Wings Over Wonder Island por Strong, Paschal N - 1940

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1940. Book. Illus. by Monte Crews, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1940. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Monte Crews, Illustrator. Stated First Edition in scarce original unclipped dust jacket. Pale orange cloth boards with deep orange plane and island decoration on cover, deep orange spine with airplane decoration, lighter orange lettering. Very light soiling. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean beautifully illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated title page. Illustrations by Monte Crews. 263 pages. Dust jacket is quite clean (a little water marking to inside front flap edges) , not price clipped (2.00 on front inside flap), has slight edge wear, short closed edge tears, a few tiny edge chips; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Written for boys, this story is alive with action and scientific adventure. On a small, piney island off the coast of Maine, the students of Cosmos Tech--less than a hundred hand-picked specialists--are experimenting along the boldest frontiers of science. A highly collectible young people's book in very scarce original dust jacket..