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The Tom Swift Series
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap.
Place: New York, United States. Date: 1910- .
Tom Swift and His Talking Pictures; or, The Greatest Invention on Record
by Victor Appleton (pseudonym of Howard R. Garis)
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930 (The Tom Swift Series, 31).
Hardback with pictorial dust jacket with Tom's portrait to jacket spine (in blue and red ink). Glossy frontispiece illustration. Illustrations by W. J. Rogers. Size: Octavo. 218 pages.
THE TOM SWIFT SERIES (GROSSET & DUNLAP)
Series Note: This was a series of American juvenile science fiction and adventure novels that emphasized science, invention, and technology. The books in the series were evidently inspired by the achievements of inventors, entrepreneurs and aviation and motoring pioneers such Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Glenn Curtiss and Alberto Santos-Dumont. In the titles listed on this page the main character, Tom Swift, is an adventurous and inventive teenager who loves inventing gadgets, solving problems and mysteries, and involving himself in feats of exploration and rescue.
This series was written by Victor Appleton, who was actually the collective pseudonym of various writers (for example, Howard R. Garis) employed by the book packaging company, the Statemeyer Syndicate. The books were first published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York. Some of the titles were later reprinted by Whitman Publishing Co., Racine, Wisconsin.
Over the years the titles in this series have been translated into many languages and have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.
Serial Number / Title / Year of Publication
1.
Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle
1910
2.
Tom Swift and His Motor Boat
1910
3.
Tom Swift and His Airship
1910
4.
Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat
1910
5.
Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout
1910
6.
Tom Swift and His Wireless Message
1911
7.
Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers
1911
8.
Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice
1911
9.
Tom Swift and His Sky Racer
1911
10.
Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle
1911
11.
Tom Swift In the City of Gold
1912
12.
Tom Swift and His Air Glider
1912
13.
Tom Swift in Captivity
1912
14.
Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera
1912
15.
Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight
1912
16.
Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon
1913
17.
Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone
1914
18.
Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship
1915
19.
Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel
1916
20.
Tom Swift In the Land of Wonders
1917
21.
Tom Swift and His War Tank
1918
22.
Tom Swift and His Air Scout
1919
23.
Tom Swift and His Undersea Search
1920
24.
Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters
1921
25.
Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive
1922
26.
Tom Swift and His Flying Boat
1923
27.
Tom Swift and His Great Oil Gusher
1924
28.
Tom Swift and His Chest of Secrets
1925
29.
Tom Swift and his Airline Express
1926
30.
Tom Swift Circling the Globe
1927
31.
Tom Swift and His Talking Pictures
1928
32.
Tom Swift and his House on Wheels
1929
33.
Tom Swift and His Big Dirigible
1930
34.
Tom Swift and His Sky Train
1931
35.
Tom Swift and His Giant Magnet
1932
36.
Tom Swift and His Television Detector
1933
37.
Tom Swift and His Ocean Airport
1934
38.
Tom Swift and His Planet Stone
1935
39.
Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope
1939
40.
Tom Swift and His Magnetic Silencer
1941
Author: David Paul Wagner