While The Clock Ticked, Childrens Mystery Series # 11, STATED 1ST UK EDITION, Hardy Boys in Color Dustjacket Illustrated by Frank Varty of 2 Blonde & Black Haired Brothers, Joe & Frank Tied up in Chairs with White Hankies over Their Mouths One in Blue
by Franklin W. Dixon, in Vintage Bright Coloured DustJacket Illustrated by Frank Varty , Illustrated Plain B/W Frontispiece by noted illustrator AU Scott I'll Tell my Story while the Clock Ticks, Cackled the Madman, Orange & White Pictorial GRETTA End
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- very good
- Hardcover
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Harold Hill & Son Limited, Newcastle Upon Tyne ,UK, 1955 Illustrated Plain B/W Frontispiece by noted illustrator AU Scott I'll Tell my Story while the Clock Ticks, Cackled the Madman, Orange & White Pictorial GRETTA Endpapers FOXing. NO Other Internals, HBDJ, STATED 1st Published in Great Britain 1955, TRUE 1st British Edition ,VG-/GOOD+. AS-IS, Book Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD+. First UK Edition. 12mo -Bright Orange Tweed Cloth Titled in Black with Hardy Boys Silhouetthe on Front Cvr, Book spine Cvr Light Fade Btm cvr, Tight and square, faint toning BTM SPINE CVR END . Dust jacket is price clipped, wear to corners, Slight loss at Yellow spine DJ ends at Btm with Small tears but #11 Intact, protected in a removable clear film sleeve. Dustjacket has moderate edgewear, Edge creases small Triangular Corner chip Hardly affects Illustration at Left Corner, Titles on the Further Titles in this Series page that List Thru Secret Wildcat Swamp, Text is in good Shape. Interior Nice, tight Clean Light rub, wear, Fox , 222 pgs, + ADS in back Nancy Drew Ends with Secret Red Gate Farm shows 6s. NET , DJ Light wear tiny chips Tears Extremities, 5 X 7 1/2 in. , Back Inner Flap DJ Lists Thru Nancy Drew Secret Red Gate Farm, Back of DJ Light rub, wear TINY BTM EDGE CHIP & small Ink Word gives short sypnosis of Bk Footprints Under Window Mystery with Red, B/W Comics Like Drawings of Hardy Boys, Light Scuff Spine DJ edges, Franklin Dixon Name front Btm DJ Printed in Orange. Moderate browning and some soiling to top and bottom page edge, light spotting to prelims. Some fading and bumping to spine ends. Light soiling and creasing, moderate chipping and tearing to edges not intruding on text.; 12mo , Inner Flap DJ PriceClipped List thru Crisscross Shadow, ,in Color Dustjacket Illustrated by Frank Varty of 2 Blonde & Black Haired Brothers, Joe & Frank Tied up in Chairs with White Hankies over Their Mouths One in Blue Shirt Other in Red Shirt White Collar inside Room with Grandfather Clock & Old Man entering Room in Grey Suit & Black Bow Tie , The boys, having won a large, tall clock at the local fair, deposit it in the living room. A few feet away, Aunt Gertrude, engrossed in the latest novel from the Olympia Press, rears up her head and yells, "For Christ's sake, what's that damn ticking sound?" Suddenly the bottom door of the clock opens and a madman holding a knife steps out. Auntie smiles and says, "Well, now we're talking!". Hardy boys aid in vindicating a man who has been wrongly accused of a crime. 1st Edition.
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- While The Clock Ticked, Childrens Mystery Series # 11, STATED 1ST UK EDITION, Hardy Boys in Color Dustjacket Illustrated by Frank Varty of 2 Blonde & Black Haired Brothers, Joe & Frank Tied up in Chairs with White Hankies over Their Mouths One in Blue
- Author
- Franklin W. Dixon, in Vintage Bright Coloured DustJacket Illustrated by Frank Varty , Illustrated Plain B/W Frontispiece by noted illustrator AU Scott I'll Tell my Story while the Clock Ticks, Cackled the Madman, Orange & White Pictorial GRETTA End
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- GOOD+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harold Hill & Son Limited, Newcastle Upon Tyne ,UK
- Date Published
- 1955
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- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHILDRENS MYSTERY SERIES HARDY BOYS BRITISH EDITION
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