Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Four Mid-20th

A Collection of Four Mid-20th Century Adventure Novels by Armstrong Sperry - A collection of four mid-20th century hardcover adventure novels by Armstrong Sperry, each featuring its original illustrated dust jacket. The lot includes: ”Storm Canvas” (copyright 1944, John C. Winston Company, stated First Edition, a ”Wartime Book” produced with paper conservation regulations); ”Lost Lagoon: a Pacific adventure” (copyright 1939, Doubleday & Company, Inc.); ”Hull-Down for Action” (copyright 1945, published 1946 by Doubleday & Company, Inc.); and ”Black Falcon” (copyright 1949, John C. Winston Company, a Seventh Printing from June 1959). Each book features colorful dust jacket art depicting nautical themes, pirates, or tropical scenes, with corresponding cloth bindings in shades of teal, blue, dark grey, and red, often with embossed imagery such as ships or gulls. Internal pages include black and white illustrations and decorative endpapers, such as colorful sailing ships for ”Storm Canvas” and jungle scenes for ”Lost Lagoon” and ”Hull-Down for Action.” All books were ”Printed in the United States of America.” Height: 8.5 inches (21.5 cm)