Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera, or, Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures (Tom Swift Series Book 14)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1912. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 7x4x1. Reprint - copyright page lists through His Great Searchlight, terminal ad through His Great Oil Gusher. Lacks jacket. Rear hinge just beginning to weaken, boards a bit soiled, faint stain to edge of a few pages, pencil name, address, and doodles on front endpapers. 1912 Hard Cover. iv, 210 pp., [10] publisher catalog. The 14th book in the classic boy's adventure series, in which Tom Swift uses a portable motion picture camera powered by battery, dynamo, or hand crank. "Tom Swift is a fictional young inventor in five different series of juvenile science fiction and adventure novels. The character was created by Edward Stratemeyer, the founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a book-packaging firm, and have been written by a number of different ghostwriters over the years. The books are published under the collective pseudonym Victor Appleton (or, in one case, "Victor Appleton II"). The character first appeared in 1910 and has appeared in new titles as recently as 2007. Each of the various series focuses on Tom's inventions, a number of which pre-date actual inventions. The character has evolved over the years, but in general the books portray science and technology as wholly beneficial in its effects. The books have been translated into a number of languages and sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Tom Swift has also been the star of a board game, an activity book, and a television show, and a feature film is planned. A type of pun, the Tom Swifty, is named for the character, and a number of prominent figures, including Steve Wozniak and Isaac Asimov, have cited Tom Swift as an inspiration. Several inventions, including the taser, have been directly inspired by Tom's fictional inventions.