Tom Quest
Written by Fran Striker
Artists: Israel Doskow & E.H. Kuhlhoff
8 Volumes (1947 to 1955)
Brief Bibliography & Dustjacket Gallery [View]
1 The Sign of the Spiral 1947
2 The Telltale Scar 1947
3 The Clue of the Cypress Stump 1948
4 The Secret of the Lost Mesa 1949
5 The Hidden Stone Mystery 1950
6 The Secret of Thunder Mountain 1952
7 The Inca Luck Piece 1955
8 The Mystery of the Timber Giant 1955
Format 1: (Volumes 1 to 6) – Published by Grosset & Dunlap (G&D) circa 1947-52
Dark Red Textured Composition Binding with Black Lettering on front and Red Lettering on spine. Spiral emblem on cover.
Decorated Endpages and Dark Blue Edgecoloring.
Illustrations include a Frontispiece only on plain paper.
Dustjacket is White Coated paper with Wrap Spine and Spiral emblem. Pictorial drawings different for each title.
Format 2: (Volumes 1 to 6) – Published by Grosset & Dunlap (G&D) circa 1952-54
Red-Pink Textured Composition Binding with Black Lettering on front and Red Lettering on spine. Spiral emblem on cover.
Decorated Endpages and Dark Blue Edgecoloring.
Illustrations include a Frontispiece only on plain paper.
Dustjacket is White Coated paper with Wrap Spine and Spiral emblem. Pictorial drawings different for each title.
Format 3: (Volumes 1 to 8) – Published by Clover Books circa 1955
Glossy Pictorial Coated Cardboard with White Lettering on front and spine. Rounded spine.
Salmon Endpages.
Illustrations include a Frontispiece only on plain paper.
Pictorial drawings different for each title matching dustjacket illustrations.
Format 4: (Volumes 1 to 8) – Published by Clover Books circa 1955
Glossy Pictorial Coated Cardboard with White Lettering on front and spine. Squared spine.
White Endpages.
Illustrations include a Frontispiece only on plain paper.
Pictorial drawings different for each title matching dustjacket illustrations.
Fran Striker