Tom Swift and His Planet Stone Victor Appleton 1935 First Edition First Printing Good Hardcover

Tom Swift and His Planet Stone — Victor Appleton
Grosset & Dunlap, 1935. First edition. First printing.

Copyright 1935, Grosset & Dunlap, Inc. — the true first publisher of this, the final original-series Tom Swift title

Condition: Good (complete and serviceable, visible wear).
Noted flaws, plainly:
• heavy rubbing and wear to cloth, front board (photo 1)
• spine sunned/darkened, frayed at head and tail with cloth loss (photos 9, 10)
• cracked/tender hinges, text block shaken (photos 8, 11)
• chipping and tears to fore-edge of frontispiece/title leaf (photo 4)
• toning and scattered foxing throughout (photos 3, 5, 6)
• embossed ownership blind-stamp, copyright and title leaves (photos 3, 5)
• pencil number '52' at top corner of endpaper (photo 2)
Photos show the exact copy you will receive.

Printing points, checked on this copy:
• Copyright 1935, Grosset & Dunlap, Inc. — the true first publisher of this, the final original-series Tom Swift title
• Title page: Grosset & Dunlap, New York; illustrated by Nat Falk
• Frontispiece "LOOK, NED, LOOK..." facing title, referenced to Page 139
• Rear ad list "THE TOM SWIFT SERIES" ends with Giant Magnet / Television Detector; Planet Stone itself not listed, consistent with early state
• Orange cloth boards, futuristic-transport pictorial endpapers
• Embossed ownership blind-stamp on copyright and title leaf (Paducah, Kentucky)

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