Ted Scott, The Search for the Lost Flyers, Original Dust Jacket, 1928

Description: Ted Scott, The Search for the Lost Flyers, Original DustJacket, Air Adventures from 1928! Excellent condition for the serious collector, this book istight and clean and hardly looks to have been read. Ted Scott, The Search forthe Lost Flyers was published in 1928. This copy was actually printed in 1930(see paragraph below about dating series books). At 89 years old it iswonderfully preserved! The dust jacket is beautiful and carefully preserved inan archival sleeve. Study the photographs I have taken to judge the conditionfor yourself. Thank you for taking a look at my book auctions! This series was created by Edward Stratemeyer who wasinspired by Charles Lindberg’s solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927.Stratemeyer of course is behind a huge number of boy’s adventure books from theearly part of the last century. He would have conceived the series and outlinedthis story before handing it to one of the many writers that worked for theStratemeyer Syndicate. The author’s name on this book (a pen name) is the sameas the more famous Hardy Boys series, “Franklin W. Dixon.” I collected Series Books from the time I was a teenager onthe mid 1960s until the late 1990s. At that time, I turned my attention to thepulp lit of the late 1800s (Dime Novels, Story Papers). At this point I realizethat I just have too much stuff, so even though I have enjoyed having walls ofthese books filling my office at home, I think it’s time they found new homes.So, I will be gradually selling off around 500 Stratemeyer and StratemeyerSyndicate books from the 1890s to the 1920s, some quite scarce. I hope you findyour next treasure among these that I will offer! As you may know, the way to establish (as close as possible)the actual printing date for one of these books is to study the ads in themwhere other titles are listed. The copyright date tells when the book was firstpublished, and by noting which other titles are listed on the dust jacket andin the book, the latest title listed will usually tell what year the book wasprinted. For instance, a Tom Swift book might be copyrighted in 1912 and have abeautiful color dust jacket. However, those color jackets were first used in1922, and if the most recent Tom Swift title listed on the dust jacket and inthe back of the book was copyrighted in 1926, this particular copy was printedin 1926. I use the Mattson and Davis Collector’s Guide to Hard Cover Boys’ SeriesBooks as a primary reference, and several other references to supplement asneeded to try to be as accurate as possible in my descriptions. I will ship to the continental US only, thank you. Thanks again and I look forward to shipping it to you!

Price: 18 USD

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina

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