The Outdoor Chums, Original Dust Jacket, Stratemeyer rarity from 1911 !

Description: The Outdoor Chums, Original Dust Jacket, Camping Adventuresfrom 1911 ! Excellent condition for the serious collector, this book is tight and clean. The Outdoor Chums was published in 1911 and was the first book in a series of eight. This copy was actually printed in 1916 (see paragraph below about dating series books). It has the first type line drawing dust jacket in good condition. At 108 years old it is amazingly preserved! Study the photographs I have taken to judge the condition for yourself. Thank you for taking a look at my book auctions! This series was created by Edward Stratemeyer, who may be better known as the creator of the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and many others. He would have conceived the series and outlined this story before handing it to one of the many writers that worked for the Stratemeyer Syndicate.The author listed (a pen name) is "Captain Quincy Allen." I collected Series Books from the time I was a teenager in the mid 1960s until the late 1990s. At that time, I turned my attention to the pulp lit of the late 1800s (Dime Novels, Story Papers). At this point I realize that I just have too much stuff, so even though I have enjoyed having walls of these 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 Stratemeyer Syndicate books from the 1890s to the 1920s, some quite scarce. I hope you find your 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 them where other titles are listed. The copyright date tells when the book was first published, and by noting which other titles are listed on the dust jacket and in the book, the latest title listed will usually tell what year the book was printed. For instance, a Tom Swift book might be copyrighted in 1912 and have a beautiful 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 in the back of the book was copyrighted in 1926, this particular copy then was printed in 1926. I use the Mattson and Davis Collector’s Guide to Hard Cover Boys’ Series Books as a primary reference, and several other references to supplement as needed 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

End Time: 2024-08-11T00:04:40.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD