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Dixon, Franklin W. The Hardy Boys The Sign of the Crooked Arrow. Harold Hill, England, 1951.
Price: US$4.02 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st UK edition, name in ink to back of front free endpaper. Covers marked.
Seller: Caerwen Books, Forrestfield, WA, Australia
Price: US$10.27 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a Very Good Copy of this book in blue cloth with dark blue title lettering to spine and upper cover.No Dust-jacket.There are no previous ownership inscriptions present.With illustrated orange pictorial endpapers.Book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.8vo 222pp First Edition 1st Impression
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.67 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition first UK printing octavo hardback 224 pp. Frontispiece and illustrated end papers Near Very Good condition. Prize label on front free end paper. Scarce UK first edition.
Seller: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Dixon, Franklin W.. The Tower Treasure. Harold Hill & Son (1951), Newcastle upon Tyne, 1951.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pink tick marks beside the list of futher titles. Previous owner's name and address. Moderate rubbing and dust-stains to cloth boards. Fading to dye on top page edges. Lacking the dust-jacket; First UK edition. 224 pages. Blue cloth boards with dark blue lettering on spine and front board, silhouette illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 185 x 122mm. Red illustrated endpapers. Top page edges blue. 28 titles listed in "Further Titles In This Series". Copyright page has "FIRST PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN 1951". Series: Hardy Boys Mystery Stories.
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Splits to gutters at hinges. Dust-jacket with chips at corners and head and tail of dust-jacket spine. Creasing and staining to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; First UK edition. 222, [1], [1 (blank)] pages. Frontispiece illustration within the pagination. Blue cloth boards with dark blue lettering on spine and front board, silhouette illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 185 x 122mm. Orange-red illustrated endpapers. Top page edges dyed blue (very faded). Copyright page has "FIRST PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN 1951". Series number "26" printed on dust-jacket spine.
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Price: US$399.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: THE HARDY BOYS #5 HUNTING FOR HIDDEN GOLD by FRANKLIN DIXON, published by UK publisher Harold Hill in 1951, First Printing (no references to subsequent printings on copyright page), orange "Gretta" endpapers, blue boards with dark blue lettering to spine and front board, 6/- net price on DJ front flap. VERY RARE AND HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE U.K. BOOK. Lists: Dust Jacket Front Flap: Secret Of Skull Mountain Dust Jacket Rear Flap: Grosset Picture Books ad Dust Jacket Back Cover: Ad for next Hardy Boys book (Shore Road) Book front list: Shore Road Mystery (books are not listed in original order of publication) Book has no creased page corners, blue top stain is nice without fading or drop spots, slight dust soiling/foxing to outer page edges (no age darkening), endpapers are clean and free from any tape residue, no tearing or splitting of page block from internal hinges, no former owner's markings or used bookseller stamps/stickers inside, no wear to board edges or board corners or spine tips, no age darkening to outer page edges, no soiling or staining to boards, no color wear or surface color tears to boards, no bumped board corners. Dust Jacket has small closed tear at top left on front panel otherwise no chipping, tearing or creasing, hint of wear to spine tips, almost no wear to front flap crease (just at flap crease corners), no edge wear, no soiling or staining, no dust rubbing to white rear panel, no color rubbing to to front panel, no spine sun fading. Overall a FINE-/N-FINE book in FINE- condition DJ (not price clipped) of a rare Hardy Boys hardcover UK Printing. I have a number of other hardcover Hardy Boys books up for sale.
Seller: Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.
Price: US$399.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: THE HARDY BOYS #26 THE PHANTOM FREIGHTER by FRANKLIN DIXON, published by UK publisher Harold Hill in 1951, First Printing (no references to subsequent printings on copyright page), orange "Gretta" endpapers, greyish blue boards with dark blue lettering to spine and front board, 6/- net price on DJ front flap. VERY RARE AND HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE U.K. BOOK. NOTE - THIS IS THE THIRD UK HAROLD HILL HARDY BOYS BOOK (THE BOOKS WERE PUBLISHED OUT OF ORDER) - #1 TOWER TREASURE WASN'T PUBLISHED BY HAROLD HILL UNTIL AFTER THIS BOOK IN LATE 1951. Lists: Dust Jacket Front Flap: Lost Tunnel Dust Jacket Rear Flap: Grosset Picture Books ad Dust Jacket Back Cover: Ad for Enid Blyton "Now For A Story" Book front list: Lost Tunnel (books are listed in original order of U.S. publication) Book has no creased page corners, blue top stain is nice without significant fading or drop spots, slight dust soiling/age darkening to outer page edges (no foxing), endpapers are clean and free from any tape residue, no tearing or splitting of page block from internal hinges, no former owner's markings or used bookseller stamps/stickers inside, no wear to board edges or board corners or spine tips, no age darkening to outer page edges, no soiling or staining to boards, no color wear or surface color tears to boards, no bumped board corners. Dust Jacket has no chipping, tearing or creasing, hint of wear to spine tips with largish 'v' loss to top left spine tip corner, hint of wear to front flap crease, couple of nicks along rear panel otherwise just a hint of edge wear, no soiling or staining, hint of dust rubbing to white rear panel, no color rubbing to to front panel, no spine sun fading. Overall a FINE-/N-FINE book in FINE- condition DJ (not price clipped) of a rare Hardy Boys hardcover UK Printing. I have a number of other hardcover Hardy Boys books up for sale.
