Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 223 Pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed, marked and edge worn. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, there is a previous owners signature on the front end page. Clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*06/05/2022. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Price: US$12.16 + shipping
Description: First UK edition, octavo hardcover (VG) illus; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Dixon, Franklin W.. The Secret of The Caves. Harold Hill & Son, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1953.
Price: US$12.81 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Used book. First British edition of this popular boys American adventure series featuring The Hardy Boys. No inscriptions, Orange decorative endpapers. Black & white illust frontis. 223 pps. Brown/green HB covers. No d/w. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Lorna Tranter Books, Seascale, United Kingdom
Franklin W. Dixon. The Great Airport Mystery - The Hardy Boys. Harold Hill& Son Ltd, 1953.
Price: US$13.06 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1953. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$158.96 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK edition, First Printing octavo, frontis. pp. 223. Illustrated endpages. Original yellow boards with blue lettering to front board and spine, blue decoration of two figures to front board, top page edges blue. Pages clean and tightly bound, foxing to the top of the text block and the fore edge. The original jacket is fair, with loss to the top and bottom of the spine, rubbing to the extremities, archival tape reinforcement to rear of jacket which is not price clipped (6/- net) Last title listed on front end flap, The Secret of Skull Mountain, rear flap has an ad for Enid Blyton 'Now for a story' and "Little Women".
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: B/W Frontispiece Clear Out of Here, Captain Royal Stormed, & Don t let me Catch You around here Again. Inner Flap DJ Lists thru Secret of Skull Mountain, NO OTHER INTERNALS, HBDJ, Stated First Published Great Britain 1953 on copyright pg, 1st UK Edition, VG+ /GOOD- , AS-IS, Bottom DJ Spine 3/4 in. chip & Light Scuff Wear, Light Yellow Mustard Cloth Boards tiny edge stain with Silhouette of Hardys, book itself is in VERYgood+ order with clean pages and tight binding with some minor bumps to corners. Clipped DJ is in generally GOOD-order, however has a piece missing from the base of the DJ spine, and Light small tears wears creases at edges DJ & small round stain. Text itself is in good shape with Light Wear Fox, page List of titles in front go thru Mystery Cabin Island, 223 pgs , Interior Nice tight clean Light Wear Fox, DJ Protected by Clear Mylar, DJ Light wear tiny chips Tears Extremities, 5 X 7 1/2 in. Back Inner Flap DJ Lists Now for a Story Film Edition Little Women shows Price of 3/6 NET PRICE, Back of DJ Light rub, wear & small Ink Word READ gives short sypnosis of bk Mystery Cabin Island with Red, B/W Comic 4 CAPTION Like Drawings of Hardy Boys small edge tears,Yellow Spine DJ has small chip top edge but Title Intact , Dustjacket has mild chipping at head and foot of spine, , WITH SILHOUETTE OF HARDY BOYS ON FRONT WITH BLACK LETTERING & Back Book is Plain, First edition in Yellowcloth cover, with clean pages and firm binding & Top outer pgs edges Publishers Green. Front DJ Hardy Boys Titled in Red, Book Title in Blue & Authors Name in Black at Bottom DJ, , Yellow DJ Spine WITH HEAD OF HARDY BOYS in Red circle. Pages are Relatively white, but has a FOX stain on the outer part of the pages. The binding is tight, & no writing in the book. The bottom spine of dust jacket is missing, & very small part of the top is missing. There are a few spots on the top of the front DJ, & very small wear to the corner tips. The back of the DJ has a 1" closed tear. , in Vintage Bright Coloured artwork DustJacket by Frank Varty of Blonde & Brown Haired Hardy Boys wearing Green & Yellow Sweaters with White Collars, 1 is Holding Red Jacket & both are standing on Banks watching boy being rescued by Man in Rushing Waters Near Large Brown Rocks The Hardy Boys Childrens Mystery ,
