Author: FORREST, HAL
Title: Tailspin Tommy and the Sky Bandits, (Big Little Book) Based on the Famous Adventure Strip
Description: Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. Man skydiving out of airplane on cover. Some rubs to edges and corners dented. Contents clean and tight, no marks. The Big Little Books, first published during 1932 by the Whitman Publishing Company of Racine, Wisconsin, were small, compact books designed with a captioned illustration opposite each page of text. Other publishers, notably Saalfield, adopted this format after Whitman achieved success with its early titles. Stories were often related to radio programs (The Shadow), comic strips (The Gumps), children's books (Uncle Wiggily), novels (John Carter of Mars) and movies (Bambi). Later books of the series had interior color illustrations.The name changed to Better Little Books during 1938, the series continued into the 1960s". Item now in archival sleeve to preserve and protect condition. Our photo's/scans are of the actual item being sold, not a borrowed image! We provide tracking and ship daily or next business day!; Vol. 1454; Illustrated; 64mo 3" - 4½" tall; 425 pages. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .

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