SKY CASTLE

Chicago & Philadelphia: The Hamlyn Publishing Group, Ltd., 1932. Hardcover. Good Plus to Very Good/Fair To Good. This early 20th century, juvenile adventure story for boys features Ted Lucas and Bob Jordan, young reporters for the "Dixon Tribune." The pair are assigned to write a series of historical feature stories about early travel on the upper Mississippi River including the mysterious "sky castle" and its missing treasure. The boys decide on a canoe trip to get close to the river and its history, then find they have competition from another newspaper. A storm maroons them on an isolated island where they discover an ancient stone castle and their adventure really begins. First edition, no indication of number of printings. About 119 pages in blue-green cloth-covered boards with black border and lettering on front cover and black lettering on spine. Pictorial dustjacket showing two boys crouched outside a fence with a large building in distance. Title in while lettering, author in black. Dj's back panel has ads for five "Books for Boys" offered by Goldsmith. Boards' corners and spine ends lightly bumped, o/w only minimal surface and edge wear. Lightly age-toned text shows mild spine lean and text edges slightly soiled, o/w text is clean, complete and unmarked. Price-clipped dj shows considerable edge wear, including several large chips on lower edges and spine ends, though damage does not extend to dj's pictorial or graphic elements. A decent example of early 20th century juvenile fiction.