Author: II, VICTOR APPLETON
Title: Tom Swift in the Race to the Moon
Description: New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1958. Hardcover. Illustrated by Graham Kaye. The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures, Series No. 12 Series; 7.4 X 5.1 X 0.8 inches; 180 pages; This is #12 in the 2s Tom Swift series. Hard cover is blue cloth with dark blue lettering on front and spine. Slight rubbing, bumping to boards. Top edge blue. Blue and white monochrome endpapers. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. B/w illustrations. DJ has some scuffing, rubbing, bumping, edge wear, in a mylar cover. 'SPEED--AND MORE SPEED--go into the mammoth project of completing Tom Swift Jr.' s newest type of spaceship. It is a race against time and the stakes are high. First, Tom's foreign enemies appear ready to launch a manned moon rocket of their own. Second, the young inventor's friends on another planet propose a rendezvous in outer space, in the desperate hope that Tom and his scientist associates can help them conquer the unknown disease that threatens life on their planet.'. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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