I've been collecting Ken Holt since 1972 when you could still buy them new at the book stores! Back then the following came in Picture Cover: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6,...
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I was just looking at the first pages to both the Wanderer version and Carousel version of Tom Swift Terror On The Moons of Jupiter, and I noticed that the...
Well " 6 feet " would not be a correct term in Europe, so that change makes sense. They may have dropped the "Swift" for "Tom Swift yelled' just because it...
I just received today an Ebay auction that I won for Tom Swift and his Giant Telescope. And, boy , is the book punny or what???? I thought, from what I had...
Ah, gee I guess you have never seen these "Big Little Books" & "Better Little Books" before. There are many of them, two are Tom Swifts. There is a whole...
... his Giant Telescope. And, boy , is the book punny or what???? I thought, from what I had read, the book would maybe be a little bit smaller than a Tom...
Well, considering that I wasn't around till the mid-1980's, and from Wikipedia has on Whitman/Western Publishing, I sort of missed that whole Whitman phase....
... As you know, the copyright dates for the two Tom Swift Better Little Books were 1939 and 1941 for Giant Telescope and Magnetic Silencer, respectively. In ...
... and ... only ... Puny ... art" ... grew ... and ... Well, I sort of used the word puny since the whole book fit into one of my hands with room to spare....
http://www.npr.org/blogs/incharacter/ NPR has an ongoing series on fictional characters. I stumbled into it Yestiday, when they did 'classic Juveniles' ...
Hi all, I am trying to organize my collection(s) of books and noticed a slight variation in the font style abd size on some of the books. Is there anything to...
... There are several places where changes can occur. Are you describing text on the front panel of the jacket (perhaps the two-color versions)? If so, there...
James Speaking of DJ for the Tom Swift Sr. series, how rare is it to find a copy of "Tom Swift and His War Tank", full color dj, but the inside hardcover is...
... The first 35 Tom Swifts (Motor Cycle-1910 through Giant Magnet-1932) were initially issued in some form of tan cloth with the quadrant design and blank ...
... format over ... them all in ... few ... Many collectors (myself included) are happy just to have a complete set even without DJs! :) I have to agree with...
Thanks for the info James. I was trying to use "rare" in a more inquisitive sense than saying "scarce" since I consider anything "scarce" to be harder to find...
... The sense you are applying to "scarce" and "rare" is inconsistent what that used by most antiquarian booksellers. The word "rare" is very popular in eBay ...
I have been following the discussion on scanning issues of BluePrint into this group. Has this started? If so, can you provide details on how to view them?...
... edition of Tom Swift and The Galaxy Ghosts? It's clearly been rebound, most likely for library use. This would diminish it's value considerably. I've seen...
The U.S. Citizens Advisory Stamp Committee that decides commorative stamps. Is considering a Edward Stratemeyer stamp! Dr. Edson Andre' Johnson D.D. ...
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Here is the address(All backers of a commorative stamp proposal have to submit in writing by snail mail) Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee,C/OStamp Development...
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Well it looks like the Applewood reprints are being released in a box set now. It's available for pre-order on amazon and looks like it's going to be released...
Chapters.ca has had the same item on their website since last November. Trevor> 1. Applewood reprints> Posted by: "Chris Pepin" cpepin1@... cpepin1976>...
Hello One and All, Think of the possibility of one day using such a robot glider to explore the seas of Europa or the Asteroid Ceres and the other ocean worlds...
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