Rogers w illustrator (34 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition First Printing. Very 1st book in the Second Rover Boys series (#21 of the eventual 30 books in the entire series), written by head of the Stratemeyer Syndicate under the pseudonym Arthur. M. Winfield. In 308 pages + 6 pages of ads for other children's series title in rear, with an Introduction by the author + a glossy Frontis & 3 internals by illustrator W. Rogers (unattributed). Orig. published in 1917, this is a likely First Printing of that FIRST EDTIION, listing only to Self in front matter & only the original 20 Rover Boys titles in rear. 12mo has medium green cloth over boards with a black & red design & lettering to front & spine. Condition is Fair: heavy rubbing to extremities & bumping to corners & spine tips, with slight loss. Sewn binding is secure, though rear hinge is cracked. Ffep has been excised. Pages show moderate tanning, heavier to edges, but completely unmarked. NO DJ (missing). Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Rogers, W. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition First Printing. In an attempt by the Stratemeyer Syndicate to cash in on the "Tarzan" fervor sweeping the US in the early decades of the 20th century, they introduced the character of Bomba, a white boy growing up in the jungles of South America (first 10 books) & Africa (later 10 books). The series was popular & made into a series of 12 films, 1949-1955, starring Johnny Sheffield, who had played "Boy" in the original Tarzan films starring Johnny Weissmuller. From 1932, this was book #13 in the original Cupples & Leon printings (the true FIRST EDITIONs), & a true First Printing, listing to self in front matter, in 206 pages with glossy frontispiece by W. S. Rogers (unattributed in book). A 12mo (5" x 7.5") with tan cloth-covered boards stamped with a black design showing Bomba in the jungle to front center, lettered above & below & to spine in black, this book is in Fair condition: generally quite clean, text block strong but rear hinge is cracked. Pages moderately tanned & unmarked save for former owner's information in pen to the "This is my book" box on ffep. Light rubbing to extremities Is quite heavy along spine. Small dampstain to top margin of frontispiece. No DJ (missing). Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. Rogers, W. S. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First, Thus. In an attempt by the Stratemeyer Syndicate to cash in on the "Tarzan" fervor sweeping the US in the early decades of the 20th century, they introduced the character of Bomba, a white boy growing up in the jungles of South America (first 10 books) & Africa (later 10 books). The series was popular & made into a series of 12 films, 1949-1955, starring Johnny Sheffield, who had played "Boy" in the original Tarzan films starring Johnny Weissmuller. Orig. published in a dust jacketed edition in 1929 by Cupples & Leon, then reprinted by Grosset & Dunlap, this is one of the First Picture Cover editions from Clover Books, undated, but c. late 1950s. Book #7 in the series, in 210 pages, this 12mo (5" x 7.5") has brightly colored glossy paper over boards, orig. $.49 price to front cover. Condition is VG: clean & shiny, binding strong & straight, pages heavily tanned but completely unmarked, hinges secure.Very slight rubbing to extremities, heavier at both ends of spine & corners, with bumping & a spot of paper loss to same. No DJ, as issued (picture covers never had them). Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. Rogers, W. S. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition Later Printing. Book #1 in the 20-book YA series penned by under the same pseudonym as the author of the Hardy Boys, featuring intrepid young aviator, Ted Scott. The actual principal author, John W. Duffield, who also contributed to the Don Sturdy and Bomba the Jungle Boy series, was a "conscientious student of aeronautics." With the earlier red cloth binding (not the later tan cloth), this title was first published in 1927; this is a slight later printing, listing to book #3 in the series & to HB#3 in front matter. In 214 pages + additional pages of other boys' G&D titles in rear, glossy (not plain) frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers. Condition is Good+: generally very clean with the occasional spot or smudge (here, to outside fore edge), binding secure, but a bit shaky, hinges intact. Rubbing to extremities, with fraying at corners & both ends of spine. Interior pages show modest tanning, commensurate with age; no foxing. Old gift inscription in pen dated 1928 to ffep, else unmarked. NO DJ. Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Rogers, Walter S. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Reprint. Hardy Boys mystery. Facsimile of the original first published in 1928, dust jacket and all. Crisp and clean. Rogers, Walter S. (illustrator) (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Book #8 in the 20-book YA series penned by under the same pseudonym as the author of the Hardy Boys, featuring intrepid young aviator, Ted Scott. The actual principal author, John W. Duffield, who also contributed to the Don Sturdy and Bomba the Jungle Boy series, was a "conscientious student of aeronautics." With the earlier red cloth binding (not the later tan cloth), this title was first published in 1929; this is a Second Printing, listing to book #9 in the series & to HB#7 in front matter, to TS#8 along with additional pages of other boys' G&D titles in rear. In 214 pages, glossy (not plain) frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers. Condition is Good: generally very clean with the occasional spot or smudge, binding strong & straight, hinges intact. Circular bleached spot to front board, rubbing to all extremities, heaviest at corners & both ends of spine. Interior pages show modest tanning, commensurate with age; no foxing. Old gift inscription in pen dated 1929 to ffep, else unmarked. NO DJ. Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Rogers, Walter S. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards with gilt stamping on front cover and spine; black and white illustrative stamping of boy on bicycle on front cover, and swords on spine. Title page not dated. Copyright page dated 1897. 334 pages. In fair condition. Cloth on spine is a bit faded, but stamping remains quite bright and handsome. Cloth fraying at head and foot of spine and corners where bumped. Front gutter is cracked through, and one or two other places in text block that have slightly cracked; binding feels a bit loose, especially that of first signature. Illustrations by W. A. Rogers throughout. A scarce title in fair reading condition.…

Condizione: Good. General wear to boards with edge wear. Hinges are a bit cracked. Content mainly clean with even toning. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. 2" closed tear at edge of spine. protected by Mylar.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Very good condition hardcover with good condition dust jacket. 62 pages. Dust jacket has a small tear along front edge.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition First Printing. In an attempt by the Stratemeyer Syndicate to cash in on the "Tarzan" fervor sweeping the US in the early decades of the 20th century, they introduced the character of Bomba, a white boy growing up in the jungles of South America (first 10 books) & Africa (later 10 books). The series was popular & made into a series of 12 films, 1949-1955, starring Johnny Sheffield, who had played "Boy" in the original Tarzan films starring Johnny Weissmuller. From 1927, this was book #5 in the original Cupples & Leon printings (the true FIRST EDITIONs), & a true First Printing, listing to self in front matter, in 208 pages with glossy frontispiece by W. S. Rogers (unattributed in book). A 12mo (5" x 7.5") with tan cloth-covered boards stamped with a black design showing Bomba in the jungle to front center, lettered above & below & to spine in black, this book is in VG condition: very clean, binding strong & straight, pages moderately tanned but completely unmarked ("This is my book" box is blank to ffep), hinges secure. Just slight rubbing to extremities & mild corner bumping. Odd bleached stain to spine. No DJ (missing). Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. Rogers, W. S. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. No Jacket. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Book #9 in the 20-book YA series penned by under the same pseudonym as the author of the Hardy Boys, featuring intrepid young aviator, Ted Scott. The actual principal author, John W. Duffield, who also contributed to the Don Sturdy and Bomba the Jungle Boy series, was a "conscientious student of aeronautics." This is a true FIRST EDITION, second printing, from 1929, listing to Self & to HB#7 in front matter, but to TS #19 in rear, along with other boys' series titles. In publisher's original RED cloth binding, in 214 pages, with glossy (not plain) frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers. Condition is VG+: very clean & bright, with small oval spot to top outside page edges. Binding strong & straight, hinges intact. Interior pages show modest tanning, commensurate with age. Very mild rubbing to spine tips & corners. No DJ.Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders. Weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Rogers, Walter S. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition Later Printing. Book #6 in the 20-book YA series penned by under the same pseudonym as the author of the Hardy Boys, featuring intrepid young aviator, Ted Scott. The actual principal author, John W. Duffield, who also contributed to the Don Sturdy and Bomba the Jungle Boy series, was a "conscientious student of aeronautics." Orig. published in 1928, this is a slightly later printing of that FIRST EDITION, listing to Self & to HB#6 in front matter, but to TS#12 in rear. In the original RED cloth binding, in 215 pages + additional pages of other boys' G&D titles, glossy (not plain) frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers. Condition is Good: very clean & bright, with the occasional spot, binding strong & straight, hinges intact. Interior pages show light tanning, commensurate with age; no foxing. Minor rubbing to extremities, slight corner bumping, light soil; spine is quite faded, with some bleached spots & fraying. Former owner's name stamps with 1931 date to ffep;, else unmarked. NO DJ. Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Rogers, Walter S. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition Later Printing. Book #4 in the n the 20-book YA series penned by under the same pseudonym as the author of the Hardy Boys, featuring intrepid young aviator, Ted Scott. The actual principal author, John W. Duffield, who also contributed to the Don Sturdy and Bomba the Jungle Boy series, was a "conscientious student of aeronautics." With the earlier red cloth binding (not the later tan), this is a slightly later printing of the 1927 FIRST EDITION, liisting to Self & to HB#3 in front matter, but to TS#12 in rear list of other boys' series titles. In 216 pages with glossy (not plain) frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers. Condition is VG: very clean & bright, binding strong & straight, hinges intact. Interior pages show modest tanning, commensurate with age; foxing to external page edges only. Very mild corner bumping & rubbing. Former owner's name in pen on ffep, else unmarked NO DJ. A handsome copy! Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Rogers, Walter S. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: G+/VG-. No Jacket. First Edition First Printing. Scarce, later title (#17) in the 20-book YA series penned by under the same pseudonym as the author of the Hardy Boys, featuring intrepid young aviator, Ted Scott. The actual principal author, John W. Duffield, who also contributed to the Don Sturdy and Bomba the Jungle Boy series, was a "conscientious student of aeronautics." Orig. published in 1935, this is a true FIRST EDITION, First Printing, listing to Self & to HB#10 in front matter& to Self in rear. It has the Tan cloth tan binding ,not the red, but retains the glossy (not plain) frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers. Condition is Good+: very clean & bright, with the occasional spot, some dark ink smudging in front matter. Binding strong & straight, but rear hinge is cracked. Pages show moderate tanning, commensurate with age; no foxing. Moderate rubbing to extremities, slight corner bumping & cloth loss at both ends of spine. Former owner's name stamp & another name in pencil to ffep; else unmarked. NO DJ. Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Rogers, Walter S. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. CONDITION: Very Good Plus in Very Good jacket: two neat small owner names feps, very clean, tight, and straight, slight push to bottom spine; in jacket with rubs to corner tips 3/8" rubs to spine ends; unclipped 2.00 Juvenile hardback Stories about pet birds and birds who have built nests close to people incliding the true story of Gertie, the mallard under a Milwaukee bridge. Illustrations more professional than usual by a prolific artist. About 95 commonest nouns and 110 of the beginning Dolch sight words, and adding about one word per page, these books enable beginners to read real text in paragraphs, without relying on the illustrations. ABE Heritage Seller, since 1996: Search ABE Keyword: oldchildrensbooks. Conservative AB condition grading, secure packing, international shipping. / Carol Rogers, illustrator. / Carol Rogers, illustrator. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. CONDITION: Good Plus; owner plate on front endpaper, 1894 owner inscription and stamp on flyleaf, "Lorenzo Dana Walden", board edges worn with light pale spots, front illustrations nice, but spine colour about half rubbed off; opens freely but tight, interior flat and clean. Juvenile hardback. "No list of children's books would be complete without mention of happy-go-lucky Toby and his gaudy circus caravan, which has rolled into the hearts of children since 1880" Lewis Terman, 1925. ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /W. A. Rogers, illustrator. /W. A. Rogers, illustrator. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition First Printing. Book #7 in the 20-volume YA series penned by under the same pseudonym as the author of the Hardy Boys, featuring intrepid young aviator, Ted Scott. The actual principal author, John W. Duffield, who also contributed to the Don Sturdy and Bomba the Jungle Boy series, was a "conscientious student of aeronautics." With the earlier red cloth binding (not the later tan, see our listing #019786 for that version), this is a true FIRST EDITION, First Printing, listing to Self & to HB#6 in front matter & TS #5 in rear, in 216 pages with glossy (not plain) frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers. Condition is Good+: generally very clean with the occasional spot or smudge, binding strong & straight, hinges intact. Interior pages show modest tanning, commensurate with age; no foxing. Old gift inscription dated 1929 in front matter, else unmarked. Mild-moderate rubbing to extremities, heaviest at both ends of spine & all corners. NO DJ. Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Rogers, Walter S. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition First Printing. Book #13 in the 20-book YA series penned by under the same pseudonym as the author of the Hardy Boys, featuring intrepid young aviator, Ted Scott. The actual principal author, John W. Duffield, who also contributed to the Don Sturdy and Bomba the Jungle Boy series, was a "conscientious student of aeronautics." This is a true FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1930, listing to Self & to HB#9 in front matter, in the original RED cloth binding, in 216 pages + list of additional TS titles, where it lists to the book previous to this one; glossy (not plain) frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers. Condition is VG- (minus): very clean & bright, with the occasional spot, binding strong & straight, hinges intact. Interior pages show modest tanning, commensurate with age. Moderate rubbing to extremities, with fraying at both ends of spine, bumped corners, spine fading, light soil. Old gift inscription dated 1930 inside front cover, else unmarked. NO DJ. Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Rogers, Walter S. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Clean hardcover book in original illustrated dust jacket. Clean red cloth boards with black plane and "Ted Scott Flying Stories" on cover with gold and black lettering; crisp black lettering on spine. Small spot of wear at top corner of spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean; previous owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper with Christmas Greetings. Beautiful frontispiece illustration by Walter S. Rogers. 214 pages. Clean illustrated jacket has 1" piece missing at top of spine, small scrape and closed tear at upper left side of front panel; small chips at base of spine; Grosset & Dunlap 1 at base of spine; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Walter S. Rogers, Illustrator (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition Later Printing. Book #5 in the YA series penned by under the same pseudonym as the author of the Hardy Boys, featuring intrepid young aviator, Ted Scott. The actual principal author, John W. Duffield, who also contributed to the Don Sturdy and Bomba the Jungle Boy series, was a "conscientious student of aeronautics." With red cloth-covered boards with a black airplane design to front in black & black lettering to spine, gold lettering to front cover, in 216 pages + 1 page of ads for Tom Swift titles in rear & a glossy frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers. This is a FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1928, listing to Self & to HB#5 in front matter, & to Tom Swift #29 (1926) in rear. Condition is Good: generally clean with random smudges & spots, light foxing to external fore edge side of text block, darkening & soiled spot to top outside edges.Binding strong & straight, hinges intact. Pages lightly tanned, commensurate with age, unmarked save for gift inscription dated 1928 to ffep. k Minor rubbing to extremities, heavier at corners & spine tips, with slight bumping there as well. NO DJ (missing).Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Rogers, Walter S. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG-. First Edition Later Printing. In an attempt by the Stratemeyer Syndicate to cash in on the "Tarzan" fervor sweeping the US in the early decades of the 20th century, they introduced the character of Bomba, a white boy growing up in the jungles of South America (first 10 books) & Africa (later 10 books). The series was popular & made into a series of 12 films, 1949-1955, starring Johnny Sheffield, who had played "Boy" in the original Tarzan films starring Johnny Weissmuller. From 1930, this was book #9 in the original Cupples & Leon printings (the true FIRST EDITIONs), but a Second Printing, listing to book No.10 in front matter. In 204 pages + 4 pages of ads for other children's titles by this publisher in rear. Frontispiece & DJ cover art by W. S. Rogers (unattributed in book). A 12mo (5" x 7.5") with tan cloth-covered boards stamped with a black design showing Bomba in the jungle to front center, lettered above & below & to spine in black, this book is in Near Fine condition: exceptionally clean & crisp, binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Pages moderately tanned (more heavily to endpapers) but completely unmarked. Light, scattered foxing & a hint of corner bumping. The unclipped DJ is VG- (minus): clean & colorful, with slight chipping to both ends of spine & mild creasing, light soil; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free (removed for photos). Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. Rogers, W. S. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine(+). Reprint. Large duodecimo in white DJ, iv, 210 pages, b&w illustrations; 19 cm. Detective and mystery stories. When the Hardy boys reached the caves, they came unexpectedly upon a queer old hermit. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. Extremely gently rubbed corners, extremely faint soiling to fore-edge, else Near Fine(+) in Fine DJ.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Second Printing. Mr. Stubbs's Brother: A Sequel to "Toby Tyler" by James Otis A firm square copy. gift inscription 1950 to ffe. Presumed second printing. 1883 on title page, 1882 on publication page. Light brown cloth binding, pictorial stamping in black and grey to spine and cover, light green floral patterned endsheets. W. A. Rogers(Illustrator) (illustratore). BOOK.