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$349.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: THE HARDY BOYS #9 THE GREAT AIRPORT MYSTERY by FRANKLIN DIXON, published by UK publisher Harold Hill in 1953, First Printing (no references to subsequent printings on copyright page), orange "Gretta" endpapers, yellow 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: Skull Mountain Dust Jacket Rear Flap: Ad for Little Women Dust Jacket Back Cover: Ad for next Hardy Boys book (What Happened at Midnight) Book front list: The Secret of Wildcat Swamp (books are not listed in original order of publication) Book has no creased page corners, slight dust soiling/age darkening/foxing to outer page edges, 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, bit of tiny spotting along bottom edge and on spine otherwise no soiling or staining to boards, tiny fading spot at bottom right on spine, no color wear or surface color tears to boards, no bumped board corners. Dust Jacket has irregular small losses at spine tips, couple of short closed tears with related creases to front panel otherwise no chipping, tearing or creasing, wear to spine tips, hint of wear to front flap crease (nick losses at flap crease corners), some edge wear, no soiling or staining, hint of dust rubbing to white rear panel, no color rubbing to to front panel, very slight spine sun fading. Overall a 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$374.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: THE HARDY BOYS #7 THE SECRET OF THE CAVES by FRANKLIN DIXON, published by UK publisher Harold Hill in 1953, First Printing (no references to subsequent printings on copyright page), orange "Gretta" endpapers, greyish brow 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: Skull Mountain Dust Jacket Rear Flap: Ad for Little Women Dust Jacket Back Cover: Ad for next Hardy Boys book (Cabin Island) Book front list: The Mystery of Cabin Island (books are not listed in original order of publication) Book has no creased page corners, hint of dust soiling/age darkening/foxing to outer page edges, 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 nick loss along top edge on front panel, tiny nick with related crease along bottom edge on front panel otherwise no chipping, tearing or creasing, slight wear to spine tips, hint of wear to front flap crease (nick losses at flap crease corners), just a 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$390.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: in Colour Dustjacket Illustrated by Frank Varty, Plain Frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers shows four men surrounding the hardy boys in a cave, caption reads: 'We?ll Tie them Up until we figure out what to do with Them, NO OTHER INTERNALS,HBDJ, 1953, Stated 1st British Edition, 1st Printing, NF-/VG-, AS-IS, Pretext Lists Thru Wailing Siren Mystery, All pages are clean and bright and tight with ome Foxing, Outer pgs edges show FOX Stains commensurate with its age. ,Protected in a mylar wrapper the cover picture is still in excellent condition and and the original art work looks ALMOST as bright as the day it was published. the DJ spine has chipping at top but title intact , small tears base edge of DJ Spine, BACK DJ COVER Shows RED & B/W Comic Figures of Hardys & Talks of Secret of Caves has small stain,The front DJ flap lists to The Secret of Skull Mountain. Back flap has an ad for Enid Blyton and "Little Women"., Mustard yellow Cloth cvr, Book comes with its original dust jacket which is in VG -condition and displays beautifully in its mylar cover. DJ Light rub, wear small Tears & tiny chips wear Extremities . The book itself is in NF-condition with Mustad yellow Cloth Cvr with Blue Silhouette & Lettering, Pages and binding are tight & clean with Fox outer pgs edge. There is no writing in the book, 223 pgs, NO ADS IN Back, DJ has Gold Spine with HH & Son at Base & #6 , Illustrated by Frank Varty showing 2 Hardy Brothers wearing Red & Golden Shirts with White Collars , 1 Blonde & other with Black Hair Standing by Tree Near Ocean Looking at 2 Men in Brown & Blue Suits Tied Up at Base of Tree in Sand, Harold Hill edition, the 1st version available in the UK, complete with beautiful picture cover
