A figure in hiding. Illustrated by Paul Laune. Hardy Boys mystery stories.
by DIXON, Franklin W
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1937]. 12mo. iii, [1], 212 pp., plus 6 pp. publ. ads. Frontisp., orange illustrated endpapers by Gretta. Tan cloth, brown lettering & silhouette of Hardy Boys on Front cover, brown lettering on spine (minor edgewear, faint tidemark at very upper fore-edge corner), w/ d.j. (minor chipping head of spine, couple minor closed tears, creasing, minor wear to corners), still VG-/G copy, w/ former owner’s bookplate on front pastedown. First edition of No. 16 in the Hardy Boys Series, with ads on front flap listing to A Figure in Hiding, X-Bar-X Boys ads on rear flap listing 16 titles, ads at rear listing to Figure in Hiding, preserving the 5050 price code on front flap.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51436
- Title
- A figure in hiding. Illustrated by Paul Laune. Hardy Boys mystery stories.
- Author
- DIXON, Franklin W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- [1937].
- Keywords
- Children’s Literature, Mystery, Mysteries, Hardy Boys, Series Books, Dixon, Stratemeyer syndicate, Boys Series, Gretta, Paul Laune
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Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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