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THE SHATTERED HELMET: The Hardy Boys Series 52.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1973.). Hardcover - In matte (flat finish) illustrated boards with blue spine, black and white multi-scene endpapers.. Frontispiece and internal illustrations. 180 pp. Lists to #58 on back cover. ISBN: 0-448-089523.
Condition: Near fine (prev owner's name)..
Book ID: 51661More details Price: $12.50 -
MYSTERY OF THE WHALE TATTOO: The Hardy Boys Series 47.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca 1973, c 1968.). Hardcover - In matte (flat finish) illustrated boards with blue spine, black and white multi-scene endpapers.. Frontispiece and internal illustrations. 174 pp. Lists to #55 on back cover. ISBN: 0-448-089475.
Condition: Near fine (prev owner's name)..
Book ID: 51662More details Price: $12.50 -
HUNTING FOR HIDDEN GOLD. The Hardy Boys Series #5.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca. 1945, c 1928.) dj. Hardcover - In tan cloth with dark brown lettering. Original text with 25 chapters and 214 pp. Scenic orange endpapers by Gretta. Flap on dj lists to #23, Plain frontispiece and dust jacket art by Striker.
Condition: Very good minus in a poor dust jacket. (usual rather severe tanning to the poor quality wartime paper, prev owner's name dated 1945; dust jacket is in 2 pieces, missing the spine, other tears along folds and chips, held together with an archival mylar protector.)
Book ID: 55214More details Price: $23.50 -
THE MYSTERY OF THE DESERT GIANT: The Hardy Boys Series 40.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca 1970, c. 1961.). Hardcover - The "desert giant" referred to in the title is are the Blythe Intaglios or Blythe Geoglyphs, a group of gigantic figures incised on the ground near Blythe, California, in the Colorado Desert, which can still be seen today. In matte (flat finish) illustrated boards with blue spine, black and white multi-scene endpapers. Small picture of the Hardy Boys on the spine is repeated on the upper right corner of back cover. Frontispiece and internals. Lists to #50 on back cover. 182 pp. ISBN: 0-448-089408.
Condition: Very good+ condition (no writing in book.)
Book ID: 56302More details Price: $14.00 -
THE CRISSCROSS SHADOW: The Hardy Boys Series 32.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1953). Hardcover - In tan cloth with dark brown lettering. Frontispiece. Original text with 25 chapters and 213 pp. Lists through #33 at beginning of book. Scenic orange and white endpapers by Gretta.
Condition: Good overall (bookplate, previous owner's name, corners slightly bumped, wear to top of spine, but a tight, straight and clean copy), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 77827More details Price: $12.50 -
THE SIGN OF THE CROOKED ARROW: The Hardy Boys Series #28.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1949.). Hardcover - 1950s printing in tan cloth with dark brown lettering. Frontispiece. Original text with 25 chapters and 214 pp. Brown and white multi-scene illustrated endpapers. Lists through #39 at front of book.
Condition: Good overall (previous owner's name, some spine slant), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 79558More details Price: $12.50 -
THE SIGN OF THE CROOKED ARROW: The Hardy Boys Series #28.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1949.). Hardcover - 1950s printing in tan cloth with dark brown lettering. Frontispiece. Original text with 25 chapters and 214 pp. Scenic orange and white endpapers by Gretta. Lists through #31 at front of book.
Condition: Near fine (previous owner's name) - a tight, straight and clean copy), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 79557More details Price: $15.00 -
THE MASKED MONKEY. The Hardy Boys Series 51.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1972.). Hardcover - White endpapers with multiple small drawings. Plain frontispiece. Lists to #54 on back cover. 178 pp. ISBN: 0-448-089513.
Condition: Good overall in matte (flat) finished illustrated boards with blue spine - text block is wavy, rear pastedown is missing upper corner (possibly a binding flaw)
Book ID: 63617More details Price: $12.50 -
FIRST STOP HONOLULU Or Ted Scott Over the Pacific (#4 in The Ted Scott Flying Stories Series)
Edition: First or early edition. .
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1927). Hardcover - Lists to this title at the front of the book and to just 3 in the Hardy Boys series, The ad at the rear lists to a 1927 Garry Grayson title. The Ted Scott series was the longest-lived of the juvenile aviation series, selling over a million copies (in fact, during its heyday it outsold the Hardy Boys series.) Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers. Plain endpapers. 216 pp. plus 2 pp of publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall in red boards with green lettering, no dust jacket (boards slightly warped with slight spine slant, missing front endpaper and some scribbling on the verso of the frontispiece)
Book ID: 84766More details Price: $16.00 -
THE MELTED COINS. The Hardy Boys Series 23.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1957, c. 1944) dj. Hardcover - 1950s edition with the beige boards with dark brown lettering, brown endpapers with multiple small drawings, dustjacket with yellow spine. Plain frontispiece. Frank and Joe investigate a burglary at a Seneca Indian reservation in upstate New York Illustrated by Paul Laune. Original text with 25 chapters, Dust jacket flap lists thru #37. 215 pp.
