TOM SWIFT AND HIS SKY RACER; or, The Speediest Flight On Record (The Tom Swift Series) By Victor Appleton, Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1911.
 
(Tom Swift Sr. Series, Book #9)
Classic Juvenile Fiction & Adventure Novel
 
A $10,000 prize lures Tom into competing at a local aviation meet at Eagle Park. Tom is determined to build the fastest plane around, but his plans mysteriously disappear, which means Tom must redesign his new airplane from the beginning. A side-plot through the story is Mr. Swift's failing health. Tom's Sky Racer, known as the Humming-Bird, is a two-seater monoplane.
 
Hardcover. Nice cover with a solid binding (light spine shift) and clean pages. Jacket with few small chips & tears (small chip at spine and a 2 inch archival taped tear near fore-edge). About 7 x 5 with 207 pp. plus several ads. Scarce with the original jacket!