Elson Bert (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition. Very Good Pp 103 Index Illustrations Maps.

Card Cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good With A Diagonal Crease Across The Top Front Corner And Light Handling Wear Pp 118, Index Maps And Illustrations.

Card Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good With Light Handling Wear Pp 98.Illustrations Maps.

Card Cover. Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition. Very Good With A Verticle Crease Down The Front Cover And Light Handling Wear Pp 118, Index Maps And Illustrations.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Bert Salg (illustrator). First Edition. Fifth of this series, in which Poppy Ott invests in goldfish; a stereotypical Chinese laundryman speaks in atrocious dialect and "Chinamen" are suspected of crimes. Edwards [Edward Elson Lee] was the author of several interlinked humorous boys' adventure / detective series, some, as this, set in the fictional town of Tutter, Illinois. First or early printing, describing itself on the front jacket flap, Poppy Ott & the Stuttering Parrot on rear flap, 4 Poppy Ott & 7 Jerry Todd on rear panel and first page of ads; other ads for 16 Tom Slade, 14 Roy Blakeley, 10 Pee-Wee Harris, 5 Westy Martin, 5 X Bar X western stories; 4 Poppy Ott, 7 Jerry Todd among many listed inside jacket. Light wear to book, light fraying at head of spine; pages tanned, page edges darkened; jacket tanned with light edgewear, minor chipping, tiny tear. Text clean; [x], 269 pages + 7 pages ads, 4 b/w plates. Size: Small Octavo.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Bert Salg (illustrator). First Edition. First of this series, introducing Poppy Ott, teen son of a tramp detective new come to Tutter, Illinois, where he is quickly befriended by Jerry Todd & his gang of pals. Here they encounter a troubled parrot with a "voodoo secret". Edwards [Edward Elson Lee] was the author of several interlinked humorous boys' adventure / detective series, some, as this, set in the fictional town of Tutter, Illinois. First or early printing, describing itself on the front jacket flap, 8 Radio Boys titles on rear flap, 5 Jerry Todd on rear panel and first page of ads; other ads for 4 Riddle Club, 3 Flyaways, 29 Tom Swift, 5 Don Sturdy, 8 Radio Boys, 8 Railroad [Ralph], 14 Tom Slade, 12 Roy Blakeley, 8 Pee-Wee Harris, 14 football/baseball stories; 2 Poppy Ott ( both the first two were published in 1926), 6 Jerry Todd among many listed inside jacket. Light wear to book, pages tanned, page edges darkened, minor foxing at some gutters, ink name & "Christmas 1926" on free endsheet; jacket tanned with light edgewear, minor chipping, tiny tear, small stain. Text clean; [8], 220 pages + 12 pages ads, 4 b/w plates. Size: Small Octavo.