Caught in their motorboat the 'Sleuth', by a sudden storm at sea, Frank and Joe Hardy are helpless when the engine conks out. Drifting farther from shore amid the tumultuous waves, the boys are relieved to see the lights of a yacht. But their SOS is ignored.The shrill sound of a siren fills the night air.
Moments later, a helicopter drops an object alongside the 'Sleuth'. To the young detective's astonishment it proves to be a wallet containing two thousand dollars. The next day their close pal Chet Morton rushes to the Hardys' home to report that the Morton farm truck carrying a shipment of high-powered rifles belonging to his uncle, a big-game hunter, has been stolen. These two apparently unconnected events are clues in a tangle of mystery which turns out to be one of the detective brothers' most exciting adventures. New York: Grosset and Dunlap,, 1927. Original red cloth with Hardy Boys' shield to front board in black, titles to spine in black, blank endpapers. With the pictorial dust jacket.
This immediately put Tony Carpentieri into action, he announced in The Yellowback Library that he would be putting together a Picture Cover guide for the Hardy Boys to be called “Frank and Joe Turn Blue”. All of this new info was incorporated into the fourth edition, June 2001 with over 690 pages. For Children–Fourth Edition (Wechsler, 2003), linking data was collected on the Children's Memory Scale (CMS; Cohen, 1997). This technical report presents the basic information on the composition of the CMS, psychometric properties of the two scales and their relations, and information on how to conduct ability-memory.
Housed in a red flat back cloth solander box. Illustrated by Walter S. Inscription to front free endpaper, in the dust jacket with a touch of sunning, toning to white areas, shallow chipping to top end of spine, closed tear to lower end of spine which has been neatly repaired with thin strip of archival tape to verso, closed tear to front top edge, light abrasion to rear panel. A very attractive copy. First edition, first state and format of the second Hardy Boys title. New York: Grosset and Dunlap,, 1928.
Original red cloth with Hardy Boys' shield to front board in black, titles to spine in black, blank endpapers. With the pictorial dust jacket. Housed in a red cloth flat back solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Illustrated by Walter S. A bright copy in the dust jacket with toning to rear panel, light wear to extremities, small closed tears which have been neatly repaired at the verso using a tiny bits of archival tape.
An exeptional copy of one of the more difficult Hardy Boys titles to find. First edition, first state and format. The sixth Hardy Boys title. New York: Grosset and Dunlap,, 1927-37.
The first 12 stories. 12 volumes,octavo.
Original red and tan cloth with Hardy Boys' silhouette or shield front board,red and orange pictorial endpapers. With the dust jackets. Illustrated by J. Clemens Gretter and Walter S. A few volumes with inscriptions to front free endpapers, a couple of volumes with spine rolled, light wear to extremities, in dust jackets with closed tears to edges, light chipping to spine ends, Volume 3 with front flap split, chips to ends of spine and edges, tape at verso of jacket, volume 4 with several cm chip to front top edge, Volume 5 with several chips to front panel of jacket, splitting along front flap fold, Volume 6 with moderate wear to front flap edge, Volume 7 with splitting to front flap, several cm closed tear to front panel, backing to verso of the jacket.
Volume 10 with faint staining at verso of jacket and mild abrasion to the front panel and spine. Overall a very good set. Early printings and states of the first 12 Hardy Boys titles. Many copies 'A printing' variants. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. THE HARDY BOYS: The Secret Warning- #17- Illustrated by Paul Laune- Grosset & Dunlap, New York- 1938- 1st Edition- Hardcover:-12mo- Near Fine/VG++-Near Fine dj is unclipped, bright and clean with shallow nicls at heel and crown of spine, rubs at corners-a real beauty. Textblock and spine are tight and clean.
PO name on back of frontis. All points according to Carpentieri: Title not listed on inner flap.
5050 and 110-150 on inner flap of dj. Glossy frontispiece. Lists to itself on copyright page. Red Orange Gretta endpapers. Western Stories For Boys lists to The X Bar X Boys Hunting The Prize Mustang on back inner flap. Spotlight Books For Boys on back cover with 11 titles to Jimmy Drury, Candid Camera Detective. 25 chapters in book.
