Great Marvel Series

Written by Roy Rockwood (Stratemeyer Syndicate Pseudonym)

Artists: Charles Nuttall; G.M. Kizer; Ernest Townsend; Ed Whittemore; C. Richard Shaare

9 Volumes (1906 to 1935)

 

 

1             Through the Air to the North Pole                                                 1906

The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch

2             Under the Ocean to the South Pole                                              1907

The Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder

3             Five Thousand Miles Underground                                              1908

The Mystery of the Center of the Earth

4             Through Space to Mars                                                                   1910

The Most Wonderful Trip on Record

5             Lost on the Moon                                                                              1911

In Quest of the Field of Diamonds

6             On a Torn-Away World                                                                     1913

Captives of the Great Earthquake

7             The City Beyond the Clouds                                                          1925

Captured by the Red Dwarfs

8             By Air Express to Venus                                                                 1929

Captives of a Strange People

9             By Space Ship to Saturn                                                                 1935

Exploring the Ringed Planet

 

NOT ALL FORMATS COMPLETE PAGE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Format 1: (Volumes 1 to 5) – Published by Cupples & Leon (C&L) circa 1906-11

Various Colors Cloth Binding & Lettering on front and spine.    Cover illustration.

Endpages and Edgecoloring are plain white.

Illustrations include a Frontispiece and three internals on glossy coated paper.

Dustjacket is Uncoated Terra-Cotta Paper.  Pictorial line drawing matching front cover different for each book.

 

Format 2: (Volumes 1 to 6) – Published by Cupples & Leon (C&L) circa 1912-13

Various Colors Cloth Binding & Lettering on front and spine.    Cover illustration.

Endpages and Edgecoloring are plain white.

Illustrations include a Frontispiece and three internals on glossy coated paper.

Dustjacket is White Coated Paper.  Pictorial line drawing matching front cover different for each book.

 

Format 3: (Volumes 1 to 8) – Published by Cupples & Leon (C&L) circa 1914-29

Various Colors Cloth Binding & Lettering on front and spine.    Cover illustration in black.

Endpages and Edgecoloring are plain white.

Illustrations include a Frontispiece only on glossy coated paper.

Dustjacket is White Coated Paper.  Pictorial full-color drawing matching front cover different for each book.

 

Format 4: (Volumes 1 to 9) – Published by Cupples & Leon (C&L) circa 1935

Yellow Cloth Textured Binding with Black Lettering on front and spine.    Cover illustration of young jungle boy in animal skins.

Decorated Endpages.  Edgecoloring is plain white.

Illustrations include a Frontispiece only on plain paper.

Dustjacket is White Coated paper Wrap Spine. Front scene of boy leaping over hippopatumus in jungle river.  Same for all books.

 

Format 5: (Volumes 3 to 6, 8 & 9) – Published by Whitman Publishing

Green-Blue Cloth Binding with Black Lettering on front and spine.    Cover illustration of young jungle boy fighting jaguar.

Decorated Pictorial Endpages.  Edgecoloring is plain white.

Illustrations include a Frontispiece only on plain paper.

Dustjacket is White Coated paper Wrap Spine. Front scene of boy leaping over hippopatumus in jungle river.  Same for all books.

 

 

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