Seller: Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.
Price: US$399.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: THE HARDY BOYS #4 THE MISSING CHUMS by FRANKLIN DIXON, published by UK publisher Harold Hill in 1951, First Printing (no references to subsequent printings on copyright page), orange "Gretta" endpapers, blue boards with dark blue lettering to spine and front board, 6/- net price on DJ front flap. VERY RARE AND HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE U.K. BOOK. Lists: Dust Jacket Front Flap: Secret Of Skull Mountain Dust Jacket Rear Flap: Grosset Picture Books ad Dust Jacket Back Cover: Ad for next Hardy Boys book (Hunting For Hidden Gold) Book front list: Shore Road Mystery (books are not listed in original order of publication) Book has no creased page corners, blue top stain is nice without fading or drop spots, slight dust soiling/foxing to outer page edges (no age darkening), endpapers are clean and free from any tape residue, no tearing or splitting of page block from internal hinges, no former owner's markings or used bookseller stamps/stickers inside, no wear to board edges or board corners or spine tips, no age darkening to outer page edges, no soiling or staining to boards, no color wear or surface color tears to boards, no bumped board corners. Dust Jacket has shallow chipping at bottom spine tip (no lettering affected) otherwise no chipping, tearing or creasing, slight wear to spine tips, almost no wear to front flap crease (just at flap crease corners), hint of edge wear, no soiling or staining, hint of dust rubbing to white rear panel, no color rubbing to front panel, no spine sun fading. Overall a FINE-/N-FINE book in VG+ condition DJ (not price clipped) of a rare Hardy Boys hardcover UK Printing. I have a number of other hardcover Hardy Boys books up for sale.
Seller: Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.
Price: US$535.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Illustrated Plain B/W Frontispiece by noted illustrator Walter S. Rogers. Slowly gradually, the Great Rock Began to Move ,Orange & White Pictorial GRETTA Endpapers FOPX & Ink Name. ownership FORMER INSCRIPTION on half-title, Back Inner Hinges Starting Slightly Cracked, NO Other Internals, Inner Flap DJ PriceClipped List thru Secret Skull Mountain, HBDJ, 1951 ,STATED 1st Published in Great Britain, TRUE 1st British Edition ,GOOD-/GOOD-. AS-IS, Book Condition: GOOD-. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD-. First UK Edition. 12mo , Blue Tweed Cloth Titled in Blue with Hardy Boys Silhouetthe on Front Cvr HAS DISCOLORATION ON EDGE Cvr, Harold Hill printed on book spine indicates this is the original printing., Tight and square, Toning FADE SPINE CVR ENDS . Dust jacket is price clipped, wear to corners, Loss at Yellow spine DJ Ends Removes #5 at Btm & MOST OF HIUNTING HIDDEN AT TOP Spine DJ Ends, Protected in a removable clear film sleeve. Hardback, Dustjacket has edgewear, SMALL CREASES , chips TEARS EDGES & AT TOP FRONT DJ PART OF T IN WORD THE Removed, Titles on the Further Titles in this Series page that List Thru Shore Road Mystery, Text is in good shape. Interior relatively Nice, tight Clean Light rub, wear, Fox ,224 pgs, NO ads in back, DJ wear tiny chips Tears Extremities, Blue cloth stamped in dark blue on spine and front board, 5 X 7 1/2 in. , Back Inner Flap DJ Lists thru Brother, Baby & I wear Fox, Back of DJ Light rub, wear & small Ink Word gives short sypnosis of bk Shore Road Mystery with Red, B/W Comics Like Drawings of Hardy Boys, Light Scuff wear tears Spine DJ edges, Franklin Dixon Name front Btm DJ Printed in Blue, Chipped at spine tips & corners, a few short tears and some rubbing, flaps were Previously pasted to endpapers, pale blue cloth with dark blue lettering and front vignette damp discoloured on foredges, inscriptions on front flyleaf and half title, foredges dusty, 8vo, Damaged DJ is protected with loose fitting plastic sleeve. , The Rescue of an Old Man from a wrecked Cottage & an Exciting Journey to a Montanna Gold Mine, Lead Frank & Joe Hardy, Sons of a Famous Detective, into Thrilling Adventure with a Gang of Dangerous Outlaws. Outwitting of Black Pepper?s Gang needs all Their Skill & Nerve when they are Trapped & caught in Their Quest for Hidden Gold
