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Stratemeyer Syndicate Boys' & Girls' Series + Horatio Alger:
ITEM 38 - Hardy Boys - Mystery of the Flying Express
SOLD ON SAT APRIL 22ND, FINAL BID PRICE: $326.00
THE HARDY BOYS: MYSTERY OF THE FLYING EXPRESS, 1970, cover
discoloration, signed.
Very good condition. Wear to bottom/top spine ends, tight binding as if unread or read little. Inscription by Stratemeyer Syndicate partner Andrew Svenson signing as "Franklin W. Dixon." Lists to Bombay Boomerang & the Detective Handbook on back cover. Inside back has a Chris Cool ad.
Appears to be first picture cover printing - check your Hardy & Hardy Investigations to verify.
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ITEM 62 - Ted Scott - Over the Ocean to Paris
MINIMUM BID: $30.00
TED SCOTT FLYING STORIES by Franklin W. Dixon, Grosset & Dunlap, red clothbound stained. 1927, later printing.
Book has library markings, Central School Library in Great Meadows, NJ. Acquired. Tear/crack to the glossy frontispiece. Inside back lists to Over the Jungle Trails. Page 117 has dog ear. Cover has some soil/moisture type marks.
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ITEM 65 - Tom Swift & Bobbsey Twins Misprint
SOLD ON SUN APRIL 23RD, FINAL BID PRICE: $45.00
TOM SWIFT (cover only) by Victor Appleton/BOBBSEY TWINS (text only) by Laura Lee Hope, Grosset & Dunlap, tan clothbound. The Bobbsey Twins at Home.
Misprint - the cover of Tom Swift and His Airship but with the Bobbsey Twins story At Home inside. Cocked. Pencil writing on the top of the cover. Has pencil price inside. Title page is loosening. Page 220-221 is cracking. Has glossy frontis/3 glossy illustrations inside. Stamp/writing inside front right ep. Back lists to Bobbsey Twins At Home and also on the Tom Swift listing lists to Big Tunnel.
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ITEM 66 - Richard Dare's Venture
MINIMUM BID: $35.00
BOUND TO SUCCEED SERIES by Edward Stratemeyer, Lee and Shepard Publishers (orig. The Merriam Company), red clothbound, reprint - RICHARD DARE’S VENTURE, 1901.
Hole on the front by the spine and back by the spine. Acquired book. Cracking eps and front coming loose inside. Back inside lists to Alaska for Gold.
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ITEM 69 - Sunny Boy - In the Country
MINIMUM BID: $20.00
SUNNY BOY IN THE COUNTRY, 1920. Sunny Boy by Ramy Allison White, Grosset & Dunlap (orig. Barse & Co.), orange hardcovers, reprint. Glossy frontispiece and plain paper illustrations within the story.
No DJ. Lots of soil, marks, page soil. Acquired. Inscription to John from Grandma. Cocked.
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ITEM 74 - Sunny Boy - In the Far West
MINIMUM BID: $20.00
SUNNY BOY IN THE FAR WEST, 1924. Sunny Boy by Ramy Allison White, Grosset & Dunlap (orig. Barse & Co.), orange hardcovers, reprint. Glossy frontispiece and plain paper illustrations within the story.
Acquired. Penciled price inside. Book has soil
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ITEM 85 - Horatio Alger Jr. - Ragged Dick
SOLD ON SAT APRIL 22ND, FINAL BID PRICE: $40.00
RAGGED DICK SERIES by Horatio Alger, Jr., Henry T. Coates & Co. (orig. A.K. Loring, 1868), green hardcover. Reprint.
RAGGED DICK, 1895. No DJ. Has a "My Soldier" stamp inside on the front endpaper - a save/buy war stamps stamp advert - an impression/some residue from this stamp is mirrored on the right front endpaper. Has a glossy frontispiece and a bound-in tissue paper over the title page. There are illustrations inside the book. Boards all have some soil/aging spots. Book was part of Nancy Axelrad's personal library in New Jersey. She and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams were awarded lifetime memberships in the Horatio Alger Society.
Throughout the book, there's a slight pull in the binding in spots but no major separation. Cocked.
