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First edition

Tom Swift and His Planet Stone

Victor Appleton
Grosset & Dunlap, 1935. First edition. First printing.
$350One copy · this copy
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What we checked, and where to see itRCB-aaca397d62a2 · 12 photographs of this copy
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Copyright 1935, Grosset & Dunlap, Inc. — the true first publisher of this, the final original-series Tom Swift title
examined on the copy in hand
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Title page: Grosset & Dunlap, New York; illustrated by Nat Falk
examined on the copy in hand
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Frontispiece "LOOK, NED, LOOK..." facing title, referenced to Page 139
examined on the copy in hand
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Rear ad list "THE TOM SWIFT SERIES" ends with Giant Magnet / Television Detector; Planet Stone itself not listed, consistent with early state
examined on the copy in hand
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Orange cloth boards, futuristic-transport pictorial endpapers
examined on the copy in hand
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Embossed ownership blind-stamp on copyright and title leaf (Paducah, Kentucky)
examined on the copy in hand
Flaws, each one named
1
heavy rubbing and wear to cloth, front board
see it — photograph 1
2
spine sunned/darkened, frayed at head and tail with cloth loss
see it — photograph 9
3
cracked/tender hinges, text block shaken
see it — photograph 8
4
chipping and tears to fore-edge of frontispiece/title leaf
see it — photograph 4
5
toning and scattered foxing throughout
see it — photograph 3
6
embossed ownership blind-stamp, copyright and title leaves
see it — photograph 3
7
pencil number '52' at top corner of endpaper
see it — photograph 2
This copy
First edition

What a true first shows: Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1935, orange cloth

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

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.