Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:19:51 -0500
From: Ted White <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Washington Antiquarian Book Fair
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Mike B. wrote:

>  At 3/5/2006 02:16 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
>
> > I bought a 1912 Tom Swift hardback for $12.
>
>  I've never seen one of those. When I was a kid I read all of the Tom
>  Swift Jr. books...between my brother and I we had all of them (long
>  since donated to libraries). When I was in my late teens I tried to
>  revisit them and read the first two again...mistake. The memories
>  were much better than the books, so I quit re-reading them.

Then you'd never want to read any in the original series.  Tom Swift was
produced by the Edward Stratemeyer syndicate, but many of the original
books were actually written by Howard R. Garris, the author of the
"Uncle Wiggley" books.  Uncle Wiggley was always going "Bless my
whiskers," and a character in Tom Swift had a similar saying.

$12 is a lot for a book which originally sold for less than a dollar and
was published in mass quantities.  If you want more of them, Keith, I
have several I'd be happy to sell you for that price.

--Ted White