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New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1950. early printing. Hardcover. Bronc Burnett Story #6; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 182 pages; 1950 Grosset & Dunlap. HC/DJ Early printing. Snugly bound and clean in original color pictorial dust jacket. Prior owner name penned neatly top edge of front endpaper. Dust jacket lightly shelf rubbed with a few tiny nicks at edges. Mild spotting to jacket base of spine panel and along the spine edge of the rear cover. Front catalog lists 8 Burnett stories; rear of jacket lists 9. VG+/VG .

New York: Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1953. Third Printing. Hardcover. World Landmark Books W-10; Toned drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 182 pages; 1953 Random House. HC/DJ. 3rd printing. World Landmark Books # 10. Snug, solid and neat in a generally neat and bright color pictorial dust jacket with publisher's 150/150 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Landmark title list to rear jacket panel has 16 World Landmark titles listed. Dust jacket lightly shelf rubbed and worn with a few small chip and nicks at edges, but is generally bright and clean. Illustrated from toned drawings by Quentin Reynolds. Attractive copy. VG+/VG .

New York: The New York Book Company. Very Good-. 1919. Hardcover. The Betty Books; Color frontis; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 80 pages; HC presumed 1st edition. Soundly bound in original color pictorial paper covered boards. Illustrated with color frontis by Lester. Light dust/shelf soiling to binding surfaces; prior owner name pneed top edge of front flyleaf. 80 pp with [7] pp of publisher ads at rear. VG- .

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc.. Near Fine. 2010. First Edition. Paperback. 0786460334 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 220 pages; 2010 McFarland & Company. Trade size paperback in glossy color pictorial covers. Bright, tight and fresh; feels and appears unread and about as new. Collects eleven essays on juvenile series books including Hardy Boys, Three Investigators, Tom Swift, etc. NF .

Boston: C. C. Birchard for the Boy Scouts. Very Good-. 1920. Paperback. Musical notation; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 122 pages; 1920 C. C. Birchard for the Boy Scouts. Trade sized paperback in pictorial card stock covers. Apparently the 2nd edition of a Boy Scout song book after an earlier 1013 collection. This copy soundly bound and clean with no marks. Short nicks and fray to cover stock at spine ends have been archivally mended with japanese kozo paper. Light shelf rubbing to cover edges. Songs presented with complete musical notation. VG- and uncommon thus .

New York: A. L. Burt. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1913. early printing. Hardcover. The Boy Scout Series, 5; Frontis plate; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages; Circa 1915 printing. A L Burt HC/DJ. Early printing. 9 Boy Scout titles in the publisher ads to the rear panel of the jacket. Soundly bound in original light green pictorial cloth; cram colored dust jacket with identical pictorial design. Light dust soiling top edge of text blaock. Dust jacket rubbed at edges with a few shallow nicks and tiny chips. Mild toning and soiling to the cream colored jacket. Uncommon in original dust jacket. VG/VG .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1940. Twenty-Second Printing. Hardcover. Nancy Drew Mystery #3; Glossy frontis; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 204 pages; 22nd printing. (Farah 1940 A -22). Soundly bound in pale blue cloth with orange silhouette and titles (Format #5). Front flap to 16 Tapping heels with 11 Judy Bolton rear panel ending in Unfinished House and 7 Dana Girls titles on rear flap. Illustrated with glossy frontis but no internals. Dust jacket has a narrow 2 inch long abrasion to the front panel, a wuarter sized chip from the top edge of the rear panel and several smaller nicks and short closed tears. Prior owner has reinforced tears and weak spots mostly to the blank inside surface of the jacket but in several instances to the exterior surfaces. A damp/spill incident with very shallow evidence to the cloth at front edge of boards and jacket. Solid clean copy with mild damp flaws and old tape repairs to DJ. VG-/VG- .

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1952. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Landmark Books # 27; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 181 pages; Circa [1957] Random House. HC/DJ. 6th printing. Landmark Books # 27. Snug, solid and neat in a generally neat and bright color pictorial dust jacket with price clipped front flap. Jacket has sharp edges and bright panels with just mild shelf rubbing and a few tiny nicks at edges. Illustrated from toned woodcuts by Lynd Ward. . Attractive copy. NF/VG  .

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus. Fair in Good dust jacket. 1911. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 164 pages; 1911 Henry Altemus. HC/DJ. Early printing. Soundly bound in original pictorial dust jacket. Cream colored cloth with pictorial design in red and blue to cover and spine with matching pictorial design to jacket. Cloth has been damped and ther red ink in the design, especially at spine is blurred . Cloth with moderate spotting to cloth. Prior owner name and address penciled at front. Jacket with shallow chipping aqt spine ends and extremities; light to moderate soiling to jacket surfaces. Fair to Good in Good only dust jacket. .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1925. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 214 pages; Circa 1927 printing. Grosset & Dunlap. HC/DJ. Very early printing. Snugly bound and neat in original color pictorial dust jacket with 5 Sturdy titles on the front flap and 28 Tom Swift titles on the rear flap. Publisher ads at rear list 7 Sturdy titles ending with "Among the Gorillas" published in 1927. Dust jacket lightly shelf rubbed at edges and with general expected mild toning to the cream color of the jacket background. Light toning and surface rubbing to jacket spine panel. Jacket color cover design and b&w frontis by Walter Rodgers. Plain white endpapers. Solid neat copy of this early printing of the 3rd title in the Sturdy series. VG+/VG .

