Tom Swift Chest Secrets by Appleton Victor (32 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Later Printing. Yellow cloth with four corner pictorial and oval front title. Firm Cloth at corners and head and foot of spine is fraying. Clean text. Z14.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Hardcover without dust jacket. Covers with wear and bumping to corners, head and tail of spine. Some discoloration to cover. Spine cracked between frontispiece and title page and between pages 204-205. Spine loose. Pages browning with age with some discoloration to front pages otherwise clean and very readable.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Frontis (illustrator). 1st. early, not 1st printing; mustard picitorial c; in mylar protective wraps; 216 clean, unmaked pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. B&W Illustrations; Later printing. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The orange covers are generally clean. There is fading / toning to the spine of the book, along with some bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The top front corner of the book cover has a triangular shaped spot of fading. The text pages are generally clean and bright.

Condition: Good. Grosset & Dunlap New York 1925 beige cloth illustrated boards. boards are moderately soiled. corners bumped. age toned spine. previous owner gift inscription to ffep. hinge cracked at frontispiece.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good jacket with chips and tears, in brodart, Book VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Early printing. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and fraying. There is some toning / darkening to the spine of the book. The text pages are generally clean and bright, with some light, generalized toning. There is some lightish tidemarking to the top edges of most of the pages. There's a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaper. The inner hinges of the book are a just a little loose.

HARD BACK BROWN. Condition: FAIR. Light Brown Hardcover with a pictorial. Cover is in fair condition. Contains a few markings pencil writing on front cover page. Pages are clean and text is clear. DATE PUBLISHED: 1925 EDITION: 216.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition - copyright page lists through this title (and Don Sturdy in the Land of Volcanoes), terminal ad through His Great Oil Gusher. Lacks jacket. Rear hinge weakening, corners rubbed, small holes through fore edge corners of rear board, boards lightly soiled, ink name on front endpaper. 1925 Hard Cover. [iv], 216 pp., [4] publisher catalog. The 28th book in the classic boy's adventure series. "Tom Swift is a fictional young inventor in five different series of juvenile science fiction and adventure novels. The character was created by Edward Stratemeyer, the founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a book-packaging firm, and have been written by a number of different ghostwriters over the years. The books are published under the collective pseudonym Victor Appleton (or, in one case, "Victor Appleton II"). The character first appeared in 1910 and has appeared in new titles as recently as 2007. Each of the various series focuses on Tom's inventions, a number of which pre-date actual inventions. The character has evolved over the years, but in general the books portray science and technology as wholly beneficial in its effects. The books have been translated into a number of languages and sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Tom Swift has also been the star of a board game, an activity book, and a television show, and a feature film is planned. A type of pun, the Tom Swifty, is named for the character, and a number of prominent figures, including Steve Wozniak and Isaac Asimov, have cited Tom Swift as an inspiration. Several inventions, including the taser, have been directly inspired by Tom's fictional inventions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Rogers, W.S. (illustrator). 1st Edition. moderate soiling and age discoloration to jacket, mild foxing and soiling to text edges, otherwise a clean, square, gently used copy, 12mo, 216 pages, beige cloth with black and red titles and decorations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Reprint. Later printing in mustard boards with black titling and red + black illustrations; illustrated dust jacket; 216[4]pp. Very Good++; almost Near Fine. Dust Jacket is Very Good+ with wear and tiny bit of chipping at edges; spine lightly faded. A nice collectible copy in a dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Hardcover with scarce DJ, 1925 copyright (actually printed around 1927 - see description) Grosset & Dunlap 218 pages. Good+, in an Acceptable DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear and soiling to coarse woven Tan cloth boards (Quad design) with black titles and red accents - corners lightly bumped. Moderate shelf/edge wear, age-toning and dust soiling, large closed tears and major chipping to scarce original DJ - now in mylar. DJ is missing about one third of the spine but the title is still there, as well as the front and back panels and flaps. Previous owner markings and a gift inscription on FFEP - all pages are clean and crisp. Illustrations for DJ by Walter S. Rogers and frontispiece by H. Richard Boehm. 28th of 38 adventures of Tom Swift. This copy has a 1925 date but the last book mentioned on the inside DJ flap is Tom Swift Circling the Globe which was printed in 1927. Per AAC Boys Series Books by Axe, pg 22. A respectable copy that still presents well in original but flawed DJ. Mattson #58500. LOC SSS-09.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First ed. Tears and chIPS IN WORN DUSTJACKET ; 7.30 X 5.20 X 1.20 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. (1925) 216+pp. Original mustard yellow cloth covers w/ red and black illustrations on front cover. Lightly soiled and rubbed. Light foxing to edges of text block. Inscription by previous owner on front blank endpaper. Illust. w/ a glossy b/w frontispiece. Contents nice.

First edition. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. 216 pps. + ads. Hardcover. Brown binding, black lettering.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Last title on copyright page. 3rd title from end of list on dust jacket flap. Black and white frontispiece by W.S. Rogers. 3 pages of book ads in rear. Tan illustrated cloth. Very good plus condition in good only dust jacket. Front panel of dj is lightly faded; several edge tears; rear panel light overall soil and a couple of stains; yellowed tape inner side of dust jacket at upper spine edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. The book is bound in brown pictorial boards with bright letters + design on the front cover & spine. Very light wear on the spine tips & cover corners. Contents clean & unmarked, binding tight. The book lists to itself on the copyright page, lists 2nd from last on the dust jacket. Early Edition. The dust jacket has chips of the top tip of the spine & top edge. Wear on the bottom tip of the spine, cover edges & cover corners. Spine is very faded. Three cm hole of the front cover near the upper spine taking out the CH in chest.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. First Edition. Illustrated cloth with black lettering. Frontispiece. Illustrated. 216pp. 28th of 28 on Copyright page. Publisher's ad list at rear goes to #27. This book is #28. No writing in the book. Rear hinges split. Lat free end paper missing. Full refund if not satisfied.

Condition: Very good. 1st. First edition. First printing. Very good condition. Spine is slightly canted. Boards have light shelf wear, including some fading and wear around edges. The front hinge is slightly loose. Binding has come loose in some places. Pages are clean and clear. 216 pg. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Tom Swift and his Chest of Secrets by Appleton V. Grosset & Dunlap, 1925 Hardback in good condition with good dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, pages are tanned due to paper used and age Cover is clean dust jacket has large piece missing see photo otherwise clean in mylar Part of Appleton's well known Tom Swift series of boys books. 216 pages. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Presumed later printing but doesn't list printing history, hardcover in mustard brown cloth, has a small lean to the binding, minor bowing to the covers, slight bumps to spine ends and cover corners, and a couple faint smudges to edges of text block, otherwise a solid, tight VG copy in a Good+ dust jacket, which has very faint soiling and spotting across jacket, bumps with shallow chips to spine ends and corners, some minor edgewear, and light sunning to spine with some toning to covers. Jacket is wrapped in a removable Mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Tan quad cover in red and black. Previous owner's name penned in on front flyleaf with original price of 50 cents in pencil. Edges of text block lightly dust dulled and soiled. Black and white frontispiece by Rogers. 4 pages of ads in back with this title being 28 of 33 listed and the last title on copyright page. A very clean and tight copy. Most would grade this NF. PayPal accepted.

Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 216pp plus list of other titles, later printing (1932) with 'Giant Magnet' last title on list, dustjacket worn and torn, front flap torn free from rest of dustjacket but present, spine badly faded, nice orange endpapers, inscription on flyleaf (dated 1932) otherwise unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. This near fine copy of the book #28 has only minor wear on top and bottom of spine and slight bending of the tips, otherwise it would be fine. The dust jacket is only very good- due to a missing 1.5-inch chip at the bottom of the spine and fraying on top of spine along with some general wear and chipping on top and bottom of front cover and a small chip on bottom left corner of cover. Looks much better than it sounds. Lists to itself on the copyright page and lists to itself to Tom Swift and His Talking Pictures which is #31 on the dust jacket flap. The ad at the back of the book lists to Tom Swift and His Airline Express, which is #29.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 216 pages; HC/DJ. Apparent and presumed 1st edition. Swift title list on jacket flap lists 28 titles, ending with "Chest of Secrets" ; ad at rear of book lists 27 Swift titles, not including not including"Chest of Secrets". Sound dust jacketed copy in original mustard yellow cloth with "quad" design of illustrations in red and green. Pictorial dust jacket is bright, with a nickel sized chip missing from the top edge of the rear panel and a few very small chips/nicks from the spine ends and corners. There are several short closed tears at jacket edges, light toning to the whites of the jacket's rear and spine panels and mild surface rub. Binding is square and snug; trace patches of silverfish predation to the cloth along the front spine edge and lower edge of the upper board and front edge of the lower board. Corners lightly tapped. Page block edges lightly soiled. Solid and bright; an attractive copy of the apparent 1st edition. VG-/VG-.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. 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: 234. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1925 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: 234.

Hardcover. Condition: nf. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st edition 1st DJ (.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. EARLY PRINTING of Victor Appleton¿s ¿Tom Swift and his Chest of Secrets.¿ Published in New York by Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. This is the 28th title. Copyright page lists to this title. Book list in back lists titles 1-32. Front flap lists titles 1-32. Book in very good+ condition, slight rubbing on bottom of front board, corners slightly chipped and bumped, spine tips slightly rubbed and edges of back board slightly chipped. DJ in very good condition, corners lightly chipped, small tear on top edge of front cover, small piece missing from top of spine and chipping on bottom edge of spine, small tear on bottom edge of back cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This NF quality book was published in 1925 by Grosset & Dunlap. It is 7-5/8" tall and has 216 numbered pages followed by 4 unnumbered pages of ads; it is the tan/red/black quad cover. It has a very slight lean, is extremely clean, completely free of corner bumps and edge dings; the head and heel of the spine are very lightly bumped, with no cloth damage. The bottom edges and lower front corners have very little wear. Except for some slight fabric deterioration on the top and bottom edges and the inside edge below each paste down, the exterior looks practically new. Except for an inked name on the front paste down, the interior is completely free of writing, stray marks, stains of any sort and page damage of any type. Both hinges are strong and not damaged. The frontis is intact. The paper is very slightly toned and quite flexible. The book lists 28 Swift titles on the copyright page and 27 titles on the list at the rear of the book. The VG quality jacket is rather clean; it has tiny chips at the four corners and at the head and heel of the spine. The spine is moderately toned and the lettering and image on the spine are intact. The front panel is intact and not faded. The front flap lists to this title.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. A near fine early edition in a near fine first edition dust jacket, listing to this title on the front flap and to this title on the copyright page but to the next book, Airline Express, in the ad in the back of the book.