Tom Fairfield's School Days

Stock Code:
BAE5062
Price:
$45.00

Description

Tom Fairfield's School Days Or The Chums of Elmwood Hall by Allen Chapman. No 1 of the Tom Fairfield Series.'Chapter 1. Tom hears strange news: “Hi, Tom, give us a ride in your boat; will you?” “Take us across to the other side of the river.” The request and the suggestion came from two lads who were walking toward a small boathouse, on the edge of a rather wide river. The youth to whom they spoke looked up from a small motorboat, the engine of which he was cleaning. “What do you want to go over to the other side of the river for, Dick Jones?” asked Tom Fairfield, of the lad who had made that suggestion. “Got to go on an errand for dad, and it’s too far to walk away around by the bridge. Take me over, will you?” “I will if I can get this engine to run.” “What’s the matter with it?” asked Will Bennett, the companion of Dick Jones. The two were chums, and friends of Tom Fairfield, all of them living in the village of Briartown. Tom, whose parents were quite well off, had recently[2] bought a motorboat, not very large, but of sufficient size to enable him to take out several of his chums. “What’s the matter with the engine?” asked Will again, as he and his chum walked out on the small dock, at the end of which the motorboat was made fast. “Matter with it? What isn’t the matter with it?” asked Tom in some disgust. “The cylinder is flooded with oil, that’s what’s the matter, and I don’t know how many more things I’ll find wrong before I get through. It’s all that Dent Wilcox’s fault.” “How’s that?” asked Dick, as he and his chum watched Tom trying to drain some of the lubricating oil out through a small valve." The book has much wear with bumps to the corners and light stains on the covers. There is age staining down the page edges and a couple of small 'worm holes' into the side of the spine - but no apparent attraction to the book pages. The colour on the covers and spine is lightly faded but still noticeable with the black highlights. The book has a pasted in award certificate dated 1921 - but remains tight and bright with noted faults. A scarce edition.

Details

  • Author:
    Chapman, Allen
  • Book Condition:
    Good
  • Publisher:
    Cupples & Leon Company NY
  • Edition:
    Possible First
  • Jacket Condition:
    None
  • Binding:
    Pictorial Hard Cover
  • Location:
    CB5
  • Size:
    12mo
  • Pages:
    206 + adds
  • Publish Date:
    1913
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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