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Very Good-. 1898. early printing. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 342 pages; 1898 copyright but circa 1910. Dodd Mead. HC early printing. In original red cloth lettered in gilt at spine and with decorative pictorial design to cover in blind. Illustrated with a pictorial frontispiece. Cloth lightly crimped and rubbed at spine ends; corners lightly bumped with trace fray. Front hingea little tender with archival japanese paper reinforcement in the endpage gutter. VG- .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1949. reprint. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 180 pages; 1949 Grosset & Dunlap. HC/DJ. Early reprinting of the 3rd Bronc Burnett sports novel by McCormick. Snugly bound and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright color pictorial dust jacket from art by E Moritz. Light brown tweed patterned paper boards with title and pictoial vignette in brown; publisher's burgundy top-stain is bold and uniform. Jacket has just trace shelf rubbing to spine ends and a tiny closed tear top edge of rear panel. Handsome copy. NF/VG++ .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Good. 1925. Hardcover. Color Plates ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 182 pages; 1925 Grosset & Dunlap. HC 1st or ealy printing. Bound in original light blue cloth with titles in darker blue to cover and spine. Sound but a little shaken in the spine. Small scattered patches of silverfish scaling to the cloth surfaces; a vertical stress crease to the cover board. Prior ownership penned to front endpage and the same owner's small blind stamp top corner of the contents page. Corners amd spine ends rubbed. Illustrated with color pictorial endpages and 4 colr plates by Rodgers. A reading or filler copy. Good only .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Fair. 1925. Hardcover. Color Plates ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 182 pages; 1925 Grosset & Dunlap. HC 1st or ealy printing. Bound in original light blue cloth with titles in darker blue to cover and spine. Sound but shaken in the spine. Small scattered patches of silverfish scaling to the cloth surfaces; a heavy abrasion or possible puppy chew to the cloth at the crown of the spine/front joint. Prior ownership penned to front endpage and the same owner's small blind stamp top corner of the contents page. Corners amd spine ends rubbed. Illustrated with color pictorial endpages and 4 colr plates by Rodgers. A reading or filler copy. G- only at best .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1934. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages; [1934] Grosset & Dunlap. HC/DJ [Carpentieri 1934 B5] Early, overall 5th printing of Hardy Boys #12. Snugly bound and very neat in original issue cream spine dust jacket with original Gretta jacket art showing a melee on a pier. Thicker style book printed on heavier paper is tight in binding style #3 of light tan/brown cloth with thatch pattern and title design in dark brown. 13 Hardy Boys titles on front flap; 12 in descriptive list at rear. 4 Roy Stover titles on rear jacket cover with X Bar X 1-11, 13 titles on rear flap. Handsome and very neat with publisher's blue/black top stain uniform and unfaded. Dust jacket rubbed at edges with a few short closed tears and tiny nicks along with some stressing at base of spine. Prior owner has used some short and juficious length so transparent tape to reinforce spine ends, front flap fold and… Read More

New York: Cupples & Leon Co.. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1924. early printing. Hardcover. #4 Fred Fenton Athletic Series; Frontis on glossy stock; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 206 pages; Circa [1924] Cupples & Leon Co.. HC/DJ. Early printing, date approximated by titles in Cupples & Leon ads on the reverse of the dust jacket; (ex.; Dorothy Dale to the Rescue last dale title). Soundly bound inlight yellow cloth with pictorial design (athlete on field) to board in black and red. Color pictorial dust jacket with boy on shoulders of fellows. Dust jacket with light/moderate rubbing and nicking to edges. Light shelf soiling to whites of jacket at spine and rear panel. Binding just a little shelf cocked in the spine; some trace insect pitting to the front edge of the page block and light foxing to page block edges. Uncommon in dust jacketed examples. VG-/VG- .

New York: Random House. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1955. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Landmark Series # 55; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 180 pages; 1955 Random House. HC/DJ. 4th printing. Solid clean copy in original pictorial dust jacket with publisher's 150/150 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Jacket rubbed and worn at edges with shallow fray and stress at spine ends. Illustrated with b&w photos on glossy stock. VG/VG- .

Grosset & Dunlap. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Honey Bunch, No. 7; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 184 pages; 1926 Grosset & Dunlap. HC/DJ 1st edition. Soundly bound in original color pictorial dust jacket. Gront jacket flap lists 7 Honey Bunch titles, as does list of HB book at front copyright page; 15 Bunny Brown titles on rear pannel. List of HB books at rear of text lists 8 titles. Original red cloth with color pictorial panel mounted to cover. Several signatures starting slightly at the front edge; scattered mild fingering to pages and a few pages corner creased at tips. Jacket rubbed with some shallow chips and nicks at edges. Prior owner's old tape reinforcement to reverse of jacket at flap and spine folds and spine ends. Jacket surfaces lightly toned. Prior ownership gift inscription at front dated Christmas 1928. G+/G+ .

Chicago: Goldsmith Publishing Company. Good. 1934. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages; 1934 Goldsmith Publishing Co. HC soundly bound in original green quarter cloth backed spine and patterned yellow paper covered boards. Cloth lettered in black at spine. Small patch of either melted crayon or ossifies rubber ban adhered to the front board. Boards with paper rubbed through at corner tips; rear hinge a little tender. Contents clean and unmarked. Uncommon in the original edition, this copy is Good only and a reading copy .

Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co.. Good+. 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. The Boys of Today, the Men of Tomorrow; B&W Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 287 pages; HC 1st edition. Soundly bound in original blue cloth with decorative title design in gilt and red to cover and in gilt to spine. Gilt lettering at spine rubbed and dulled. Cloth crimped and lightly frayed at spine ends. Prior owner name penned to front and rear endpages; a little shaken in the spine. Illustrated with b&w plates from designs by Armstrong. Book #3 in the The Boys of Today, the Men of Tomorrow 3 book series. G+ .