deep red cloth over boards stamped with a multiscene image of scouts & lettering in black to front cover & spine. Condition is VG: very clean, binding straight & strong but front hinge is cracked. Pages heavily tanned but completely unmarked. Modest corner bumping & rubbing to extremities. No DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022364
- Title
- The Boy Scout Aviators
- Author
- Durston, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Saalfield Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- BOY SCOUTS BOYS ADVENTURE SERIES EUROPE WORLD WAR I WWI YA MIDDLE SCHOOL FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series; Children-Young Adult (YA) / Scouting/Other Boys & Girls Clubs;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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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:
- 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...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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