Finely woven tan cloth binding front and spine in black and red front has oval with title and four pictures at each comer, called “The Four Square” or “Quad” design.Volumes #1 – #20, including first printings #1 – #20.Tom Swift Book Formats (First edition identification) These are sentence constructions in which new adverbs were formed from verbs, such as “Tom said soothingly” and other clever wording such as “Tom Swift® quickly hurried to the engine room.” ( Undersea Search) Garis had fun creating these witticisms, as well as the hair-raising situations in which Tom found himself. Victor Appleton, the Stratemeyer name for the author of the books, used more and more “Tom Swifties” as the series progressed. It is believed that the actual writer of the original thirty-eight volumes in the series was Howard R. He had his share of problems also, but with invention and wit escaped from peril and disaster, whether it was a quick save with his motorcycle, his adeptness at handling a motorboat, or his expertise with flying machines.Įdward Stratemeyer’s book-writing syndicate was firmly in place by the time he developed the series about a boy inventor. Tom Swift had many interesting adventures. (The Bobbsey Twins books seemed to be set here also.) Dave Porter and the Rover Boys did get as far away from home as the South Seas and Africa but Tom went under the land, under the seas, and info the skies. Tom Swift of the first series (1910 to 1941) was a teenage boy who had a tremendous knowledge of scientific development and invention based on personal observation and experimentation. There are five distinct sets of Tom Swift books.
The series lasted essentially from 1910 until the mid-1990s, rivaling the Bobbsey Twins for longevity. Tom Swift is one of Edward Stratemeyer’s most famous inventions. Tom Swift and his Sky Train (#34) – Victor Appleton
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