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The Big Kerplop!

by Bertrand R. Brinley

Catalogued September 22, 2026

The Work

First published
1974

Drew's Copy

Edition
First Purple House Press edition, first printing
Publisher
Purple House Press
Published in
Keller, Texas
Copy published
2003
ISBN
978-1-930900-22-0
Binding
Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket
Collection status
On the shelves
Reading status
Owned
Condition
Good to very good; clean, bright dust jacket with light handling and edge wear and a bargain-price sticker on the rear
Children's LiteratureAdventure FictionScience FictionScience ClubsMad Scientists' ClubBertrand R. Brinley

About This Copy

Drew’s hardcover copy is the 2003 Purple House Press first edition and first printing, illustrated by Charles Geer. The copyright page records the work’s original 1974 copyright, its 2002 renewal, and Sheridan Brinley’s 2003 introduction.

The jacket retains its original $17.95 flap price. A Sheldon Books bargain-price sticker on the rear records a later $19.95 retail price.

An Air Force mystery at Strawberry Lake launches the original book-length adventure of the Mad Scientists’ Club.

Drew's Copy
Front cover of Drew's copy of The Big Kerplop!
The illustrated dust-jacket front of Drew's copy, presenting the book as the original adventure of the Mad Scientists' Club.
Back cover of Drew's copy of The Big Kerplop!
The green rear jacket, with story copy, a Charles Geer illustration, and the surviving Sheldon Books bargain-price sticker.
Copyright page of Drew's copy of The Big Kerplop!
The copyright page records the 1974 original copyright and this 2003 Purple House Press first edition.
Physical detail of Drew's copy of The Big Kerplop!
Physical detail