Tom Swift and His Electronic Retroscope (The New Tom Swift, Jr., Adventures, No. 14)
by Victor Appleton II
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Dearborn, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Grosset & Dunlap, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover with original DJ, [Format 1 per Mattson] (Format 1 per AXE) 1959 First Edition Grosset & Dunlap 184 pages. Very Good, in a VG DJ. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear and edge fading to original medium blue tweed cloth boards with dark blue silhouette of Tom Swift Jr on front cover and dark blue titles on spine - corners sharp. Blue and white endpapers. Frontispiece and all 10 illustrations are by Graham Kaye and on plain paper. Ghostwriter is James Lawrence. Blue topstain. Minor shelf/edge wear, a few closed tears and dust soiling to original DJ that still has vibrant colors. DJ now in mylar. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Good paper. 20 chapters. Rear inside cover has the bookstore stamp of the famous and sadly long gone Hudsons Book Store which was a part of the Hudsons Department Store of Detroit, Michigan. This is the 14th title in a series of 33. [Format 1 per Mattson] (Format 1 per AXE) Inside book and rear DJ flap lists to this title and has 100100 at top and 110-150 at bottom. Rear DJ lists the Hardy Boys Series. Per AAC Boys Series Books by Axe, pg 26,27 and Mattson 58600. A very respectable vintage copy that still presents well in the original DJ. LOC SSS-11
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eyebrowse Books - MWABA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230516004
- Title
- Tom Swift and His Electronic Retroscope (The New Tom Swift, Jr., Adventures, No. 14)
- Author
- Victor Appleton II
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Date Published
- 1959
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About the Seller
Eyebrowse Books - MWABA
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Dearborn, Michigan
About Eyebrowse Books - MWABA
We are an online, phone and snail mail bookseller.Our books don't need batteries or a license to read. Selling books on-line since 2004. CABS graduate in 2009. Member MWABA since 2013. Excellent customer service, quick shipping, and an assortment of great books. The majority of our inventory is non-fiction general stock with an emphasis on transportation (air, rail, auto), exploration, and military history. We also have hundreds of Vintage Paperbacks that are for the most part not listed online. Eyebrowse Books is always looking for and buying good quality books. We may be reached via e-mail, phone and snail mail. I sincerely appreciate all our customers, new as well as returning ones, and strive every day to present them the most interesting books I can find.
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