Condition: Fair condition only in a rather poor dust jacket (significant spine slant, some bleeding from top tinting to upper margins of pages near the rear, chip to dj at top of spine, rubbing and edgewear)
Book ID: 81328More details Price: $20.00 -
THE SECRET OF THE OLD MILL: The Hardy Boys Series 3.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1927.) dj. Hardcover - In tan cloth with dark brown lettering. Plain frontispiece, Original text with 25 chapters and 212 pp. Brown and white multiscene endpapers. Flap on dust jacket lists to #39 (Chinese Junk).,
Condition: Near fine condition in a good dust jacket (some chipping to the dj at the ends of the spine, short closed tear to lower edge of front cover, other wear)
Book ID: 82385More details Price: $23.50 -
THE SINISTER SIGN POST. The Hardy Boys Series 15.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1936). Hardcover - 1960 edition (lists thru Chinese Junk, #39). Tan boards with dark brown lettering, brown endpapers with multiple small drawings, Frontispiece. Original text with 25 chapters, 215 pp.
Condition: Good overall, some spine slant, previous owner's name in pencil, otherwise clean. No dust jacket.
Book ID: 79714More details Price: $12.50 -
THE DISAPPEARING FLOOR. The Hardy Boys Series 19.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1940). Hardcover - 1960s edition with the beige boards with dark brown lettering, brown and white multiscene endpapers. Plain frontispiece by Paul Laune. Original text with 25 chapters, 218 pp.
Condition: Fair condition (spine slant, corners bumped), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 79551More details Price: $12.50 -
THE CRISSCROSS SHADOW: The Hardy Boys Series 32.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1969). Hardcover - In matte (flat finish) illustrated boards with blue spine, black and white multi-scene endpapers. Frontispiece and internal illustrations.. 177 pp.
Condition: Very near fine.
Book ID: 68820More details Price: $12.50 -
THE MELTED COINS. The Hardy Boys Series 23.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1970). Hardcover - Frank and Joe investigate a burglary at a Seneca Indian reservation in upstate New York and a scam college. In matte (flat finish) illustrated boards with blue spine, black and white multi-scene endpapers. Frontispiece and internal illustrations.. 180 pp.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 68822More details Price: $12.50 -
THE PHANTOM FREIGHTER: The Hardy Boys Series #26.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1947). Hardcover - 1960s edition with the beige boards with dark brown lettering, brown and white multiscene endpapers. Plain frontispiece. Original text with 25 chapters, 216 pp.
Condition: Good overall (some wear to covers, slight spine slant, prev owner's name), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 79553More details Price: $12.50 -
FLYING AGAINST TIME Or Ted Scott Breaking the Ocean to Ocean Record (#9 in The Ted Scott Flying Stories Series)
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929). Hardcover - Lists to this title at the front of the book and to 12 in the ads at the rear. The Ted Scott series was the longest-lived of the juvenile aviation series, selling over a million copies (in fact, during its heyday it outsold the Hardy Boys series.) . Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers. Plain endpapers. 214 pp. plus 4 pp of publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall in red boards with green lettering, no dust jacket (boards slightly warped, gift inscription dated in 1931)
Book ID: 84765More details Price: $14.50 -
THE SECRET OF THE OLD MILL: The Hardy Boys Series 3.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca. 1960, c 1927.) dj. Hardcover - In tan cloth with dark brown lettering. Plain frontispiece, Original text with 25 chapters and 212 pp. Brown and white multiscene endpapers. Flap on dust jacket lists to #40 ,
Condition: Very good condition in a fair dust jacket (some spine slant, dust jacket has overall edgewear, chip at top of spine, splitting along the front flap fold, etc ) .Dust jacket is now protected by an archival cover)
Book ID: 79950More details Price: $17.50 -
HUNTING FOR HIDDEN GOLD. The Hardy Boys Series #5.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca. 1953, c 1928.) dj. Hardcover - In tan cloth with dark brown lettering. Original text with 25 chapters and 214 pp. Scenic orange endpapers by Gretta. Flap on dust jacket and list at front of book both list to #32 , Plain frontispiece and dust jacket art by Striker.
Condition: Just about fine in a very good dustjacket with a yellow spine (small chip to bottom edge of d, very short closed tear)
Book ID: 79494More details Price: $29.50 -
THE VIKING SYMBOL MYSTERY: The Hardy Boys Series 42.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1963.). Hardcover first edition - In the original format with matte illustrated boards, blue spine, lists to #40 on back cover. Carpentieri 1963 A-1. Frontispiece and several interior illustrations. Multiple small black and white illustrations on endpapers. 175 pp.
Condition: Very near fine.
Book ID: 81431More details Price: $25.00 -
THE MELTED COINS. The Hardy Boys Series 23.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca 1960, c. 1944) dj. Hardcover - Bound in beige boards with dark brown lettering, brown endpapers with multiple small drawings, dustjacket with yellow spine. Plain frontispiece. Frank and Joe investigate a burglary at a Seneca Indian reservation in upstate New York Illustrated by Paul Laune. Original text with 25 chapters, Dust jacket flap lists thru #39. 215 pp.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (previous owner's name on front endpaper, binding slightly cracked before half title page, minor wear to dj)
Book ID: 81383More details Price: $25.00 -
THE SINISTER SIGN POST. The Hardy Boys Series 15.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca. 1955, c 1936.) dj. Hardcover - In tan cloth with dark brown lettering. Scenic orange endpapers by Gretta. Plain frontispiece. Flap on dj and front of book lists to #33. Original text with 25 chapters and 215 pp.
