Search Results: Tom Swift In the City Of Gold, Or, Marvelous Adv… by Victor Appleton

New York: Grosset & Dunlap., [c. 1912 (ca. 1926)]. 12mo. iv, 216 pp., plus 4 pp. publ. ads. Glossy frontisp. Publisher’s gold-coloured cloth, quad cover art illustrated & decorated in red & dark green (minor edgewear, soiling at fore-edges back cover, lower corner), still G copy, w/ former owner’s bookplate on front pastedown. Early printing of No. 11 in the Tom Swift Series, listing to Airline Express in ads at rear.

New York.: Grosset & Dunlap., 1912.. First edition.. Hardcover.. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear). . Octavo.. Very scarce in this condition.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1912. Book. Good. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orange cloth, lettered in black. Dampstained on lower portions of front and rear panels and portions of rear fore-edge, most prominently along bottom front edge, does not extend to interior, slightly downgrading a copy that otherwise presents as solid VG to VG+. Portions of top text block edge (dyed orange) discolored. iv,216,[iv] pp., illus. endpapers, b&w frontis. Interior slightly toned but otherwise intact. Verso of front flyleaf shows child's pencilled gift inscription accompanied by several names. Dust jacket shows loss through portions of title on top front edge, at spine extremities and corners, with rubbed flap folds and light to moderate soiling, but is still in one piece, mostly complete with total loss less than 5%, and retaining vibrant original color, now in mylar..

216pp plus ads, later edition with 'House on Wheels' last title listed, dustjacket edgeworn, spine faded and thin strip torn off front panel, illustrated cloth covers really bright, plain white endpapers, inscription on flyleaf otherwise unmarked.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1912. Grosset & Dunlap, 1912, 8vo, 216 pages, glossy frontis, plain paper endpages. Number 11 in the Tom Swift series. Inscription on front endpage and dated 1912. Inside flap of jacket lists 15 Tom Swift. Twelve Tom Swift listed on verso of Title page, 4 pages of Ads. Nine Hoatio Alger & 3 Bobbsey Twins Books listed on inside rear flap. Nineteen Best Books for Boys on back of jacket. Tan hardcover with the quad design on front of book in red with black lettering. Oval on front with red border. Jacket has some general edgewear with some chipping at extremities. Lettering on spine of jacket faded, and barely visible. Early quad jacket that matches book cover in red and green colors. Book good+ and jacket in good condition. Book in scarce quad jacket, 40c price listed on jacket. One page of ads has lower right corner damaged with piece of page missing.. Hard Cover. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.