A scarce book in this condition with dust jacket. Please look at photos-more available on request.
Fiction-juvenile-series-Hardy Boys-illustrated (3872). 1st Edition-1st Printing. Near FINE/VG++-Near FINE. By Paul Laune. 12mo - over 6¾' - 7¾' tall.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. THE HARDY BOYS: The Mystery Of The Flying Express- #20- Franklin W. Dixon- Illustrated by Paul Laune- Grosset & Dunlap, New York- 1941 1st Edition (Carpentieri 1941A-1) Hardcover:-12mo-VG++-Near FINE/VG++ dj is unclipped, bright and clean. Minor shallow nicks at crown and heel of spine, light rubbing at extremities.
Now in mylar protective cover.Tan cloth with dark brown titles and silhouette illustrated cover. Spine and textblock tight and clean. A wonderful copy of this scarce book, especially with such a nice dj. These Hardy Boy 1sts that we are selling have never seen the market before. 217 pages are clean, no tears or writing, no names, no loose pages.
A real clean copy. 1st edition points as to Carpentieri: Inner flap of dj- 5050, 120-160, lists to itself.
Lists to itself on copyright page. Red orange Gretta endpapers. Rear inner flap of Ted Scott Flying Stories ending with 'Castaways of the Stratosphere'. Back cover of dj is Spotlight Books For Boys! Eending with The Jimmie Drury Series and the last title being 'Jimmie Drury: Caught On Camera'. Blue tinted top page edges and 25 chapters. A wonderful fresh offering for your collection.
More photos on request. Fiction-juvenile-series-Hardy Boys-illustrated (3875). 1st Edition-1st Printing. Illustrated Cloth.
VG++-Near FINE/VG++. By Paul Laune. 12mo - over 6¾' - 7¾' tall. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. Near Fine/Very Good +. A very respectable copy of the 1939 true 1st edition. The 18th title in the series, conforming to all issue points as established by Carpentieri (the #5050 and 120-160 codes on the front flap, the 18th title listed and 13 'Spotlight' titles on the rear cover).
Clean, tight and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping at the spine ends and light wear along the panel edges and tips. 12mo, internally immaculate, with no writing or markings of any kind. Grosset & Dunlap, 1934. Dust Jacket Included. 1st edition, 2nd issue, 1934.
Conforming to all issue points called for: orange pictorial endpapers, brown covers, dustjacket with orange spine and 50 cent price, front flap and copyright page listing only to this title, the 13th in the series, etc. A relatively clean, well-preserved copy. VG in a bright, VG dustjacket with minor chipping along the spine ends and 2 very small chips along the top and bottom of the front flap fold. Thick 12mo, 219 pgs. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930.
First edition. Red cloth with tan and black lettering on front board and spine. Owner's name and address on front pastedown, light pink stain on page 151, corners slightly worn, spine a bit faded, else very good, lacking the dustwrapper. Book advertisements located on copyright page with this specific title last for The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories. Also, advertises The Ted Scott Flying Stories which ends with Through the Air to Alaska. This is volume nine, being one of the 'Original Ten', which is considered to be the best examples of The Hardy Boys series. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928.
First edition. Red cloth with tan and black lettering on front board and spine. Illustrated by Walter S. Very good with former owner's name and address on front pastedown, corners and spine ends very slightly worn, spine a bit darkened, lacking the dustwrapper. Book advertisements located on copyright page with this specific title last for Mystery Stories For Boys. Also, has advertisements located in rear.
This is volume five, being one of the 'Original Ten', which is considered to be the best examples of The Hardy Boys series. This ranks one hundred eleventh on Publishers Weekly's All-Time Bestselling Children's Book List for the United States. New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. Red cloth green lettering, shield design on front cover, 214 pages plus six pages of ads at the rear.
First Edition, first book in the Hardy Boys Series: Three titles on the copyright page (Treasure, Cliff, Old Mill); ads at the rear with 29 Tom Swift titles - 7 Don Sturdy titles - 10 Radio Boys titles - 5 Garry Grayson titles - 5 X Bar X Boys titles. Spine is worn and lightly frayed at spine ends and corners, spine is faded, light moisture damage at upper spine, light bumping and scuffing, text is toned, light spine lean.
