tom swift giant robot new di appleton victor (18 risultati)

Hard Cover. Condizione: good+. Graham Kaye (illustratore). blue tweed cover with navy lettering & decoration; blue & white il'd endpages; 211pp; b/w frontis & ils; list of titles on front endpage goes to this; slight cracking to paper over front hinge; cover is rubbed with some wear to extrems. Hardcover.

Condizione: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (juvenile, science fiction, vintage) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First UK Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in light blue boards with dark blue lettering and illustration, no dustjacket. 191pp. B/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations throughout (both full-page and within text), pictorial endpapers. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (26/7).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. There is light corner wear.

Condizione: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (juvenile, fiction, adventure) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condizione: Used Good.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Very Good hardcover book. General wear. No DJ.Shelf 595. Clean and tight.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Reprint. Reprint - rear jacket panel advertises Hardy Boys Junior Adventurer's Club, prelim list through His Outpost in Space, rear jacket flap lists through The Hooded Hawk Mystery (Hardy Boys). Stain along top edge, jacket price clipped, jacket lightly rubbed. 1958 Hard Cover. 211 pp. Blue tweed boards, frontispiece and endpapers by Graham Kaye. "When the Swift Enterprises undertakes to set up an atomic laboratory for the U.S. Government, Tom Jr. goes to work on a giant robot that can function by remote control when exposed to deadly atomic and hydrogen rays."  "Tom Swift Jr. is the protagonist of a series of juvenile adventure novels aimed at male adolescents, following in the tradition of the earlier Tom Swift ('Senior') novels. The series was entitled The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures. Unlike the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys titles that were also products of the prolific Stratemeyer Syndicate, the original Tom Swift stories were not rewritten in the 1950s to modernize them. It was decided that the protagonist of the new series would be the son of the earlier Tom Swift and his wife, Mary Nestor Swift; the original hero continued as a series regular, as did his pal Ned Newton. For the Tom Swift Jr. series the books were outlined mostly by Harriet (Stratemeyer) Adams, head of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, attributed to the pseudonymous Victor Appleton II, and published in hardcover by Grosset & Dunlap. Most of the books were written by James Duncan Lawrence, who had an interest in science and technology and was faithful to the canon of the previous Tom Swift series. Title #7, Tom Swift and His Diving Seacopter, has several references to the first series including a visit with Mrs. Baggert, who was Tom Sr.'s housekeeper, and other volumes feature a rocket named after the old family retainer Eradicate "Rad" Sampson, a radiation-detector (the Damonscope) named after Tom Sr.'s friend Mr. Damon, and a planetoid named in honor of Tom Swift Sr.'s father Barton. As in the original series, the basic locale is the quaint town of Shopton, New York, on Lake Carlopa. James Lawrence once said that Tom Swift and His Triphibian Atomicar was one of his favorite Tom Swift Jr. stories. Typical story elements include Tom's loyal and quip-prone friend Bud Barclay, his comic-relief cook 'Chow' Winkler, spies (typically from Soviet stand-ins Brungaria or Kranjovia), use of a wonder-material called Tomasite that did anything the story needed, the amazingly versatile force-ray repelatron, and atomic-powered everything, including the aforesaid atomicar. The first invention of the series (and the one making the most frequent appearances in subsequent stories), the Flying Lab (named Sky Queen), was a giant VTOL research airplane the size of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet. Mention must be made of the role of the book covers in vivifying memories of the books. Mostly by ex-Saturday Evening Post illustrator (J.) Graham Kaye, the covers burst with color and excitement and the sheer romance of invention. Covers in the later half of the series, mostly by Charles Brey, were less detailed and reflected Brey's more modernistic style. The Tom Swift Jr. stories had stronger science-fiction elements than the earlier series, particularly in the later volumes. One subplot which, beginning on the first page of the first volume, ran the length of the series, is Tom's communication, via mathematical 'space symbols,' with beings from 'Planet X.' This mystery is never completely resolved despite the beings sending an artificial 'energy brain' to occupy a robot body built by Tom in book #17. A total of 33 volumes were eventually published. The stories offered science that was more intriguing than accurate. Yet, the characters and titles are well-remembered and lovingly regarded, and a number of scientists, researchers, and engineers (including Apple Computer's Steve Wozniak) profess to having been set on their courses by Tom Swift Jr. The 'Tom Swifties' style of dialogue writing played no role in the actual series.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Early printing; Good in Good dust jacket; dust jacket has chipping to extremities, larger open tear to back panel; no marking to text. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Graham Kaye (illustratore). [1960] 212 pp. Original blue tweed covers, very bright and clean. Modest rubbing to spine ends. Covers a bit cocked. Blue and white endpapers. DJ lightly soiled w/ modest edge wear. DJ rear flap advertises this series and list to title "Tom Swift and His Spectromarine Selector." DJ rear panel advertises "Hardy Boys Mysteries," and list to title "The Mystery of the Chinese Junk." Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Contents very nice.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good-. Kaye, Graham (illustratore). First Edition Later Printing. Vol.#4 in the second Tom Swift series, which was comprised of 33 volumes written under the pseudonym Victor Appleton II. Orig. published in 1954 in the original blue tweed cloth-covered hardcover format wrap-around pictorial DJs, this is a later printing, listing to TS#13 in front matter & on back DJ flap & to HB#38 on back DJ cover.(Please see our listing #019791 for a true First Edition, first printing, of this title). In 211 pages with a plain frontispiece & blue/white endpapers by illustrator Graham Kaye. Book condition is VG: very clean, binding straight & strong, hinges intact, pages creamy white with very mild tanning to outer edges & dust dulling to outside edges, else unmarked. Rubbing to extremities & bumped corners. The unclipped DJ is only Good-/Fair, with major paper loss to spine, light creasing & minor edgewear all around. Bright & colorful; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm weekdays (PST) ship that same day; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day!

