Tom Swift Planet Stone by Victor Appleton (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Whitman 2165. Brown pebbled cloth. This copy has been nibbled by a puppy near foot of spine. The jacket has been internally reinforced with period paper tape of some sort. Would be good/good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reissue. Reissue. Very good in fair jacket. Front hinge weakening, rear hinge just beginning to weaken, pages lightly toned, rear jacket panel lightly stained, jacket edges rubbed with loss from corners, several creases on front jacket panel. 1935 Hard Cover. 203 pp., 3-page terminal publisher ad. 8vo. Original brown boards. This was the last title of the original Tom Swift series to be published by Grosset & Dunlap, which transferred the series rights to Whitman in 1935. The series ultimately contained 40 books total, and several spin-off series were created.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Copyright page is dated with the original Grosset & Dunlap publication date of 1935, but as a Whitman reprint this copy would have been printed after 1938. Date unknown. Lime green cloth with black titles, with light age-soil, rubbing and light bumping to edges, sunning to spine. Spine square. Binding sound. No dust jacket. Dampstaining to lower bottom of textblock and lower fore-edge, with no impact on interior. Pages also heavily toned, else clean; text unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Nat Falk (illustrator). First Edition. Lists to Television Detector in rear of book. A nice, bright copy in the orange cloth boards. Rear hinge just loosening. Inquire for pictures.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Wonderfully clean, bright book, tight and trim throughout. No previous owner markings, not price-clipped, original jacket in new mylar. 1935 copyright but the Whitman edition came out just before the War so probably about 1940. A gorgeous copy, book and jacket both about as good as it gets.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. No Jacket. Pub by Whitman, copyright 1935. VG-plus cond. hardcover now in archival Brodart, no dj. Red cloth over bds w/ black lettering on cover & spine. Pages toned, as usual. 203pp + 3pp pub advts. Square, straight, tight & clean, overall VG+ cond. We have almost all the Tom Swift & T.S.jr. titles, some listed online, many not, & we'd be happy to discount for multiple purchase & to combine postage. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. Tom Swift and His Planet Stone or Discovering the Secret of Another World by Victor Appleton was published by Whitman Publishing Co. in 1935. Not an ex-library copy, this 203-page offering in VG- condition, and since it's been published by Whitman probably not a First Edition but an very old Whitman publication, is one installment in the author's series featuring."Tom Swift, known to millions of boys of this generation, .a bright ingenious youth whose inventions, discoveries, and thrilling adventures are described in these spirited tales that tell of the wonderful advances in modern science"(from back of page 203). This book is in rather remarkable shape for its 76 years, with only some fairly noticeable yellowing/browning of its pages as its only flaw. The familiar cast of characters is all here: Tom, of course; his faithful native servant, Koku, a giant rescued/brought back to the safety of civilization from the Argentine in South America(in the very first volume in the series, "Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle"); and Ned Newton, Tom's chum, the young inventor's financial and business manager. Tom's father, who has retired due to age, has entrusted his plant/factory/laboratory to his son to run, after all. In this book, Koku has received a letter from his land in the Argentine, announcing that his evil brother, King Kosk, has died. It seems that Koku, and another brother, Tola(currently living somewhere in England), are next in line for the throne to rule his country. Koku is stunned by this news, because it presents a real dilemma for him--whether to leave the home/employ of Tom Swift, whom Koku loves and admires, to honor the sacred trust and responsibility awarded him by his people. As I left the story, Koku had just mysteriously passed out and dropped, like the proverbial sack of (giant) potatoes, to the laboratory floor. I'll leave the story right there, as Tom and a visitor to the lab, one Dr. Hardman Bane, seek to minister to the fallen, dark-skinned behemoth. (Oh, one more thing--it seems as if Koku's land has recently been hit by "a big stone that fall from sky", which may or may not have figured into the death of King Kosk!). There are not-so-subtle hints that the entire story to come may not be taking place exclusively on this planet.if you get my drift. . Nice, escapist reading for young and old, to be sure. Thank you!!

12mo. [4], 203 pp., plus 1 pp. publ. ads. Glossy frontisp. Publisher's orange-coloured cloth, black lettering (minor shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art by Nat Falk (minor chipping head & foot of spine, minor sunning to spine, torn away portion upper 1/3rd back cover), still VG/Fair copy. First edition, 1st printing, of No. 38 in the original Tom Swift, Sr. series from the Stratemeyer Syndicate, listing to Planet Stone on front flap, Television Detector in Ads at rear, Ted Scott Battling the Wind on the back cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Very good plus first edition in good minus jacket. Book shows little wear, and surprisingly no toning to the bright orange cloth or top stain. Aside from a neat gift inscription there are no markings within the pages. Jacket by Nat Falk is unfaded, good or good minus, with tape stains and a piece of tape still along bottom front panel, front hinge about to let go. Orange cloth octavo, 203 pages plus one of ads, pictorial jacket. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. PRICE REDUCED 9/6/2025. This book is clean and square with a few blemishes. The head and heel of the spine are bumped without fabric rears, spine seems slightly faded, and there is a thin white streak on the ridge of the rear gutter (see photo of spine)--no damage that I can see, probably a manufacturing error. The interior is clean and free of writings, stray marks and stains; hinges are tight and pages are flexible. There is an attractive 3-1/4" x 4-1/4" personal bookplate and an inked business-type stamp of "15.00" on the FFEP. The jacket is intact with tiny edge tears and minor edge chips at the front corners and top rear corner and a bigger chip at the head of the spine (see photos). The front panel illustration is undamaged as is the spine image of Tom. A very nearly outstanding copy of the last Grosset Tom Swift title.