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$735.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated Plain B/W Frontispiece by noted illustrator Walter S. Rogers. Slowly gradually, the Great Rock Began to Move ,Orange & White Pictorial GRETTA Endpapers. ownership name Sticker on half-title, Back Inner Hinges Starting Slightly Cracked, HBDJ, 1951 , STATED 1st Published in Great Britain, TRUE 1st British Edition ,VG/GOOD+. AS-IS, . Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD+. First UK Edition. 12mo - Blue Tweed Cloth Titled in Blue with Hardy Boys Silhouetthe on Front Cvr, Harold Hill printed on book spine indicates this is the original printing., Tight and square, faint toning BTM SPINE CVR END . Dust jacket is price clipped, wear to corners, slight loss at Yellow spine DJ ends Removes Most of #5 at Btm, unfaded, protected in a removable clear film sleeve. Hardback, Dustjacket has moderate edgewear, Book is in VERYGood shape, titles on the Further Titles in this Series page that List Thru Shore Road Mystery, Text is in good shape. Interior Nice, tight Clean Light rub, wear, Fox ,224 pgs, NO ads in back, DJ Light wear tiny chips Tears Extremities, Blue cloth stamped in dark blue on spine and front board, 5 X 7 1/2 in. , Back Inner Flap DJ Lists thru Brother, Baby & I, Back of DJ Light rub, wear & small Ink Word gives short sypnosis of bk Shore Road Mystery with Red, B/W Comics Like Drawings of Hardy Boys, Light Scuff Spine DJ edges, Franklin Dixon Name front Btm DJ Printed in Blue , NO Other Internals, Inner Flap DJ PriceClipped List thru Secret Skull Mountain, ,The Rescue of an Old Man from a wrecked Cottage & an Exciting Journey to a Montanna Gold Mine, Lead Frank & Joe Hardy, Sons of a Famous Detective, into Thrilling Adventure with a Gang of Dangerous Outlaws. Outwitting of Black Pepper's Gang needs all Their Skill & Nerve when they are Trapped & caught in Their Quest for Hidden Gold
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$737.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Inner Flap DJ Original Price Intact of 6/- NET List thru Secret Skull Mountain, ,HBDJ, Stated First Published Great Britain 1951 on copyright pg, 1st UK Edition, VG/GOOD+, AS-IS, Blue Tweed cloth with Silhouette of boys on front, Harold Hill name on the book spine indicates an original printing.dustjacket has a small tape repair at the top front, and some edgewear at the head and foot of the spine. Front dustjacket flap has check marks beside some of the Hardy Boys titles. A previous owner's name on the front paste down endpaper has been blacked out, and small check marks appear on the "Further Titles in this Series" page.The text itself is in good shape, Ink Markout topo of page List of titles in front go thru Shore Road Mystery someone written in ink Series #?s beside titles. 224 pgs, NO ads in back, Interior Nice tight clean Light Wear Fox, DJ Protected by Clear Mylar, DJ Light wear tiny chips Tears Extremities, Blue cloth stamped in dark blue on spine and front board, tinted top edges, 5 X 7 1/2 in. , Spine DJ END SMALL CHIPS NOT Affecting Titles Leaving 34 present btm .Back Inner Flap Dj Lists thru Brother, Baby & I, Back of DJ Light rub, wear & small Ink Word gives short sypnosis of bk Hunting for Hidden Gold with Red, B/W Comics Like Drawings of Hardy Boys ,in Vintage Bright Coloured DustJacket Illustrated by Frank Varty Of Blonde & Black Haired brothers in Yellow Speed Boat, with 1 giving Fistacuff To 1 Guy Hanging on edge of boat & 3 Other Men In Background,
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.