First Edition. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾' - 7¾'. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. First edition. Incomplete 't' in 'talking' on page 31, thus not a first issue. Red cloth with tan and black lettering on front board and spine. Download Naruto Shippuden The Movie 2 Subtitle Indonesia Mkv.
Illustrated by Walter S. Spine a bit faded and cocked, spine ends are frayed, corners worn, very good, lacking the dustwrapper. Book advertisements located on copyright page with this title first and ending with The Secret of the Old Mill for Mystery Stories For Boys.
Advertisements in rear are: Western Stories for Boys, The Ted Scott Flying Stories, The Famous Rover Boys Series, and The Tom Swift Series. This is volume one, being one of the 'Original Ten', which is considered to be the best examples of The Hardy Boys* series. This ranks fifty-fifth on Publishers Weekly's All-Time Bestselling Children's Book List for the United States. Very Good+ in Poor - dust jacket. First Edition; Second Printing.
Hardcover with dust jacket, first edition, second state ('sorry' spelled correctly on p. Illustrated frontis on glossy paper, 212 pages plus ads at rear. This copy has owner markings on blank back of frontispiece; BINDING is tight, no spine slant. Uniform, VERY light tanning to pages and light burning to endpapers from binders glue. Red cloth covers are very bright, clean;Very minor wear on top spine; bottom also has slight wear; red is still bright. Tips have a whisper of rubbing.
The dust jacket has uniform tanning and about 3 inches on the bottom of the spine is missing. The color on the front panel of the DJ seems to have diminished just a bit from aging. 1/2' tear before the word 'THE and 1' tear between THE and HARDY, small worn area above the word BOYS. Flaps are still attached to the dust jacket but are very worn. 1/2' x 1/8' tear below author's name.
I can send pictures of dust jacket flaws if that is helpful. Points: Copyright page lists 3 Hardy Boys Mystery Stories (to this one) followed by 'Other volumes in preparation.' Rear ad lists 5 Hardy Boys titles to 'Hunting For Hidden Gold' and 32 Tom Swift to 'House on Wheels'. Front flap lists 3 Hardy Boy titles, Rear flap lists 7 Don Sturdys (to 'Among the Gorillas'). Back panel lists 5 titles for X Bar X Boys (to 'At the Round-up') and 5 Garry Grayson titles (to 'at Stanley Prep'). Catalog listings on reverse side of DJ includes 30 Tom Swift titles, 10 Lillian Garis titles, 7 Honey Bunch titles and 5 Riddle Club titles, among many, many others (printed in green ink ).
A very nice copy in VG+ or better condition. SCANS upon request.; B&W Illustration; 212 pages. NEW York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1934. Fine/Very Good.
Gretta, J Clemens. Hardbound with Dust Jacket. Early printing (inside front flap lists titles to 'The Clue of the Broken Blade'). Copyright page lists thirteen Hardy Boys titles, ending with The Mark on the Door. With pictorial tan cloth binding and color pictorial dust jacket. Orange and white illustrated end papers.
With black/white illustrated frontispiece. Book VERY FINE. All corners pointed. Binding tight and square. Without tears, bumps, creases or chips.
Age tanning to pages. Not marked in any way and very clean and bright. Appears unread.
Dust Jacket VERY GOOD. With tears to edges near spine and previous taping to backside. 2 chips, one to top cover and one to bottom back cover. Illustration very bright and clean. All books carefully wrapped and sent boxed.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Good in Good dust jacket. Prize label dated 1937 on front endpaper. 3/8' chip and fraying to cloth at top edge of front board. Chips at ends of dustjacket spine.
1/2' chips in front flap fold of dustjacket. Dusjacket rubbed at edges. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 1937 reprint (front flap of dustjacket lists titles to 'A Figure in Hiding'). [iv], 210, [6] pages.
