10 Tom Swift Series Books by Victor Appleton

Updated August 25, 2026

A collection of ten vintage Tom Swift series books by Victor Appleton, published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York. These early 20th-century printings feature tan cloth bindings with characteristic red and black pictorial stamped designs onthe front covers and spines, utilizing the quadrant vignette cover art style. Titles included in the set are Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers, Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, Tom Swift and His Wireless Message (Subtitle: Or, TheCastaways of Earthquake Island), Tom Swift and His Airship, Tom Swift and His Motor Boat, Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice (Subtitle: Or, The Wreck of the Airship), Tom Swift and His Sky Racer (Subtitle: Or, The Quickest Flight on Record),Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle (Subtitle: Or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land), Tom Swift in the City of Gold (Subtitle: Or, Marvelous Adventures Underground), and Tom Swift and His Air Glider (Subtitle: Or, Seeking the PlatinumOverall Fair to Good condition, showing typical signs of age and use common in juvenile literature of this period. Bindings exhibit heavy shelf wear, with rubbing and fraying at the head and foot of the spines. Corners are bumped and rubbed through t

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