VTG TOM SWIFT AND HIS FLYING LAB 1954 Victor Appleton II HC DJ 1st Vol. The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures. 100100 100-150. Illustrated By Graham Kaye. 208 Pages. 7 1/2” x 5 1/4”. Used. Condition Is “Very Good”. Paper Dust Jacket Does Have Some Rips And Smaller Tears To Bottom. Looks Like Some Tape was Applied On Inside But Over Time Has Yellowed And Come Undone. I may Apply Some Tape To Prevent Further Damage. See Pics. There Are Some Light Mildew Stains On Very Edge Of Jacket Where Book Closed And Slight Oxidation On Inside Cover. Hard Cover Is In Great Condition With Slight Discoloring Along Edges. Book And Pages Structurally Are In Near Excellent Condition. Shipped Via USPS Media Mail. 1239

I Love Books Like This From The 50 & 60s. I Very Much Would Have Wanted To Read These If Was A Teen During The Time. Cool Dust Jacket Design And Illustrations Although Not A lot. This Would Definitely Be A Cool Series To Be A Collector Of With There Being 33 Novels:

Tom Swift Jr. is the central character in a series of 33 science fiction adventure novels for male adolescents, following in the tradition of the earlier Tom Swift ("Senior") novels. The series was titled The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures

Victor Appleton II's most popular book is Tom Swift and His Flying Lab

“A product of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the 33 volume Tom Swift Jr. series was published by Grosset & Dunlap from 1954 to 1971 with a Tom Swift Jr. Activity Book published in 1978 by the Elephant Books division of Grosset & Dunlap.

For the Tom Swift Jr. series the books were outlined mostly by Harriet (Stratemeyer) Adams,[1] head of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, attributed to the pseudonymous Victor Appleton II, and published in hardcover by Grosset & Dunlap. Most of the books (Titles #5-#7 and #9-#30) were written by James Duncan Lawrence, who had an interest in science and technology and was faithful to the canon of the previous Tom Swift series

In this series, presented as an extension and continuation of the first, the Tom Swift of the original series is now the CEO of Swift Enterprises, a four-mile-square enclosed facility where inventions are conceived and manufactured. Tom's son, Tom Swift Jr., is now the primary inventive genius of the family. Stratemeyer Syndicate employee Andrew Svenson described the new series as based "on scientific fact and probability, whereas the old Toms were in the main adventure stories mixed with pseudo-science". Three PhDs in science were hired as consultants to the series to ensure scientific accuracy. The younger Tom does not tinker with motorcycles; his inventions and adventures extend from deep within the Earth (in Tom Swift and His Atomic Earth Blaster [1954]) to the bottom of the ocean (in Tom Swift and His Diving Seacopter [1956]) to the Moon (in Tom Swift in the Race to the Moon [1958]) and, eventually, the outer Solar System (in Tom Swift and His Cosmotron Express [1970]). Later volumes of the series increasingly emphasized the extraterrestrial "space friends", as they are termed throughout the series. The beings appear as early as the first volume of the series, Tom Swift and His Flying Lab (1954). The Tom Swift Jr., Adventures were less commercially successful than the first series, selling 6 million copies total, compared with sales of 14 million copies for the first series.

In contrast to the earlier series, many of Tom Jr.'s inventions are designed to operate in space, and his "genius is unequivocally original as he constructs nuclear-powered flying labs, establishes outposts in space, or designs ways to sail in space on cosmic rays". Unlike his father, Tom Jr. is not just a tinkerer; he relies on scientific and mathematical theories, and, according to critic Robert Von der Osten, "science [in the books] is, in fact, understood to be a set of theories that are developed based on experimentation and scientific discussion. Rather than being opposed to technological advances, such a theoretical understanding becomes essential to invention."

Tom Swift Jr.'s Cold War-era adventures and inventions are often motivated by patriotism, as Tom repeatedly defeats the evil agents of the fictional nations "Kranjovia" and "Brungaria", the latter a place that critic Francis Molson describes as "a vaguely Eastern European country, which is strongly opposed to the Swifts and the U.S. Hence, the Swifts' opposition to and competition with the Brungarians is both personal and patriotic."

Volumes 1-17 were issued in a blue tweed paper binding with full color dust jackets. In 1961 the change over to picture cover books was made. Volume 18 (Electronic Hydrolung) was issued in a wrap picture cover and the previous volumes (1-17) were issued in a blue spine picture cover. Starting in 1962 with Volume #19 all volumes were issued in a yellow spine picture cover and the blue & wrap spine editions discontinued. All 33 volumes can be found in this style of binding.”

Tom Swift Jr. #1; also an inventor, like his father, and who, with his friend Bud Barclay, 'builds a flying lab in which he goes all over the world helping solve plots that would bring harm to the United States'

The character of Tom Swift was conceived in 1910 by Edward Stratemeyer, founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a book-packaging company.

“Tom Swift and His Flying Lab - 1954

Formats: DJ, Blue Spine PC, Yellow Spine PC, Paperback

Author: William Dougherty

Illustrator: Graham Kaye

This brand new series of adventures for boys introduces Tom Swift Jr., son of the famous inventor of a generation ago. Young Tom is now an inventor in his own right. As an associate in his father's great enterprise at Shopton, his brilliant mind is seething with the inventive genius that will make him even better known than his father.

In this first exciting book of the new TOM SWIFT JR. series, Tom's gigantic flying laboratory will carry you faster than sound into a thrilling struggle against a gang of international enemies. Tom must overcome the scheming of this game as well as terrific mechanical problems to build his fabulous aircraft, which will soar straight up from the ground, fly at supersonic speeds, and carry scout planes in it's own hanger.

When the Sky Queen is completed, Tom and his friend Bud Barclay take off for South America where the same enemies are seeking to gain control of a mountain of uranium. The tense action of their adventures fills every chapter.

Each scientific detail of this fascinating story has been carefully checked. Tom Swift's inventions may be years ahead of the time, just as his father's were in their time, but they are all plausible and some day you may see them in use.”