Description:
Appleton, Victor, pseud. Tom Swift Books, a Large Collection. Twenty-five Tom Swift titles (all pseudonymously authored by Victor Appleton, a nonexistent person),including: Tom Swift and his Wireless Message; T.S. and his Photo Telephone; T.S. and his House on Wheels; T.S. and his Air Glider; T.S. and his Ocean Airport; T.S. and his Planet Stone; T.S. and his Giant Cannon; T.S. in the Caves of Ice; T.S. and his Television Detector; T.S. and his Airship; T.S. and his Undersea Search; T.S. in Captivity; T.S. and his Air Scout; T.S. and his Big Dirigible; T.S. among the Diamond Makers; T.S. Circling the Globe; T.S. and his Electric Runabout; T.S. and the Flying Boat; T.S. and his Chest of Secrets; T.S. and his Talking Pictures; T.S. and his Electric Locomotive; T.S. and his Big Tunnel; T.S. and his Submarine Boat; T.S. and his Sky Racer; and T.S. and his Airline Express, all in good shape, octavo, in publisher's cloth and dust jackets (jackets covered with additional kraft paper covers); each original dust jacket neatly reinforced with brown paper-tape edging and along joints on verso. (25)
Estimate $300-500
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