New Tom Swift Adventures Caves by Victor Appleton (14 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Reprint - flyleaf and rear jacket panel list through Tom Swift Jr. Book 9, Phantom Satellite. Contemporary baseball-themed comic laid in, sticker on front jacket flap, jacket edges rubbed with minor loss from corners. 1956 Hard Cover. 214 pp. Blue tweed boards, blue pictorial endpapers. Includes illustrations by Graham Kaye. "Tom Swift (in some versions Tom Swift, Jr.) is the name of the central character in five series, totaling over 100 volumes, of juvenile science fiction and adventure novels that emphasize science, invention, and technology. The character was created by Edward Stratemeyer, the founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a book-packaging firm, and his adventures have been written by a number of different ghostwriters over the years. Most of the books are published under the collective pseudonym Victor Appleton, although the 33 volumes of the second series use the pseudonym Victor Appleton II. The character first appeared in 1910 and has appeared in new titles as recently as 2007. Most of the various series focus on Tom's inventions, a number of which pre-date actual inventions. The character has been presented in different ways over the years, but in general the books portray science and technology as wholly beneficial in their effects, and the role of the inventor in society has been treated as admirable and heroic. The books have been translated into a number of languages and have sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Tom Swift has also been the subject of a board game and a television show, and development of a feature film was announced in 2008. A number of prominent figures, including Steve Wozniak and Isaac Asimov, have cited "Tom Swift" as an inspiration. Several inventions, including the taser, have been directly inspired by Tom's fictional inventions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Very good copy no DJ as issued, in pictorial boards, unmarked & clean showing light shelfwear and PON. Read descriptions carefully. Avoid GLASSFROGBOOKS, ERGODOBOOKS, MORE BOOKS, IRISH BOOKSELLERS, PRO QUO/BAYSIDE BOOKS, BOOKSPLEASE, RIA CHRISTIE, DISCOVER BOOKS, BOOKS2ANYWHERE, BOOKS EXPRESS, CHIRON MEDIA! These "Booksellers" have no books of their own. they buy honest booksellers' books, upcharge you and have no idea what the book is really like. Support your local and small bookstore owners!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. Reprint. Pictorial bds, Illus. endpapers. Names on illus. endpapers: Tom Swift's laboratory, light edgewear, a few pages w/ upturned dog-ears. Clean text. No dust jackert. With Graham Kaye artwork. 214 p. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1956 edition. No dust jacket. Illustrated cloth boards have some edge wear, bumped upper corners and spine ends, and some minor soiling. Binding is good. Page edges have some smudges and stains. A name in pen on backside of front endpaper. Pages are unmarked, with light toning. A few have creased corners. LO.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Kaye, Graham (illustrator). First Edition Later Printing. Very handsome copy of book #8 in the second Tom Swift YA series, which was comprised of 33 volumes written under the pseudonym Victor Appleton II. These are the blue tweed hardcover books with a plain frontispiece, internals, & endpapers by illustrator Graham Kaye. Orig. published in 1956, this is a slightly later printing, listing to Book #13 in front matter, #12 on back cover, & HB#37 on back cover. In 214 pages. Condition is VG+: very clean & bright, downgraded due to mild rubbing to extremities & bumped corners. Binding straight & strong, hinges intact. Pages creamy white, with a whisper of tanning to edges, else unmarked. The unclipped DJ is Good, with minor-moderate edgewear, including chipping at both ends of spine & corners sold clear tape repairs surround spin.; nicely protected in new 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 Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.66.

Hardcover. Condition: good. Tom Swift embarks on an adventure involving mysterious caves and a nuclear phenomenon.

Hardcover. Condition: good. Tom Swift embarks on an adventure involving eerie lights and mysterious caves, facing dangers along the way.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. First ediiton. This title last in list on rear panel of jacket as well as in list on verso of the half title. Blue "tweed' paper covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. 214 pp. Fine in dust jacket with some wrinklinand modest wear at the extremities.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book is in very good (light signs of wear, previous owners name inside front cover) condition with a very good (price clipped, wear and chipping at corners) dustjacket protected in a Brodart wrapper. An Attractive Copy! Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information, Thanks.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition (MAD 58600-8-1) - front flyleaf series list and rear jacket panel list through Caves of Nuclear Fire, rear jacket panel advertises His Diving Seacopter. Jacket corners lightly rubbed. 1956 Hard Cover. 214 pp. Color pictorial boards, blue pictorial endpapers. Includes illustrations by Graham Kaye. "Tom Swift (in some versions Tom Swift, Jr.) is the name of the central character in five series, totaling over 100 volumes, of juvenile science fiction and adventure novels that emphasize science, invention, and technology. The character was created by Edward Stratemeyer, the founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a book-packaging firm, and his adventures have been written by a number of different ghostwriters over the years. Most of the books are published under the collective pseudonym Victor Appleton, although the 33 volumes of the second series use the pseudonym Victor Appleton II. The character first appeared in 1910 and has appeared in new titles as recently as 2007. Most of the various series focus on Tom's inventions, a number of which pre-date actual inventions. The character has been presented in different ways over the years, but in general the books portray science and technology as wholly beneficial in their effects, and the role of the inventor in society has been treated as admirable and heroic. The books have been translated into a number of languages and have sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Tom Swift has also been the subject of a board game and a television show, and development of a feature film was announced in 2008. A number of prominent figures, including Steve Wozniak and Isaac Asimov, have cited "Tom Swift" as an inspiration. Several inventions, including the taser, have been directly inspired by Tom's fictional inventions.

hard cover, ex library, 5 1/8 x 7 5/8 x 6 inches, extra postage for priority mail, no international shipping, good + book condition, no dust jacket, juvenile fiction,

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Kaye, Graham (Illustration) (illustrator). Blue tweed boards, navy cover illustration, spine titles, moderate wear. Pages good. Lt. top discoloration first few pages. 214 pages. Few Maple Ridge Junior High School stamps. Adhesive residue inside front board. Solid copy. Printed in the united States of America. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Ten vols. 8vo. 208; 208; 208; 211, [1]; 210; 210; 214; 214; 214; 214 pp. Frontisp., numerous text illustrations. Blue tweed boards, blue lettering (minor shelfwear, rubbing, occasional wear to corners), w/ d.j.'s cover art by Kaye (occasional chipping to spines, minor creasing, edgewear), still a VG/VG bright uniform set. First editions, early printings of Nos. 1-10 in the New Tom Swift, Jr. science fiction series, listing to most frequently to No. 13 Solartron on versos of half-title, whereas most ads on back covers, list up to No. 12, with Cycloplane listing uniformly to itself, and first three only listing up to 5 titles. Harriet Adams re-launched the Tom Swift concept in 1954, based on the original series co-written by her father Edward Stratemeyer, and Howard Garis. Although she was heavily involved in rewriting the Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys titles removing some of the more offensive racial overtones of the original printings, they launched an entirely new science fiction series, drawing on three PhD scientific consultants, sparking the imaginations and efforts of Steve Wozniak of Apple Computer, Jack Cover who invented the Taser, and resonating with Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov.