Schealer John M (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition stated. [vi], 181pp [ink owner inscription on front free endpaper; quite a bit of chipping and wear to dust jacket - in protective sleeve; some foxing] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. B&w illustrations (illustrator). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. STATED FIRST EDITION. NOT a library discard; privately owned but lacking the dust jacket. The covers have a few spot but are very clean. No writing and no page tears. There is some age-toning/foxing on the endpapers and first few pages but this is a very clean book. SCARCE TITLE. Robert MacLean (illustrator).…

Author's Diagrams Executed by John D. Ressler. Cloth. 181,(3)pp. Endpapers browned. Covers rubbed. Good.

Cloth. Dustwrapper. 181,(3)pp. Dustwrapper torn & damaged with loss. Endpapers browned. Covers rubbed. Fair.

Illustrated by Elaine Joan Altman. Cloth. Dustwrapper. 180,(4)pp. Dustwrapper rubbed, scuffed & torn with slight loss. Endpapers browned. Fair.

Library Binding Hardback. Condition: Good Used Condition. No Dust Jacket. First Edition 1st Edition. Robert MacLean (illustrator). Ex Library Book.

Cloth. Boxed. 136pp. Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition. Illustrated by Hans Helweg. Squarish octavo. 123pp. A hint bumped at the spine ends else fine in near fine dust jacket with sunning to the spine and a few tiny nicks at the ends. Inscribed by the author: "For my old friend Ed Gillam, toastmaster! Best wishes, John M. Schealer." The second of three young adult novels featuring Zip-Zip, "the likable boy from Mars." In this book, Zip-Zip goes adventuring off to Venus with four Earth children in tow. The novel encompasses the then-cutting edge of modern technology including advances in rocketry and atomic propulsion. It seems impolite to note that Zip-Zip has a turnip-shaped head, and wears hot pants, but otherwise seems delightful. All three of the Zip-Zip books are very scarce in nice condition. From Berks County, Pennsylvania, the author graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Illustrated by Robert MacLean. Squarish octavo. 128pp. Fine in very good dust jacket with a few perimeter tears, and with sunning and a few creases at the spine. Inscribed by the author: "For my old friend Ed Gillam. You'll never get lost in the space age, Ed. John M. Schealer." The third of three young adult novels featuring Zip-Zip, "the likable boy from Mars." In this book Zip-Zip takes his four Earth friends on a pleasure trip to Mars, but a Civil War looms over the trip and they are forced to thwart the evildoers. The novel encompasses the then cutting edge of modern technology including advances in rocketry and atomic propulsion. It seems impolite to note that Zip-Zip has a turnip-shaped head, and wears hot pants, but he otherwise seems delightful. All three of the Zip-Zip books are very scarce in nice condition. From Berks County, Pennsylvania the author graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. Signed.…

Card covers. circa 300pp. Covers rubbed, pages browned, else Good.