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition Later Printing. Book #5 in the YA series penned by under the same pseudonym as the author of the Hardy Boys, featuring intrepid young aviator, Ted Scott. The actual principal author, John W. Duffield, who also contributed to the Don Sturdy and Bomba the Jungle Boy series, was a "conscientious student of aeronautics." Orig. published in 1928, this is a significantly later printing of that FIRST EDITION, listing to Self & to HB#5 in front matter, but to TS#18 in rear. In the second state Tan cloth binding with bright orange endpapers, stamped in bright blue lettering & an image of a plane to front cover, blue lettering to spine. In 216 pages + 2 additional pages of other boys' G&D titles; glossy (not plain) frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers captioned "a gigantic Negro stepped into the clearing." Condition is breathtakingly Fine: cleanest & brightest copy we have ever seen, as if it were published yesterday!! Black topstain has a few faint spots. Binding strong & straight, hinges intact. Interior pages show light tanning, but completely unmarked. The unclipped DJ is Near Fine, with a few small chips (corners, lower front cover) & light soil (to spine & a smudge on back). commensurate with age; no foxing. Lists to TS#18 on front flap, X Bar X Boys #17 on rear flap, HB# 17 on back cover; beautifully protected in new clear mylar cover Free! You will be hard-pressed to find a more pristine copy anywhere in this lifetime. Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Rogers, Walter S. (illustratore).…

1st ed. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pictorial red cloth boards, black & white frontispiece drawing, edges faintly foxed, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear jacket, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. 216 pp. Ted Scott, the daring young American aviator, gets into lots of trouble when flying across the Pacific. From the Ted Scott Flying Stories series, created for young adults during the era of Lindbergh, Byrd and other 'heroes of the skies'. The author, Franklin W Dixon, is better known for 'The Hardy Boys' series, but Dixon was a 'house name' of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, in this case masking John William Duffield as actual author. ("Preserve this wrapper" notice prominently printed on both jacket flaps. Reverse side of wrapper contains a valuable long list of Grosset & Dunlap publications for boys and girls.) First edition (this title is at the end of the list of titles on the front jacket flap).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published by H.F. and G Witherby in 1962, here is the first hardback printing of H.W.Pearson-Rogers' GUNS THIS WAY illustrated by Denys Watkins-Pitchford (B B). Green cloth binding, gilt lettering, 85 supremely illustrated pages, the book and dust jacket are in very good condition. The book is an ex-library copy containing the usual stamps, stickers and markings.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. (14) + 212 + (2)pp. Top edge gilt, pages untrimmed. Tissue guarded engraved frontis + 27 bw plates + small cartouche. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering + treble band around edges + two gilt emblems on front. Green eps. Covers : corners heavy bumps, top/bottom spine slight rubs & 0.3cm shelf knocks, book slight lean. Contents : one plate loose else clean, tight & unfoxed. Loose plate slight browned along one edge, very slight rubs other edge at corners - should re-tip in OK. VG. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. No Dustjacket. First Edition, First Printing. This first edition book is in beautiful condition. Blue silk cloth boards with gold and dark blue decoration, stamped gold lettering on cover, unchipped gold lettering on spine. Cloth boards are clean, with very slight surface wear at top and bottom spine edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean floral endpapers (no names, writing or marks), front free endpaper has partial vertical straight tear near binding edge (3"). Illustrations by W. A. Rogers. 173 pages. W. A. Rogers, Illustrator (illustratore).…

Early reprint (circa 1937 although first published 1928). iv, 212, [7] pages. Hardcover: H 19.25cm x L 13.25cm. Dust jacket has front panel color illustration of the boys driving yellow car down a hillside cliff road under pouring rain with curving shoreline and lapping waves; chipping at spine ends and at front panel's top left corner; soiling to white spine and white rear panel; small losses at flap fold ends; front flap lists Hardy Boys series inclusive to "A Figure in Hiding" (first published in 1937) with number codes "5050" at top right and "110-150" at bottom left; rear panel advertisement for Ted Scott Flying Stories with fifteen title list; rear flap ad for Western Stories for Boys and sixteen title list. Light brown boards; dark brown lettering to spine and dark brown lettering and center vignette to front board; minor wear at spine ends and board corners. Blue top edge; light toning and staining to fore-edge and bottom edge with those of latter shallowly affecting some leaves at bottom margins. Scattered light toning and soiling to interior leaves with several at rear having light brown stains although, overall, pages remain clean. Binding is firm. A very good- copy in a good+ dust jacket. Seven pages of publisher advertisements at book's rear.…