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. Kaye, Graham (illustratore). First Edition First Printing. Vol.#4 in the second Tom Swift series, which was comprised of 33 volumes written under the pseudonym Victor Appleton II. One of the original blue tweed cloth-covered books with wrap-around pictorial DJs, this is a true FIRST EDITION, first printing, listing to itself in front matter & on back DJ cover, with self summary on front DJ flap & summary of TS#3 on rear flap. In 211 pages with a plain frontispiece & blue/white endpapers by illustrator Graham Kaye. Book condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, binding straight & strong, hinges intact, pages creamy white with very mild dust dulling to outside edges, but unmarked. The unclipped DJ is VG, with only mild edgewear, the worst of which is chipping to both ends of spine, worst at top; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! 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.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Graham Kaye (illustratore). First Edition. 211 pages: 5 x 7.5 in.: Vol. 4: KB#010640: Boards are Blue Tweed. Front cover has "TOM SWIFT Jr." and his portrait on it. No dustjacket. Boards have light rubbing along edges and corners. Book has prior owner's name whited out on front flyleaf. Otherwise, pages are clean, unmarked, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "When the Swift Enterprises undertakes to set up an atomic laboratory for the U.S. Government, Tom Jr. goes to work on a giant robot that can function by remote control when exposed to deadly atomic and hydrogen rays. The invention intrigues the interest of a band of clever bank robbers who think they can use the giant robot in their work.".

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Cover shows a little edgewear. Interior very clean. Some black and white illustrations by Graham Kaye. Pictures on request.

Cloth. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Illustrated by Kaye, Graham (illustratore). 211 pp. , early reprint. Blue tweed boards, listing inside to Tom Swift and the Spectromarine Selector indicating a publication date of 1960 (original 1954). PIctorial endpapers in blue and white, depicting Tom at the window of his flying lab. Frontispiece and several full- or partial-page internal illustrations on plain paper. Jacket is in new Brodart, with some large chips missing to the spine, significant creasing and chipping to front panel. Rear panel has advert for the Hardy Brothers, with a listing to The Mystery of the Chinese Junk. Spine cocked, edge wear to boards, some foxing to leading edge. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 211 pages; "When the Swift Enterprises undertakes to set up an atomic laboratory for the U. S. Government, Tom Jr. Goes to work on a giant robot that can function by remote control when exposed to deadly atomic and hydrogen rays. The invention intrigues the interest of a band of clever bank robbers who think they can use the giant robot in their work. " How they interfere with Tom's invention by means of flocks of mechanical crows; how a mad scientist joins the robber gang and almost succeeds in destroying the atomic laboratory from within its well-guarded walls; how, one by one, the clever criminals are outwitted and captured by Tom and his friend Bud; how the giant robot is completed in time to perform his part in the saving of the laboratory are all told in this exciting yarn. " Age Level: Grades 4-10.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.62.

Ten vols. 8vo. 208; 208; 208; 211, [1]; 210; 210; 214; 214; 214; 214 pp. Frontisp., numerous text illustrations. Blue tweed boards, blue lettering (minor shelfwear, rubbing, occasional wear to corners), w/ d.j.'s cover art by Kaye (occasional chipping to spines, minor creasing, edgewear), still a VG/VG bright uniform set. First editions, early printings of Nos. 1-10 in the New Tom Swift, Jr. science fiction series, listing to most frequently to No. 13 Solartron on versos of half-title, whereas most ads on back covers, list up to No. 12, with Cycloplane listing uniformly to itself, and first three only listing up to 5 titles. Harriet Adams re-launched the Tom Swift concept in 1954, based on the original series co-written by her father Edward Stratemeyer, and Howard Garis. Although she was heavily involved in rewriting the Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys titles removing some of the more offensive racial overtones of the original printings, they launched an entirely new science fiction series, drawing on three PhD scientific consultants, sparking the imaginations and efforts of Steve Wozniak of Apple Computer, Jack Cover who invented the Taser, and resonating with Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov.