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New York:: Grosset & Dunlap,, (ca 1960, c. 1954.). Hardcover -. Very good in very good dust jacket (previous owner's name, hint of spine slant, some edgewear to dj) . Later printing. IThe first book in this series, each one featuring a different ingenious device. llustrated by Graham Kaye. Lists through #15 in this series in the book and on the rear flap of the dust jacket In blue tweed covers, blue and white illustrated endpapers. 208 pp.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1962. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 7x4x1. Brey, Charles. Reprint, MAD 58600-19-3, rear board lists through book 28, no list on prelim. No jacket as issued. Spine faded. 1962 Hard Cover. 188 pp. Color pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Includes illustrations by Charles Brey. An atomic-powered car that travels on land, water, and through the air -- Tom Swift Jr.'s latest invention -- is an extraordinary achievement. But even its young inventor could not anticipate what a dramatic role the Triphibian Atomicar would play in a technical aid mission which takes Tom and his top-flight engineers to the untamed Asian land of Kabulistan, to help the new republic develop its natural resources. Time and again Tom must pit his skill and courage against fierce, nomadic tribesmen. But this is not a one-sided conflict between the ancient and the modern. Beneath the façade of thunderous hoofbeats, spears, and scimitars is a… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1954. Hardcover. Very good +/Good. The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures 1. xi, 208 p. 20 cm. Grey cloth in mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Jacket has chips in edges, esp. at spine ends affecting print. Book itself has light shelf wear.

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1954. [First Edition]. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. 8vo., blue tweed composition binding, pp. 204. Blue and white endpapers showing Tom in his lab. Frontis and eleven black and white line drawings including the frontis. Full color dust jacket illustrated by Graham Kaye. Lists three titles on the verso of the half-title. Number "1" inside grey diamond on the spine. -- Light wear to tips of the spine on the dust jacket. Front cover of the dj has small scar where price sticker has been removed.

New York:: Grosset & Dunlap,, (c. 1954.). Hardcover -. Good only in matte finish illustrated boards with gold spine and back cover (some spine slant, bit of wear to boards, fading to spine). Later printing. The first book in this series, each one featuring a different ingenious device. Illustrated by Graham Kaye. Lists through #20 inside book, #19 on back cover. Blue and white illustrated endpapers. 208 pp.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1954. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. VG-/Fair. Kaye, Graham. Vol.#1 in the second Tom Swift series, which was comprised of 33 volumes written under the pseudonym Victor Appleton II. Originally published in 1954, this book is one of the original blue tweed cloth-covered books with wrap-around pictorial DJs, so it is a First Edition, but slightly later printing, listing to TS#3 in front matter & on rear flap & back cover of DJ. In 208 pages with a plain frontispiece & blue/white endpapers by illustrator Graham Kaye. Book condition is VG-: very clean, binding straight & strong, hinges intact, pages creamy white with very mild tanning/dust dulling to outside edges, but unmarked. Moderate-heavy rubbing to extremities & bumped corners. The unclipped DJ is all there, but downgraded to Fair due to many missing chips & holes, significant chipping to edges; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict he EXACT… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1954. Hardcover. Good. Kaye, Graham. Vol.#1 in the second Tom Swift series, which was comprised of 33 volumes written under the pseudonym Victor Appleton II. Originally published in 1954, this book is part of the second Picture Cover series from the 1960s, in the original Blue spine format, not the later Gold spine edition (see our listing #019834 for a copy of that edition), with decorative paper over boards, in 208 pages with a plain frontispiece, endpapers, & internal drawings by illustrator Graham Kaye. It is a later printing, listing to book #18 in both front matter & on back cover. Condition is just Good: generally very clean, binding straight & strong, hinges intact, pages creamy white with very mild tanning/dust dulling to outside edges. Former owner's name in pen on second free endpaper, else unmarked. Heavy rubbing to extremities, especially at both ends of spine & all corners. NO DJ, as issued. Our photos depict the… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1954. Hardcover. Good. Kaye, Graham. Vol.#1 in the second Tom Swift YA series, which was comprised of 33 volumes written under the pseudonym Victor Appleton II. Originally published in 1954, this book is part of the second Picture Cover series from the 1960s, in the Gold spine editions (for the earlier Blue spine version, see our listing #019829 ). With decorative paper over boards, in 208 pages with a plain frontispiece, endpapers, & internal drawings by illustrator Graham Kaye. It is a later printing, listing to book #20 in both front matter & on back cover. Condition is just Good: generally very clean, binding straight & strong, hinges intact, pages creamy white with very mild tanning/dust dulling to outside edges. This is an ex-lib copy, with the ffep torn out (presumably to remove card pocket), some markings on title page, nowhere else. NO writing/underlining/highlighting. Flaws: moderate-heavy rubbing to extremities, especially at… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers c.1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Graham Kaye. Number 1 on the list of the new Tom Swift Jr. Adventures in pictorial boards, no internal markings, 208 pages, fad to top page deck, 2 small marks to spine, minor dust tone to rear cover board

