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Boy Scouts of the Air on Flathead Mountain
by Stuart, Gordon; Hall, Norman P. (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Poor
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, Illinois: Reilly & Lee, Co., 1912. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Poor. Hall, Norman P.. Book #5 in what would become a 14-series of adventures for boys by Gordon Stuart (pseudonym of Harry Lincoln Sayler in this popular series for boys published 1912-1922 in the early years following the formation of the Boy Scouts in 1908. In 247 pp, glossy frontispiece by Norman P. Hall. A FIRST EDITION, slightly later printing (listing to book #10 in the series on back DJ), this hardcover 8vo has brown cloth over boards decorated & lettered in orange & black to front cover & spine. Condition is VG+: very clean & crisp, binding straight & strong, hinges intact, pages creamy white with surprisingly mild tanning, completely unmarked save for old gift inscription dated 1922 to ffep, former owner's bookplate inside front cover. Dust dulling & a few light spots to outside page edges. The price-clipped DJ is graded Poor because it is missing most of the spine, but the front & back cover images are wonderfully intact, with light soil & chipping; nicely protected in new mylar cover free! 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 #
- 022363
- Title
- Boy Scouts of the Air on Flathead Mountain
- Author
- Stuart, Gordon; Hall, Norman P. (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Hall, Norman P.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing
- Publisher
- Reilly & Lee, Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois
- Date Published
- 1912
- 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;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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