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ITEM 86 - Horatio Alger Jr. - Fame and Fortune
MINIMUM BID: $35.00
RAGGED DICK SERIES by Horatio Alger, Jr., Henry T. Coates & Co. (orig. A.K. Loring, 1868), green hardcover. Reprint.
FAME AND FORTUNE, 1896. No DJ. Has a "My Soldier" stamp inside on the front endpaper - a save/buy war stamps stamp advert - an impression/some residue from this stamp is mirrored on the right front endpaper. Has a glossy frontispiece and a bound-in tissue paper over the title page. There are illustrations inside the book. Boards all have some soil/aging spots. Book was part of Nancy Axelrad's personal library in New Jersey. She and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams were awarded lifetime memberships in the Horatio Alger Society.
Throughout the book, there's a slight pull in the binding in spots but no major separation. Cocked. Soil inside.
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ITEM 87 - Horatio Alger Jr. - Mark the Match Boy
MINIMUM BID: $35.00
RAGGED DICK SERIES by Horatio Alger, Jr., Henry T. Coates & Co. (orig. A.K. Loring, 1868), green hardcover. Reprint.
MARK THE MATCH BOY, 1897. No DJ. Has a "My Soldier" stamp inside on the front endpaper - a save/buy war stamps stamp advert - an impression/some residue from this stamp is mirrored on the right front endpaper. Has a glossy frontispiece and a bound-in tissue paper over the title page. There are illustrations inside the book. Boards all have some soil/aging spots. Book was part of Nancy Axelrad's personal library in New Jersey. She and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams were awarded lifetime memberships in the Horatio Alger Society.
Top page edges near back--few pages have nicks in one spot. Soil. Cocked. Eps cracking a front.
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ITEM 88 - Horatio Alger Jr. - Rough and Ready
SOLD ON SAT APRIL 22ND, FINAL BID PRICE: $40.00
RAGGED DICK SERIES by Horatio Alger, Jr., Henry T. Coates & Co. (orig. A.K. Loring, 1868), green hardcover. Reprint.
ROUGH AND READY, 1897. No DJ. Has a "My Soldier" stamp inside on the front endpaper - a save/buy war stamps stamp advert - an impression/some residue from this stamp is mirrored on the right front endpaper. Has a glossy frontispiece and a bound-in tissue paper over the title page. There are illustrations inside the book. Boards all have some soil/aging spots. Book was part of Nancy Axelrad's personal library in New Jersey. She and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams were awarded lifetime memberships in the Horatio Alger Society.
Throughout the book, there's a slight pull in the binding in spots but no major separation. Cocked.
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ITEM 89 - Horatio Alger Jr. - Ben the Luggage Boy
MINIMUM BID: $35.00
RAGGED DICK SERIES by Horatio Alger, Jr., Henry T. Coates & Co. (orig. A.K. Loring, 1868), green hardcover. Reprint.
BEN THE LUGGAGE BOY, 1898. No DJ. Has a "My Soldier" stamp inside on the front endpaper - a save/buy war stamps stamp advert - an impression/some residue from this stamp is mirrored on the right front endpaper. Has a glossy frontispiece and a bound-in tissue paper over the title page. There are illustrations inside the book. Boards all have some soil/aging spots. Book was part of Nancy Axelrad's personal library in New Jersey. She and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams were awarded lifetime memberships in the Horatio Alger Society.
Throughout the book, there's a slight pull in the binding in spots but no major separation. Cocked. Mark up/down on the right edge of the cover. Small white spot on back cover.
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ITEM 90 - Horatio Alger Jr. - Rufus and Rose
MINIMUM BID: $35.00
RAGGED DICK SERIES by Horatio Alger, Jr., Henry T. Coates & Co. (orig. A.K. Loring, 1868), green hardcover. Reprint.
RUFUS AND ROSE, 1898. No DJ. Has a "My Soldier" stamp inside on the front endpaper - a save/buy war stamps stamp advert - an impression/some residue from this stamp is mirrored on the right front endpaper. Has a glossy frontispiece and a bound-in tissue paper over the title page. There are illustrations inside the book. Boards all have some soil/aging spots. Book was part of Nancy Axelrad's personal library in New Jersey. She and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams were awarded lifetime memberships in the Horatio Alger Society.
Throughout the book, there's a slight pull in the binding in spots but no major separation. Cocked. Cover spots more pronounced on this volume.
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