Marquith Delmore (8 results)

Condition: GOOD. Early printing. The second book in the Airplane Boys series, featuring Jim Austin and Bob Caldwell and their plane, originally published as Airplane Boys Cap Rock, and previously published as Sky Buddies Series #2, "Cap Rock Flyers." 248 pp. Good only in green cloth with pasted on illustration on front cover (tear to top of spine covering, gift inscription dated Christmas 1933).…

Condition: VERY GOOD. Early printing. The first book in the Airplane Boys series, featuring Jim Austin and Bob Caldwell and their plane, originally published as Airplane Boys on the Borderline, and previously published as Sky Buddies Series #1, "The Air Mystery of Isle La Motte. 246 pp. Very good in red cloth with pasted on illustration on front cover.…

248 pages. Hardcover: H 19.25cm x L 12.75cm. Lacks dust jacket. Red cloth; front board decorated with soiled and rubbed color pictorial paste-on; spine ends frayed with some cloth loss at head; glue repairs to spine tears; spine's stamped lettering dulled/flaked but discernable; boards worn at both fore-edge and spine corners. Edges and endpapers toned; light impression from erased ownership inscription on front free endpaper; top corner of rear free endpaper chipped causing toning to last text leaf's corner. Light toning and a few spots of soiling and foxing to interior pages. Binding remains reasonably firm. A good copy of an uncommon children's novel.…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Red cloth with paste-down illustration at the front cover, gilt lettering to spine. Book shows light edge wear, browning to page edges and end papers which does not effect the text. End papers also show light foxing that does not extend to any other pages. Text remains crisp and clean, binding quite firm. A solid copy.…

Condition: New.

Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gift inscripition on front endpaper, Cover illustration of airplanes retains vivid colors 246 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. [1st ed., 1st printing] ; 224 pp. ; 20 cm OCLC 2858801 The Airplane Boys series by E. J. Crane was originally published in the 1930s. The unifying thread connecting all stories is the presence of members of a South American race, who have developed advanced technical devices that allow for super- human communication and movement. This is the 8th and last volume in a series that started out as The Sky Buddies, with the author using a pseudonym, M. Delmore Marquith ; The Airplane Boys are 16-year old Jim Austin and his half-brother, Bob Caldwell. Jim's family owns a ranch on Cap Rock River in Texas. The boys develop an on-going relationship with a mysterious dark-skinned man interested in science. Through this character, Don Huarea, his inventions add a science fiction element. The Airplane Boys struggle through the devastation in the 1931 hurricane that ravaged British Honduras. They fly to the city of Tela to report the damage in the capital, Belize. But the boys are pursued by Gordon and his gang and are captured. But all ends well when "those who seek to do ill to others only bring ill to themselves". ; E. J. Craine was born in Cleveland, Ohio and lived in Montana then moved to New York City working as a bookeeper in Queens. She joined the Red Cross during WWI, and later became involved in SPCC (Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children). After the war she became the publicity director for the Eagle Radio Corporation, where she distributed coupons and gift certificates dropped from a plane. she began to publish stories in American Boy, American Girl and St. Nicholas magazines, and was the author of several juvenile fiction books. ; Contents: Last day in Belize -- The Pan American Airways -- Devastation -- In the air again -- Mustard gas -- The investigation -- An ancient secret -- Native poisonThe winners - Smashing tides ; top edge and spine slightly sunned, and foxing present, else FINE. Book.…

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 256. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1930 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 256.…