CONDITION: The book is in great condition. The front cover looks almost new. The spine has a wrinkle down its length and a little fade; just a touch of wear at top and bottom of spine. No marks, names, writings of any sort. The hinges are not broken or split; the pages are not bent; the pages are clean; the binding is strong. The top edge is dyed green and in good condition; the side and bottom edges have slight age yellowing. These editions only came with one illustration page – this one is in great shape.
The dust jacket is a nice color copy of
an original from my personal collection. It is enclosed in a new Brodart
protective sleeve. Photos show details
of what book and jacket look like, so be sure to view them.
FOR COLLECTORS: The 1st edition of this title was printed by McClurg & Co. with a
single print run of 10,000 in 1924 (brown covers with dark brown
lettering). The unsold copies were remaindered by Grosset & Dunlap
(“G&D” appearing at base of spine; “McClurg” on title page) as a “mixed
edition”. It is easily identified with an orange cloth cover. Joe
Lukes' Bibliography of ERB titles published by Grosset & Dunlap identifies
16 additional G&D reprints from 1925 to 1937. G&D then reprinted
this 4 times between 1943-1945 as a cheaper wartime “Madison Square” edition.
There are at least 4 more G&D reprints from 1950 – 1967 as “Adventure
Stories for Boys” editions.
This book is the 12th G&D reprint as
evidenced by the frontispiece and the 33 ERB titles listed in the rear ad
pages. Print date is between 1932-1934.