Castaways of the Stratosphere Or Hunting the Vanished Balloonists
Grosset & Dunlap, 1935. Clemens Gretta. First edition. Hardcover.
Tan binding with title, author name and airplane in blue and illustrated endpapers. First edition. No former owner or other marks. Pages are lightly age-toned but not brown or brittle. Boards show minor bumping to corner tips. . Strong hinges and straight spine. Full-page black and white frontis. Ad for this series lists the Ted Scott books up to Battling the Wind [1933], ad for Hardy Boys lists 12 titles, up to Footprints Under the Window. Very good condition.
Dust jacket is not price clipped (50 cents)and colors are vibrant. It shows tears to the cornertips, a chunk out of upper spine edge, chips and tears to spine edges, a few long creases to front upper edge, small chips to same, 1" closed tear to same, 1" closed tear to rear lower edge, and a couple of smaller closed tears to rear upper edge. Good only. Comes in a removable plastic cover.
Interior flap lists Ted Scott stories through Brushing the Mountain Top (1934) and rear interior flap lists Air Combat Stories through Flying Black Birds [1932]. Rear panel lists 13 Hardy Boys titles through The Mark on the Door [1934].
Very good / Good. Item #340Price: $115.00