Identifying first edition hardy boys book the ebay community. First editions in dust jacket on the hardy boys, nancy drew, dracula, and a few others also have value. 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. Collecting nancy drew nancy drew and friends umd libraries. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online. A book that has significant damage is likely not worth much. I would like to have a set of white spine hardy boys books in dust jackets. Available for the first time in one complete collection only at. First editions are sought after by collectors of all kinds. As soon as i was able, i started reading the books. The dust jacket is both the most decorative part of a book, and the most delicate. Can anyone help me with identifying a whether my book is a first edition. 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.
Most valuable playboy magazine issues of all time therichest. W dixon the hardy boys the great airport mystery first edition. The hardy boys are brother amateur detectives, aspiring to follow in their famous fathers footsteps. The second book, the missing chums,was the fourth book in the hardy boys series. Yes, it maybe worth it if you like collecting old edition books and if you love the hardy boys stories. I have a collection of hardy boy books with print dates of. The viking symbol mystery hardy boys, book 42 by dixon, franklin w.
This book was written for the stratemeyer syndicate by leslie mcfarlane in 1930. By your description, this one sounds like its in very good to near excellent condition. See the complete the hardy boys series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. While all of the 1954 editions of the magazine are valuable today, november is one of. According to the carpentieri biblography, the only red covered cabin island to feature the don sturdy ad on the last page is the first printing. Now, for the first time, you can purchase all sixtysix. First editions of books with modified not revised text are sought by hardy completists. Reading the hardy boys books, despite their many flaws the. First edition hardy boys books first five in the by umanthings. 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 margin of first and last page, creases on both covers, some soil on back cover. In 1991 applewood books began to publish first edition facsimiles of the early volumes. Diane hunter was one of the early 1950s most popular pinup models, having been featured in several calendars and finally the november 1954 issue of playboy. While cleaning out my book shelf today i found it and realized that the date is 1943.
What happened at midnight, hardy boys, red cover, 1931, first edition what happened at midnight, hardy boys, red cover, 1931, first edition, 2 pages, in very good condition, except for the cracked binding inside rear cover, with no writing in the book. First published in 1927, the hardy boys series are mysteryadventure books depicting brothers frank and joes daring capers. Of the dixon writers, the most influential is the first one, leslie mcfarlane, who wrote many of the series earlier volumes, beginning with the 1927. Ebay buyers of hardy boys mystery books should be aware that a large proportion of the books advertised on ebay are the bowdlerized i. Caught in their motorboat the sleuth, by a sudden storm at sea, frank and joe hardy are helpless when the engine conks out. A couple years ago i was really into the hardy boys series so my uncle gave me one of his hardy boy books from when he was young. 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 hardy boys nancy drew mysteries, season one 1977. The first hardy boys book was published three years before the first nancy drew. The hardy boys, frank and joe, are teenage brothers who spend their time solving mysteries.
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. Vintage the hardy boys book lot 1950s thru 70s 1,4,5,37,53. Started as a way to idle away time, edward stratemeyer came up with a magnificent group of childrens mystery stories. The dust jacket on a first edition of the first nancy drew book is now worth approximately seven. The hardy boys is a series that has spanned generations of readers. The worlds most valuable childrens books do you have one. The series was created by edward stratemeyer of the stratemeyer syndicate. Putnams sons and now they are owned by penguin random house. In the original version of this story, the criminals are local bayport. How much hardy boys books worth, very good condition.
What i say here is just a sort of a general guideline. The first nancy drew is ranked 53rd on the alltime bestselling childrens book list for the united states. It is fairly valuable with the jacket, but there is a demand for the red cover editions even without the jackets. How can you identify a first edition hardy boys book. The great airport mystery by franklin dixon a wonderful book for the collector or hardy boys fan. Tell us what else you do know and the antiques appraiser will be able to better assist you. The printing year 1929 boards are red, last page has an advertisment for the don sturdy series. Make offer hardy boys the house on the cliff 1927 true first edition franklin w. Dixon hardy boys first edition sellersupplied images abebooks.
The estimated values in the table are for first edition books with dust jackets. I told my husband, on the last day of lauries confinement, that actually one good scare like that could probably mark a child for life, and my husband pointed out that kids frequently have an instinctive desire to follow the good example rather than the bad, once they find out which is which. How much hardy boys books worth, very good condition 1927,1928. Charlie and the chocolate factory charlie bucket series book 1 english edition. The hardy boys books secret of the old mill phantom freighter vintage boy series books flashlight hardcover franklin w. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. 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.
The childrens picturebook price guide includes first edition identification points for twentynine of the books in the list click on the book s title to see first edition identification points for a particular book. We believed optimistically that laurie was a reformed character. Sometimes its turned out to be surprisingly valuable. I had a few, mostly used copies, but did have trouble finding them. The hardy boys is a series of childrens mystery novels written under the house name of franklin w. Do detective work before selling your hardy boy books. Most hard cover books published since the early 20th century were sold with a dust jacket.
Unfollow hardy boys first edition books to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. I have a hardy boys book called the mystery of cabin island. 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. Valerie vanderlinden mancinellibooks worth reading. That is because a first edition is the very first copy of a book to be published for sale, which often makes first editions rare books, hardtofind copies, or even outof print editions. The classic boy detectives by frank dixoni read all of them in my younger years, one i ran out of nancy drew books. A timmi tobbson adventure solvethemyourself mysteries for kids 812 by j. I always love having an appraiser look at my stuff.
Hardy boys complete series set, books 166 dixon, franklin w. It wont be news to anyone, but the first couple of years worth of playboy magazines are worth something today. Actually, my first memories of nancy drew, and the hardy boys, was in the serials that ran on the mickey mouse club when i was a kid. In 1950, the cover art changed for ten nancy drew titles. The hardy boys by dixon, franklin w used books and rare. Over the years, hosts of unnamed writers have contributed to this yarn of tales to the delight of millions of mystery lovers. Hardy boys complete series set books 166 the hardy boys. Their ofteninept father, fenton, is also a detective. The hardy boys have been americas favorite detective duo for over 75 years. Affordable alternative the university press of kansas of course. How much are the original hardy boys books worth answers. 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. Dixon was leslie mcfarlane, a canadian author who contributed 19 of the first 25 books in the series.
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