Every Boy's Mystery Series
by Edwin Green & George Morse
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The Goldsmith Publishing Company published all five volumes (©1932-1934) of this juvenile mystery & adventure series.
Goldsmith was located at 727 South Dearborn in Chicago, Illinois in the 1930s. Their colophon in some books also say Cleveland, Ohio, but it's unclear where their office was. From c. 1937 to 1939 they shared offices with M.A. Donohue Co. at 711 South Dearborn. They remained in business until the late 1930s and perhaps beyond. Goldsmith was mainly a reprint publisher which bought the printing plates of titles deemed no longer viable by their original publishers. Their editions are noted for their poor paper, inexpensive cloth bindings and usually low quality dust jacket art.
The cloth bindings are seen in various colors, there are two sizes, at first 7-5/8" x 5", later 8-1/8" x 5-5/8". Black cover & spine printing. None of the books have internal illustrations.
The full color dust jackets are on white coated paper and are different for each book. Volume 4, Circus Dan, was given new cover art for the later large style of binding.
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Copyright: 1932
Author: Edwin Green
Cover Art: Sargent
World's largest dirigible, the Goliath, flies to the North Pole to rescue of the crew of the submarine Neptune.
Publisher Description
"Lines away!"
This is the story of the world's greatest dirigible and of the dangers in the frozen wastes of the Arctic - a combination sure to provide thrills for any reader.
The Goliath, largest dirgible in the world, is to meet the submarine Neptune at the North pole. The Neptune encounters one mishap after another in the drifting ice of the Artic and Harry Curtis, its radio operator, sends an S.O.S. to Andy High, assistant commander of the Goliath. The dirigible starts north, Captain Harkins, the command, is stricken and Andy takes charge of the rescue attempt.
Copyright: 1932
Author: George Morse
Cover Art: Sargent
When a newspaper publisher disappears, it's up to the managing editor to find him.
Publisher Description
Baffling mystery, startling disappearances, roaring presses, the tenseness of the deadline hour on great newspapers - all these and more are in "Extra."
When the publisher of the Porter Press disappears from an airplane while it is en route between two cities, Don Durian, young managing editor of the Press, starts out to get the story and solve the mystery. Thwarted at every turn, Don and his staff are enveloped in an intrigue that threatens to destroy even their own newspaper. It's a mystery within a mystery, and the solution is startling!
Copyright: 1933
Author: Edwin Green
Cover Art: Gretta (Joseph Clemens Gretter)
Andy High, Bert Benson, Harry Curtis, & Sege Larko fly the Goliath to Siberia to spy on Soviet Russia.
Publisher Description
Andy High and his companions on the trail of new adventure in the mighty Goliath ... international intrigue and a world crisis form the background for this strong and stirring tale for air-minded boys. This book is a fitting sequel to that splendid book "Air Monster."
Copyright: 1933
Author: George Morse
Cover Art: (a) Gretta (Joseph Clemens Gretter), (b) Anonymous
The rivalry between two big circuses becomes suspicious when accidents begin to threaten the show.
Publisher Description
Call of the calliope ... Clash of the cymbals and flash of spangles under the big top. But back of the glitter is the rivalry of two big circuses. ... A fortune hangs in the balance when young Dan Tierney, press agent for the Great United, solves the mystery of the accidents which have threatened the exsitence of the big show.
Copyright: 1934
Author: George Morse
Cover Art: Anonymous
Mysterious, high sea adventure about a strange vanishing ship, the Atlantica, in the North Atlantic.
Publisher Description
The Vanishing Liner moves rapidly, abounds in pulse-quickening action, weaves the threads of a half a dozen adventures through the luxurious cabins of the ATLANTICA, and ends with a stirring climax of adventure on the high sea.