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The Vanishing Air Liner(Air Mystery Series)
by Powell, Van
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1932. First, Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. One of a series of post-WWI adventure series aimed at YA boys that featured young men solving mysteries. Similar to books produced by the Stratemeyer syndicate, these Saalfield books were produced from 1900-1977 by a stable of writers. Van Powell was a screenwriter who also wrote three different series of boys' adventure books. This title, first published in 1932 as part of his "Sky Scouts" series, was reissued as the third book in his "Air Mystery" series. This is the First Edition in that format (First, thus), in 280 pages, plain frontispiece. Hardcover small 8vo has green cloth-covered boards stamped in black lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG: quite clean & crisp with mild rubbing/color loss to extremities. Binding strong & straight, rear hinge starting. Pages heavily tanned, commensurate with age & paper quality of the era, unmarked save for gift inscription dated 1939 in neat pen to ffep. The unclipped DJ is VG-, with mild rubbing, creasing, & chipping to extremities, light soil & a larger chipped area to rear; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! 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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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022998
- Title
- The Vanishing Air Liner(Air Mystery Series)
- Author
- Powell, Van
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First, Thus
- Publisher
- Saalfield Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Akron, Ohio
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- airplane plane crash boys young adult series aviators mystery suspense
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series; Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror; Planes/Trains/Automobiles/Boats/Motorcycles/Bikes;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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