A very good first edition in a very good dust jacket, warmly inscribed in year of publication to a close friend by the author, who ghostwrote most of the early hardy boys books. The printing year 1929 boards are red, last page has an advertisment for. Developed by the american publisher edward stratemeyer, the hardy boys books were part of a range of juvenile detective fiction released by the stratemeyer syndicate, and was so successful that they. The hardy boys books secret of the old mill phantom freighter vintage boy series books flashlight hardcover franklin w. Sterling publishing, look for the ending 1 in their number system of 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Hardy boys complete series set, books 166 dixon, franklin w. Mar 07, 2014 my approach in collecting hardy boys books my nancy drew collection consists of around 2,000 books. Identifying first edition hardy boys book the ebay community. Over the years, hosts of unnamed writers have contributed to this yarn of tales to the delight of millions of mystery lovers. The first printing of the hardy boys were in hard back with dust covers. Oct 10, 2015 recent purchases from the rare and antique book website indicate this trend. Dixon hardy boys first edition sellersupplied images abebooks. I have a hardy boys book called the mystery of cabin island.
See more ideas about books, quotation marks and nancy drew books. Do detective work before selling your hardy boy books. This is a list of all hardy boys books published, by series. The printing year 1929 boards are red, last page has an advertisment for the don sturdy series. Apr 12, 2007 most hardy boys books have a list of titles so readers can be attracted to buying other books in the series. The hardy boys is a series that has spanned generations of readers. Picture coverstyle pc bound books were first introduced in 1971 and continued until 1986 when the last hardback. Collecting, identifying, and valuing first edition.
Worldwide, over 70 million copies of hardy books have been sold. Square, close to tight copy with previous owner name in ink on inside front cover, pages are offwhite with a faint moisture type stain on upper. Using the search bar top right there is also the facility to search by title, author or specific word. We can help you find the hardy boys books you are looking for. In 1991 applewood books began to publish first edition facsimiles of the early volumes. The great airport mystery is volume 9 in the original the hardy boys mystery stories. Recent purchases from the rare and antique book website indicate this trend. My approach in collecting hardy boys books series books for.
Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection. Starting in 1959 the first 38 stories were revised and abridged, much to the dismay of longtime hardy boys fans. My guess is that more than half of you are looking a bit odd reading the newspaper with your arm upraised. First edition hardy boys books first five in the by umanthings. Also included are many rare books, sometimes signed. See the complete the hardy boys series book list in order, box sets or omnibus. Like the nancy drew series, the characters were created by edward stratemeyer for his book packaging company stratemeyer syndicate and were all ghost written under the pen name franklin w. Hardy boys complete series set books 166 goodreads. Dixons hardy boys books in order of when they were.
Biography of the son of shirley jones and jack cassidy, a pop singer who became a teen idol and went on to star in the hardy boys tv series. Do your research first, ask questions, and like the others state, there is no industry standard to rely on regarding identifying them. Picture coverstyle pc bound books were first introduced in 1971 and continued until 1986 when the last hardback edition was published. Like the nancy drew series, the characters were created by edward stratemeyer. Collecting, identifying, and valuing first edition childrens.
First edition, first printing, of the first hardy boys title, long considered one of the holy grails of american childrens book collecting. Since 1996, the hardy boys unofficial home page has been the premier spot on the internet for adult collectors and fans of the hardy boys mystery books by franklin w. Now, for the first time, you can purchase all sixtysix. All hardy boys books published from 1950 to 1969 were hardback with dustjacket. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. Sales of the full first edition set of the chronicles of narnia by c. Available for the first time in one complete collection only at. First edition hardy boys books first five in the series 1927 and 1928 basic description. Can anyone help me with identifying a whether my book is a first edition. So there is no way any paper back hardy boys will ever be a first edition printing.
That book is the red book that can be seen on the far left of the first photograph of my hardy boys books with dust jackets. First published in 1927, the hardy boys series are mysteryadventure books depicting brothers frank and joes daring capers. A numbering system was then added where the 1 would indicate a first printing. As the worlds largest independent marketplace for new, used and rare books, you always get the best in service and value when you buy from, and all of your purchases are backed by our return guarantee. After a dying criminal confesses that his loot frank and joe hardy are investigating a determined to learn the secret of the old mill, eighteen yearold frank and seventeen yearold timber wolves, a. The longestrunning series of books to feature the hardy boys is the hardy boys mystery stories, sometimes also called the hardy boys mysteries.
Published in 1939, a11 according to the carpentieri guide. Please feel free to browse our stock of modern first edition books, antiquarian and childrens first editions. After 26 years with no new titles added to the series, in 2005. The hardy boys by dixon, franklin w used books and rare. First edition childrens books archives rare and antique books. The hardy boys have been americas favorite detective duo for over 75 years.
Nancy drew and the hardy boys super mystery series 20072012 the nancy drew and the hardy boys super mystery books are a new series first published in june 2007 and are not to be confused with the nancy drew and hardy boys supermystery series that was published between 1988 and 1998. Hardy boys books 110 the hardy boys mystery collection box set. Ebay buyers of hardy boys mystery books should be aware that a large proportion of the books advertised on ebay are the bowdlerized i. I cant find a row of numbers at the bottom and am not sure how to determine if they are first editions which i think they are. The first hardy boys book was published three years before the first nancy drew. The hardy boys original series the hardy boys wiki. The hardy boys or the hardy boys mystery stories is the original hardy boys series. How can you identify a first edition hardy boys book. Yes, it maybe worth it if you like collecting old edition books and if you love the hardy boys stories. Unfollow hardy boys first edition books to stop getting updates on your. Do your research first, ask questions, and like the. The list is sometimes on the dust jacket, sometimes in the front of the book, and sometimes in the back of the book. Bells books abebooks the mark on the door by franklin w.
Dixon began the hardy boys series in 1927 with the novel the tower treasure. All the books can be searched on the left by author, category or price. Hardy boys new, used and rare books and ephemera at biblio. In the original version of this story, the criminals are local bayport hoods. How much are the original hardy boys books worth answers.
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Dixons hardy boys books in order of when they were originally published. Take a closer look at the hardy boys books on the shelf. How can you identify a first edition hardy boys book answers. The books were shortened from 25 chapters to 20 and had a more uniform length to reduce publishing costs, obsolete prose, which dated the stories, was updated, and racial stereotypes, the subject of many letters of complaint, were. The first nancy drew is ranked 53rd on the alltime bestselling childrens book list for the united states. Tias has a wide selection of 1st edition antique and vintage books for sale. Started as a way to idle away time, edward stratemeyer came up with a magnificent group of childrens mystery stories. Putnams sons and now they are owned by penguin random house. The hardy boys original series the hardy boys wiki fandom. As the worlds largest independent marketplace for new, used and rare books, you always get the best in service and value. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online.
Do detective work before selling your hardy boy books the. First edition childrens books archives rare and antique. The term first edition or first printing was used to designate first edition from 1952 to the early 1970s. Childrens peter harrington rare books first edition. The great airport mystery by franklin dixon a wonderful book for the collector or hardy boys fan. A very good first edition in a very good dust jacket, warmly inscribed in year of publication to a close friend by the author, who. This book was written for the stratemeyer syndicate by leslie mcfarlane in 1930. From that year on all new hardy boys titles were issued in paperback only. The first three titles were published in 1927, and were an immediate success.
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