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$525.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: HBDJ, 1953, Stated 1st British Edition, 1st Prin ting, NF+/VG, AS-IS, Pretext Lists Thru Wailing Siren Mystery, BACK DJ COVER Shows RED & B/W Comic Figures of Hardys & Talks of Secret of Caves has small stain,The front DJ flap lists to The Secret of Skull Mountain. Back flap has an ad for Enid Blyton and "Little Women"., GreenGrey Pistachio Cloth cvr, Book comes with its original dust jacket which is in VG condition and displays beautifully in its mylar cover. DJ Light rub, wear small Tears & tiny chips wear Extremities . Flap is price clipped. The book itself is in NF+condition with Light Green Grey Pistachio Cloth Cvr with Blue Silhouette & Lettering, Pages and binding are tight & clean with Fox outer pgs edge. Top page outer edges are a Publishers bright green. There is no writing in the book, 223 pgs, NO ADS IN Back, DJ has Gold Spine with HH & Son at Base & #6, in Colour Dustjacket Illustrated by Frank Varty, Plain Frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers shows four men surrounding the hardy boys in a cave, caption reads: 'We ll Tie them Up until we figure out what to do with Them ,in Bright Colour Dustjacket Illustrated by Frank Varty showing 2 Hardy Brothers wearing Red & Golden Shirts with White Collars , 1 Blonde & other with Black Hair Standing by Tree Near Ocean Looking at 2 Men in brown & Blue Suits Tied Up at Base of Tree in Sand
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$659.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Orange & White Pictorial GRETTA Endpapers , NO Other Internals, Inner Flap DJ Original Price Intact of 8/6- NET List thru Secret Skull Mountain, HBDJ, 1953 , STATED 1st Published in Great Britain, TRUE 1st British Edition ,VG/VG-. AS-IS, . DJ bears light edge-wear and scrage hole of approx 1cm x 5cm. Mustard Yellow Tweed Cloth Titled in Black with Hardy Boys Silhouetthe on Front Cvr, Harold Hill printed on book spine indicates this is the original printing. Dustjacket has moderate edgewear, light edge Scuffing, Book is in VERYGood shape, with, tiny red Horizontal stain At btm edge & thin white mark along Spine outer Cvr edges, Further Titles in this Series page that List Thru Secfret Wildcat Swamp, Text is in good shape. Interior Nice, tight Clean Light rub, wear, Fox ,222 pgs + have You Ever Thought why pg, NO ads in back, DJ Protected by Clear Mylar, DJ Light wear tiny chips Tears Extremities, Tinted top outer pgs edges in Green, 5 X 7 1/2 in. , YellowSpine DJ END Tiny CHIPS NOT Affecting Titles Leaving #8 present btm .Back Inner Flap DJ Lists thru Little Women, Back of DJ some rub, wear & 2 X 1/2 in, piece out affects comic on Left top side & small Ink Word gives short sypnosis of bk Grest Airport Mystery with Red, B/W Comics Like Drawings of Hardy Boys, Light Scuff Spine DJ edges ,in Vintage Bright Coloured DustJacket Illustrated by Frank Varty of two Hardy Brothers wearing Green & Red Jackets Trimmed in White Fur in Snow Like Sailboat with Orange Sail watching another Boat with Red Sail & Snow covered mountains & Cabin Across Lake ,a Story of Queer Adventures on a Rockbound Island
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$789.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HBDJ, Stated First Published in Great Britain 1953. 1st Edition, PreText Lists Thru Secret Wildcat Swamp,VG+/VG-, AS-IS, Harold Hill on book spine indicates an original printing. , Grey Tweed CLOTH with blue lettering and front vignette SILHOUETTE OF HARDYS . Back DJ has Red & B/W Hardy comic drawings & Mentions Next book What Happened at midnight with Short Sypnosis, Dustjacket has a slight wrinkle crease at the top front , & a couple of tape repairs from the inside. Front DJ flap is not price clipped. Slight foxing to the book edges, not affecting the text. Text is in good shape, with no marks or writing. Nice collectible, with that colorful front cover artwork by Frank Varty! Yellow Spine DJ With HH & #9 at Btm slight Fade &8 scuff edges & small Tear Top, Interior Nice, tight clean Light wear, Fox, 223 PGS + PG SAYS HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT WHY YOU GET SO MUCH FUN, DJ Protected Clear Mylar Cvr, Back DJ flap has an ad for Enid Blyton Now for a Story and "Little Women". Top outer pgs edge has faded green Publishers Tint., Orange/Red & White Gretta end papers of Man in Tree with Binoculars, Front Inner Flap Lists 29 Hardy Boys titles Thru Secret Skull Mountain, NOT PRICE CLIPPED, NO OTHER INTERNALS , Colorful Front cover DUSTJACKET artwork by Frank Varty OF 2 Blonde & Black Haired Brothers In YELLOW & RED SWEATER WITH WHITE COLLARS & blue Pants TALKING TO MAN IN BLACK BOOTS , brown pants BLACK HAIR & PARACHUTE VEST Whose PLANE HAS CRASHED TO GROUND holding his goggles
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.