THE LONE RANGER TRAPS THE SMUGGLERS; Written by FRAN STRIKER / and based on the famous Lone Ranger adventures / created by Geo. W. Trendle
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1941f. Paul Laune. Early reprint of G&D Edition. Cloth. 8vo, tan pictorial cloth with dark red lettering stamped on spine and front cover plus dark red silhouette of the mounted Lone Ranger; archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) depicting the Lone Ranger riding blind-folded Silver into flames from a burning log cabin; B&W frontispiece by Paul Laune; pictorial dark red endpapers by Paul Laune depicting the fighting Lone Ranger, publisher's dark red topstain, 218 pages. Very Good / Very Good. Item #6910
Seventh in the Lone Ranger series (no number to spine.) Copyright 1941 but later. Jacket identifies author as Fran Striker. Jacket front flap advertises The Lone Ranger Rides North (ninth in the series, 1946.)
Cloth is tight with some wear to its lower edges; topstain shows four small white spots; pages uniformly slightly age-toned but without marks. Some chips to the unclipped dj's edges; lightly soiled dust jacket.
Overall, VERY GOOD COPY: a Very Difficult edition to get in better cloth and--especially--a better dust jacket.
Price: $30.00