The Hidden Stone Mystery (A Tom Quest Adventure)
by Striker, Fran
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Clover Books/McLoughlin Brothers, 1950. Reprint . Hardcover. Good. Book #5 in the adventure series for boys starring Tom Quest, by the celebrated author of the Lone Ranger series. Orig. published by Grosset & Dunlap, 1947-1952, these are the later (1950s-1960s) Clover Books reprints, now in a glossy picture cover format, with no DJs. PLEASE READ: this copy is defective in that it was bound without the front matter & first 18 pages of text!!! Otherwise, condition is solidly Good: very clean, pages moderately tanned, heavily around edges, but unmarked. Binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Minor rubbing to extremities & chipping to corners, worst at both ends of spine. No DJ as issued (never came with one). Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019740
- Title
- The Hidden Stone Mystery (A Tom Quest Adventure)
- Author
- Striker, Fran
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Clover Books/McLoughlin Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- WESTERN ADVENTURE BOYS CHAPTER BOOKS SERIES FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...