The Hardy Boys The Flickering Torch Mystery by Franklin w. Dixon 1943 Grosset & Dunlap
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This is The Hardy Boys: The Flickering Torch Mystery by Franklin W. Dixon, illustrated by Paul Laune, a Grosset & Dunlap hardcover copyrighted 1943, with its dust jacket.
The dust jacket shows wear and small rips and chips along the top edge, while the tan cloth boards and text pages underneath are clean, as the photos show.
Frank and Joe Hardy, sons of a famous detective, take on a new case in this Hardy Boys mystery. Chapter titles such as The Scientist's Request, The Earth Trembles, Flickering Torches, and The Bottomless Pool set the stage.
Details
- Item: Hardcover book with dust jacket
- Title: The Hardy Boys: The Flickering Torch Mystery
- Author: Franklin W. Dixon
- Illustrator: Paul Laune
- Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, New York
- Publication Year: Copyright 1943. Printing year not confirmed from photos
- Edition and Printing: Not confirmed from photos
- Format and Binding: Hardcover, tan cloth boards with a brown stamped title and picture
- Dust Jacket: Yes, pictorial jacket. The front flap lists Hardy Boys Mystery Stories, and the back panel lists Zane Grey Adventure Stories for Boys
- Pages: 212
- Genre: Boys' mystery series, The Hardy Boys
- Language: English
- ISBN: None printed on the copyright page
- Dimensions: 8x5x1
Condition Grade: Good
Positives
- Graded Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use, and every flaw is named in this listing.
- Pictorial dust jacket present, with the canoe and torch scene on the front.
- Black and white frontispiece by Paul Laune facing the title page.
- The text pages shown are clean and easy to read.
- The copyright page is marked Printed in the United States of America.
Issues / Wear
- Wear, small rips, and chips along the top edge of the dust jacket.
- Edge wear on the dust jacket spine.
- Pages are toned with age.
Please view the photos. Scroll in to judge the condition. This is the actual book you will be receiving.
This 1943 Grosset & Dunlap copy has Paul Laune's frontispiece and its pictorial jacket, and it suits a reader building a Hardy Boys shelf. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.
- Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
- Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
- Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
- Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
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