Condition: Very good in a fair only dust jacket. (2 large chips missing from front cover of dj.)
Book ID: 72309More details Price: $21.50 -
THE SIGN OF THE CROOKED ARROW: The Hardy Boys Series #28.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1949.). Hardcover - 1950s printing in tan cloth with dark brown lettering. Frontispiece. Original text with 25 chapters and 214 pp. Scenic orange and white endpapers by Gretta. Lists through #33 at front of book.
Condition: Good overall (bookplate, previous owner's name, spine slightly toned, but a tight, straight and clean copy), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 78144More details Price: $12.50 -
BATTLING THE WIND or Ted Scott Flying Around Cape Horn: Ted Scott Flying Stories #16.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1933). Hardcover - A fairly uncommon later title in this aviation adventure series written under the same house name as the Hardy Boys series. The Ted Scott series was the longest-lived of the juvenile aviation series, selling over a million copies (in fact, during its heyday it outsold the Hardy Boys series.) Glossy frontispiece and orange and white endpapers illustrated by J. Clemens Gretta. 216 pp. plus 2 pp of publishers ads (ad lists to #18 in this series)
Condition: Fair condition only in tan cloth with black lettering (front endpaper along edge of cloud, rear endpaper and ads damaged with some loss of paper, tape repair to one leaf, etc), no dust jacket .
Book ID: 85824More details Price: $17.50 -
THE MYSTERY OF CABIN ISLAND: The Hardy Boys Series #8.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1929). Hardcover - 1960s edition with the beige boards with dark brown lettering, brown and white multiscene endpapers. Plain frontispiece. Original text with 25 chapters, 214 pp. Lists through #40 at the beginning of the book.
Condition: Good only, water stain on front cover, some spine slant, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 79712More details Price: $12.50 -
GREAT HIKE or The Pride of Khaki Troop, Hickory Ridge Boy Scout series #5.
Edition: Reprint.
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, nd (ca 1930). Hardcover - Includes a 32 page addendum on "Boy Scout Nature Lore - Insects of the United States" with an index. 179 pp. plus 7 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall in khaki cloth with brown lettering (usual rather severe toning to the pages, but otherwise sturdy and clean)
Book ID: 74218More details Price: $15.00 -
THE YALE CUP. Phillips Exeter Series #6.
Edition: Later printing.
Boston: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd, (1908). Hardcover - A title in the Phillips Exeter Series. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and five internal glossy plates by Charles Copeland. Lists to #9 in the series both at the beginning of the book and in the ads at the back. 301 pp and 3 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Very good in illustrated beige cloth with dark brown lettering and border. Gift inscription dated Dec 25, 1927. An attractive clean copy.
Book ID: 67969More details Price: $15.00 -
BERT WILSON ON THE GRIDIRON.
Edition: Reprint.
New York (Racine, WI:_ George Sully ( actually Western Publishing Company, Inc.) , (1924). Hardcover - A boys series written under his own name by this prolific author best known for the numerous books he wrote under various house names for the Stratemayer Syndicate - including the Bomba series as Rockwood, the Ted Scott flying series as Dixon, and others as Victor Appleton, Allan Chapman and more. (his daughter, Elizabeth M. Duffield Ward, also wrote for the Stratemeyer syndicate including some of the Bobbsey Twins and Ruth Fielding books). Note this shows the original publisher - George Sully - on the the title page, but the copyright page shows Whitman. 220 pp.
Condition: Very good in illustrated blue cloth (gift inscription dated Christmas 1925, some toning to the page)
Book ID: 75382More details Price: $12.50 -
THE SUBMARINE BOYS AND THE MIDDIES or The Prize Detail at Annapolis (#3 in series).
Edition: Later printing.
New York & Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, (c 1909.) dj. Hardcover - "Jack Benson, Hal Hastings and Eph Somers enter the submarine industry in its infancy." Illustrated with a frontispiece and internals on plain paper. Bound in silver-gray cloth with black lettering on front cover and spine. 212 pp.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (prev owner's name in pencil, front hinge cracked, usual toning to pages, wear to dj at top of spine, but red cloth covers bright and clean.)
Book ID: 40019More details Price: $18.00 -
BOY SCOUT AVIATORS.
Edition: Later printing.
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., (c 1921) dj. Hardcover - "While on special duty during World War I, English Boy Scout Dick Mercer and his American friend , Harry Fleming, accidentally discover a heliograph hookup." Plain frontispiece, Unpaginated.
Condition: Very good in illustrated tan boards in a very good dust jacket (usual rather severe toning to the pages, covers are bright and clean, minor edgewear to the dj.)
Book ID: 68145More details Price: $16.50
