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Lost on the Moon (The Great Marvel Series)
by Rockwood, Roy
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1911. First Thus . Hardcover. Good/Good. Book #3 in the 9-volume "Great Marvel" series (which ran 1906-1935) by "Roy Rockwood'' (best known for his "Bomba the Jungle Boy" series), one of the pseudonyms used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. One in a large series of mystery & adventure books originally issued by this publisher for young adult (YA) boys & girls in the early decades of the 20th century, this series was a sci-fi one in the style of the wildly popular Jules Verne (Keeline, 2000). Orig. published by Cupples & Leon in 1911, this is the First Printing of the Whitman edition (#2347), in 248 pages. Hardcover12mo has bright blue cloth-covered boards stamped with black lettering to front & spine. Condition is Good+: quite clean, with mild spotting to outside fore edge pages & darker spotting to both front & rear free endpapers. Pages heavily tanned, commensurate with age, but completely unmarked save for old gift inscription to ffep. Binding strong. Slight rubbing to extremities, with heavy ding/crease to top-outer corner of front cover. The unclipped DJ is bright & colorful, with mild-moderate edgewear & light soil, rubbing to extremities; looks fantastic protected in new clear mylar cover! 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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023398
- Title
- Lost on the Moon (The Great Marvel Series)
- Author
- Rockwood, Roy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Whitman Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Racine, Wisconsin
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- air travel dirigible balloon boys young adult series aviators mystery suspense
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series; Science Fiction-Fantasy;
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La Mesa, California
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