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Matches gerneral appearance others in the series. Number 1 on spine-being the first one in the Grosset and Dunlap series-started here in 1954. No markings. Light wear. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-10" Tall.

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

The first in the Tom Swift series, a reprint of the 1954 book with 28 titles listed on back binding, 208 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Full page and partial page b/w illustrations scattered. Binding is color illustrated and yellow at spine and back, 5" x 7-1/2." Very good condition. Name is printed on a tape at front endpaper. Light wear at extremities of binding.

Grosset and Dunlap, c1954. 208pp., illustrations Graham Kaye. 8vo. Orange binding with color illustrated front cover. Spine faded, black titles and small illustration remaining bright. Tom Swift and His Subocean Geotron last title on back cover. Previous owner's gift notation on first page, ends of spine lightly "wrinkled", Very Good+ clean bright hardcover.

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.

Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1954. Hardcover. 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 game as well as terrific mechanical problems to build his fabulous aircraft, which will soar straight up from the ground, fly at supersonic speeds, and carry scout planes in it's own hanger. When the Sky Queen is completed, Tom and his friend Bud Barclay take off for South America where the same enemies are seeking to gain control of a mountain of uranium. The tense action of their adventures fills every chapter. Each scientific detail of this fascinating story has been carefully checked. Tom Swift's inventions may be years ahead of the time, just as his fathers were in their time, but they are all plausible and someday you may see them in use. ABEEE

B&W Illustrations; 5 1/4 x 7 3/4; 208 pages; Title #1 in the 2d series of Tom Swift books. Hard cover is blue cloth with dark blue lettering on front and spine. Light rubbing, scuffing, bumping, edge wear to boards. Top edge blue, small stain on side of text block. Blue and white monochrome endpapers. Pages are clean and tight. DJ has rubbing, scuffing, bumping, shelf wear, some nicks and tears along edges; in a mylar cover. Illustrated with b/w pictures. Tom Swift and his father travel to a South American country in their flying space lab to look for uranium and keep it from falling into the hands of a group of dangerous rebels.

(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.

Matches gerneral appearance others in the series. Number 1 on spine-being the first one in the Grosset and Dunlap series-started here in 1954. No markings. Light wear. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-10" Tall.

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 208 pages. Edge worn faded blue pictorial cover. Super-cool spaceship lab interior endpapers. "An object hurtling from the sky just missed them."

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

The first in the Tom Swift series, a reprint of the 1954 book with 28 titles listed on back binding, 208 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Full page and partial page b/w illustrations scattered. Binding is color illustrated and yellow at spine and back, 5" x 7-1/2." Very good condition. Name is printed on a tape at front endpaper. Light wear at extremities of binding.

Grosset and Dunlap, c1954. 208pp., illustrations Graham Kaye. 8vo. Orange binding with color illustrated front cover. Spine faded, black titles and small illustration remaining bright. Tom Swift and His Subocean Geotron last title on back cover. Previous owner's gift notation on first page, ends of spine lightly "wrinkled", Very Good+ clean bright hardcover.

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.

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).

Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1954. Hardcover. 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 game as well as terrific mechanical problems to build his fabulous aircraft, which will soar straight up from the ground, fly at supersonic speeds, and carry scout planes in it's own hanger. When the Sky Queen is completed, Tom and his friend Bud Barclay take off for South America where the same enemies are seeking to gain control of a mountain of uranium. The tense action of their adventures fills every chapter. Each scientific detail of this fascinating story has been carefully checked. Tom Swift's inventions may be years ahead of the time, just as his fathers were in their time, but they are all plausible and someday you may see them in use. ABEEE

B&W Illustrations; 5 1/4 x 7 3/4; 208 pages; Title #1 in the 2d series of Tom Swift books. Hard cover is blue cloth with dark blue lettering on front and spine. Light rubbing, scuffing, bumping, edge wear to boards. Top edge blue, small stain on side of text block. Blue and white monochrome endpapers. Pages are clean and tight. DJ has rubbing, scuffing, bumping, shelf wear, some nicks and tears along edges; in a mylar cover. Illustrated with b/w pictures. Tom Swift and his father travel to a South American country in their flying space lab to look for uranium and keep it from falling into the hands of a group of dangerous rebels.

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(I503)

(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.

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 208 pages. Edge worn faded blue pictorial cover. Super-cool spaceship lab interior endpapers. "An object hurtling from the sky just missed them."

(J51)

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).

(I503)

(M62)

Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York. 1960. 184 pgs. Tom Swift, Jr. Adventure #16. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A solution to the prohibitive cost of producing vehicles for further space explorations is Tom Swift Jr. ' s new goal. But the success of the young scientist-inventor's project is threatened by the wily Li Ching, a renegade scientist. Banished from his native land because of rebellious acts, Li Ching is now the leader of a ruthless group intent on pirating scientific secrets. But Li Ching and his nefarious confederates are only partially responsible for Tom's troubles. Olin Whaley, an unscrupulous international criminal, proves to be a second formidable obstacle. Despite the ever-present threats of sabotage and piracy, Tom and his friend Bud Barclay are soon taking Tom's latest invention, the Space Kite--a two-man craft for training future space pilots--on its test flight. The experiment turns into a harrowing experience when the boys are nearly marooned in outer space. Undaunted by the failure of the Space Kite, Tom quickly discovers the defect and decides to build a larger craft, the Cosmic Sailer. Certain that he has found the key to economical space explorations, the young inventor still has to conquer the sinister forces working against him. How Tom and the Cosmic Astronauts meet this challenge will keep the reader taut with suspense. EB; Tom Swift Jr. Adventures, 16; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 184 pages.

(J51)

Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York. 1960. 184 pgs. Tom Swift, Jr. Adventure #16. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A solution to the prohibitive cost of producing vehicles for further space explorations is Tom Swift Jr. ' s new goal. But the success of the young scientist-inventor's project is threatened by the wily Li Ching, a renegade scientist. Banished from his native land because of rebellious acts, Li Ching is now the leader of a ruthless group intent on pirating scientific secrets. But Li Ching and his nefarious confederates are only partially responsible for Tom's troubles. Olin Whaley, an unscrupulous international criminal, proves to be a second formidable obstacle. Despite the ever-present threats of sabotage and piracy, Tom and his friend Bud Barclay are soon taking Tom's latest invention, the Space Kite--a two-man craft for training future space pilots--on its test flight. The experiment turns into a harrowing experience when the boys are nearly marooned in outer space. Undaunted by the failure of the Space Kite, Tom quickly discovers the defect and decides to build a larger craft, the Cosmic Sailer. Certain that he has found the key to economical space explorations, the young inventor still has to conquer the sinister forces working against him. How Tom and the Cosmic Astronauts meet this challenge will keep the reader taut with suspense. EB; Tom Swift Jr. Adventures, 16; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 184 pages.