New York: Grosset & Dunlap (1954) 208 pp. Original blue tweed covers, very bright and clean. Spine a bit sunned. Blue and white endpapers. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear and several short tears to edges. Tiny chip to top edge of front panel. DJ rear panel advertises "The New Tom Swift Jr. Books," and list 4 titles. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good-. Illus. by Graham Kaye. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1954. Book. Illus. by Graham Kaye. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, Early Printing.. Last title listed on catalog page: 'Tom Swift and His Outpost in Space' indicating c1955 reprint. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue stamping on front board and spine. Boards with light shellfwear. Light bumping at spine head. Square spine; tight binding. Interior bright and clean. Last title listed on back of DJ: 'Tom Swift and His Atomic Earth Blaster' DJ not price clipped with light rubbing of edges. DJ with 1.5" closed tear at front cover near spine edge. Photographs available upon request. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1954. This brand new series of adventure for boys introduces.... Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Two large chips missing from jacket top edge, front and spine. Jacket protected by new clear cover. No tape. Penciled script, "Ex Libris" in youthful hand behind 1st decorated end paper.. Kaye, Graham (Illustrated by).. 0 First edition. 208 p. 20 cm. Frontispiece and 10 other Pen&Ink full-page Illustrations. Blue tweed cloth covered boards. Blue titles. First title on list of 14 by the son of the original series' author, featuring the son of the original Tom Swift, Tom Swift Jr. These are adventure stories in which invention plays a key role. On back DJ cover: List and publisher promo, 38 Hardy Boys Mysteries by Franklin W Dixon. In this adventure, Tom Jr. 's supersonic flying laboratory crew takes on international enemies while mastering mechanical problems. His aircraft will soar straight up from the ground and carry scout planes in its… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1954. Hardcover. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1954. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. Later printing. 208 pp. Lists to Space Solartron on rear panel. First book in The Tom Swift Jr. series. Nice clean collectible book. Corners rubbed on the very tips.A few smudges on the back cover. Summary: The following summary was extracted from the dust jacket of this book and e-mailed to me by Christopher Pepin. Thanks! This brand new series of adventures for boys introduces Tom Swift Jr., son of the famous inventor of a generation ago. Young Tom is now an inventor in his own right. As an associate in his father's great enterprise at Shopton, his brilliant mind is seething with the inventive genius that will make him even better known than his father. In this first exciting book of the new TOM SWIFT JR. series, Tom's gigantic flying laboratory will carry you faster than sound into a thrilling struggle against a gang of international enemies. Tom must overcome the scheming of this… Read More

Grosset & Dunlap, 1954. Hardcover. Acceptable. No DJ, The New Tom Swift Jr Adventures series, illustrated by Graham Kaye

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1954. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. cover rubbed on edges; inside front page torn; few inside page corners turned; not much damage to the copy from a boy exploring space in 1954!. 0 208 p. illus. 20 cm. His The new Tom Swift, Jr., adventures [1]. Includes Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile.

New York NY: Grosset & Dunlap. 1954. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; pictorial cover; New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures; Vol. 1; 208 pages .

N ew York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1954. THE NEW TOM SWIFT JR. ADVENTURES. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. MARK ON COVER, COVER INSIDE PAGE HAS SMALL PIECE OF PAPER GLUED ON IT. GRAHAM KAYE. 208 p. Includes illustrations.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1954. Hardcover. Illustrated by Graham Kaye. Small 8vo. Light blue tweed cloth with dark blue lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 208pp. Frontispiece, 10 illustrations, blue pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. Tight and handsome later (likely 1956) printing of the first volume in the 33-volume "New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures" series (1954-71).

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [c. 1954]-1957. Ten vols. 8vo. 208; 208; 208; 211, [1]; 210; 210; 214; 214; 214; 214 pp. Frontisp., numerous text illustrations. Blue tweed boards, blue lettering (minor shelfwear, rubbing, occasional wear to corners), w/ d.j.’s cover art by Kaye (occasional chipping to spines, minor creasing, edgewear), still a VG/VG bright uniform set. First editions, early printings of Nos. 1-10 in the New Tom Swift, Jr. science fiction series, listing to most frequently to No. 13 Solartron on versos of half-title, whereas most ads on back covers, list up to No. 12, with Cycloplane listing uniformly to itself, and first three only listing up to 5 titles. Harriet Adams re-launched the Tom Swift concept in 1954, based on the original series co-written by her father Edward Stratemeyer, and Howard Garis. Although she was heavily involved in rewriting the Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys titles removing some of the more offensive racial overtones of the original printings, they launched an entirely… Read More

Grosset & Dunlap, 1963. Light wear, very good.. Illustrated cloth, no dust jacket.