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The Mystery Crash (Air Mystery Series)
by Van Powell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +/Fair
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
€7.94€5.56
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1932 Saalfield Publishing Company, Akron, OH. c1932. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the FFFP. First book of four in the Air Mystery Series. Book Condition: Good +; shelfwear to head, tail, and board top and bottom edges; moderate toning to pages. DJ: Fair; missing piece at top of spine; chipping and missing small pieces along bottom edge of DJ. Green paper with vertical grain orientation on boards and spine; bright black lettering on the spine and front board. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 280 pp 8vo. The mysterious crash of an airplane excites the curiosity of Al and Bob Wright and their friend Curt Brown. The lads are detailed by the Wright boys' father, a detective, to solve the mystery of the plane wreck, as well as to discover the explanation of other strange happenings in the Tredway Aircraft Corporation's plant. After many false starts and exciting adventures on land and in the air, the boys pin the crime on a disloyal employee, who confesses and is placed under arrest as a result of the clever work of the boys. A clean presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016479
- Title
- The Mystery Crash (Air Mystery Series)
- Author
- Van Powell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Saalfield Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Akron, OH
- Date Published
- 1932
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Air Mystery Series, Saalfield Publishing, youth detectives, airplanes, Treadway Aircraft Corporation, Al Wright, Bob Right, Curt Brown, airplane crash, airplanes,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation/Aircraft; Adolescent/Childrens Books;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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