Brown cloth boards. Page dimensions: 188 x 125mm. Number 9 in the Hardy Boys series.. Harold Hill & Son 1953. First UK edition, octavo, light olive grey cloth boards with navy lettering to front board and spine, navy motif of two figures to front board, top page edges dyed blue, eps illus, frontispiece, 223pp, VG+ (very slight bruising to spine extrems, slight discolouration to eps where d/w ends, paper cracked in rear gutter) in d/w VG- (some nicks and bruising to spine extrems and some creasing and nicks to all edges, 1 cm tear with loss to upper spine extrem, price clipped, some rubbing to rear). Angus & Robertson, 1983. Very Good condition.
No inscription. Clean pages and tight binding. Clean and unmarked boards. Spine a little faded. Clean compressed page edge. 'A top-secret governent agency and a world famour spy wishing to defect are featured in Hardy's latest case.
The first clue comes from a roll of film Joe had shot at the beach. Mysteriously, the faces of five different men appear on film- yet Joe hadn't photographed them'. First Australian Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. By Leslie Morrill. 8vo - over 7¾' - 9¾' tall. Harold Hill & Son 1957.
First UK edition, octavo, light blue cloth boards with navy lettering to front board and spine, navy motif of two figures to front board, top page edges dyed blue, eps illus, frontispiece, 222pp + 2pp adverts, VG (slight fading spine, front board edges, spine and upper rear board, light bruising to spine extrems, ding to upper rear board edge) in d/w G+ (7cm closed tear to front of wrapper, 8cm closed tear to spine edge patched with nonarchival sellotape, 2cm, chips and bruising to most edges, price clipped). Harold Hill & Son 1957. First UK edition, octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to front board and spine, black motif of two figures to front board, top page edges dyed blue, eps illus, frontispiece, 222pp + 2pp adverts, VG (ownership signature in blue ink to fep and half title page, bookseller's stamp to half title page, slight discolouration to eps where d/w ends, paper cracked in rear gutter) in d/w G+ (20cm closed tear to front of wrapper, 5cm closed tear to spine edge, 3cm closed slit tear to rear spine edge, large nicks to spine extrems and some scuffing to all other edges, price clipped). New York.: Grosset & Dunlap. Copyright 1936. Black and white frontispiece, orange and white pictorial endpapers, iii+215pp, 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches, pictorial composition covered boards (hardbound). Color pictorial dust jacket.
Dust jackets worn some short edge tears, soft creases to edges and very faint soiling. Book in very good clean condition, with faint spot on Contents page. The front jacket flap lists thirty three titles ending with The Yellow Feather Mystery (which was published in 1954). Rear panel of jacket reads: Bomba the Jungle Boy ending with title The Lost Explorers.
A well-preserved, number 15 in the Hardy Boy series.. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Harold Hill & Son Limited, 1955. Copyright page states 'First published in Great Britain 1955' with no other dates. Book bound in red cloth with black titling and design to front board and black titling to spine.
Orange/red pictorial endpapers. Slight spine slant and with tape ghosting strips toboth pastedowns and free endpapers where a dust jacket protector probably affixed.
Owners details inside. Pages are tight and generally very clean. Dust Jacket is price-clipped with edgewear and an underside repair to front tear which has creasing and scuff mark. Missing portion at top spine.
Varty artwork to front panel. Please see our other titles in UK 1st edition.. First Edition. Dell Inspiron N4030 Drivers For Windows Xp Free Download. Very Good-/Fair. By Frank Varty. 8vo - over 7¾' - 9¾' tall. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Harold Hill & Son Limited, 1957.
Copyright page states 'First published in Great Britain 1957' with no other dates. Book bound in Blue steel cloth with blue titling and design to front board and blue titling to spine.
Orange/red pictorial endpapers. Square sitting book. There are fade patches to spine where the dj is deficient. Small browning strips to endpapers. Pages are tight and generally very clean. No writings or inscriptions in book.
Dust Jacket is price-clipped but is only Fair & has wear and some small tears and one larger tear to spine (repaired from underside). Missing paper at bottom spine. These Dust Jackets are so hard to find because of fragile nature of these particular editions.
Varty artwork to front panel. Please see our other titles in UK 1st edition.. First Edition. By Frank Varty. 8vo - over 7¾' - 9¾' tall.