William Heyliger; Bert Salg [illus.]

Jerry Hicks Series [Four Volumes, Complete]: Yours Truly, Jerry Hicks; Jerry Hicks Ghost Hunter; Jerry Hicks and His Gang; Jerry Hicks, Explorer

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, Publishers, ca. 1929-1930. Very Good / Very Good. Item #13542

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, Publishers, [ca. 1929-1930]. Mixed printings with first three volumes' dust jacket versos listing titles up to Jerry Hicks and His Gang, and final volume listing up to Explorer. Four octavo volumes. Four black and white plates, including frontispieces, to each volume, all by Salg. Illustrated dust jackets. Olive green cloth with black lettering to spine and orange lettering outlined in black to front.

Dust jackets chipped along edges (Ghost Hunter with most pronounced chipping) with some creasing and rubbing, and Explorer with neat but amateur tape mending to verso. Boards moderately worn along edges and bindings sound. Inscriptions from previous owners to preliminaries, but otherwise pages unmarked.

A fifth volume titled Jerry Hicks and the Lucky Rabbit's Foot was planned but never published. Scarce complete and with jackets.

[Mattson & Davis 34200].

Price: $400.00