The Mystery of the Timber Giant (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, 1955. Reprint . Hardcover. Good. Book #8 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. Condition is Good: generally very clean, with darkening to outside page edges. Interior pages heavily tanned around edges, commensurate with age & paper quality. Binding strong & straight, but was cracked in center & reglued; hinges secure. Former owner's name in neat pen to inside front cover, else unmarked.Chipping at both ends of spine, heavy corner bumping. 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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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019743
- Title
- The Mystery of the Timber Giant (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
- 1955
- Keywords
- WESTERN ADVENTURE BOYS CHAPTER BOOKS SERIES FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series;
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- 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,...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- 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....