Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, or, The Underground Search for the Idol of Gold
by Appleton, Victor
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grossett and Dunlap, Publishers, 1917 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover Reprint. Octavo. Large 8vo. v, 218 (2) pp, frontis. Minor edge wear and lightly age-toned text block, else, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 5.25" x 7.5". Tan cloth with illustrated boards, and black lettering to spine. "Victor Appleton was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate and its successors, most famous for being associated with the Tom Swift series of books. Contract authors of these books writing under the name "Victor Appleton" included James Duncan Lawrence, Howard Roger Garis, John W. Duffield, W. Bert Foster, Debra Doyle with James D. Macdonald, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, Robert E. Vardeman, Thomas M. Mitchell.".
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6704
- Title
- Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, or, The Underground Search for the Idol of Gold
- Author
- Appleton, Victor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Hardcover Reprint
- Publisher
- Grossett and Dunlap, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- LITERATURE YOUNG READERS ADVERTURE SERIES NOVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Size
- Octavo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....