The LONE RANGER and The Gold Robbery. By FRAN STRIKER, Illustrated by PAUL LAUNE, Grosset & Dunlap,
New York, 1939.
 
Juvenile Fiction - Western
 
Fran Striker (born Francis Hamilton Striker) (1903–1962) was an American writer for radio and comics, best known for creating The Lone Ranger, The Green Hornet, and Sgt. Preston of the Yukon.
 
Brown cover with red title, cover art, red illustrated endpapers and a red top edge. Secure binding with a light spine shift and clean age-toned pages. Two small initials at the rear inside cover. The jacket has chip, tears and creases and is otherwise good. About  7-1/2 x
5-1/4 with 185 pages. Scarce with jacket!