Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books. In the 1959 original, the hardy boys head up to alaska to solve some mysterious disappearances and break up a plot to steal a lost us moon rocket. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. This includes cover variations of every hardy boys book published between 1927 and 1980. The hardy boys book,the mystery of the desert giant mystery stories,vintage kids books,chapter books,kids reading,old books,bookshelf. There are lots of other books, video games, and other media. Nov 09, 2020 other books produced by the syndicate that you might recognize include bobbsey twins, cherry ames, and of course, the hardy boys. A few derivatives were mustered, while the original stopped in 2005. Aug 14, 2011 i have an old hardy boys book, the shortwave mystery and would like a ballpark estimate of value. There is detailed information such as authors, illustrators, artists, plot synopses and more on every hardy boys book, including all paperback series, with full color images of the cover art for all series. View gumtree free online classified ads for hardy boys books and more in south africa.
There are plenty of full color book cover photos here to help you in collecting boys series books from the past. Dixon book 4 in the series, two friends of the hardy boys decide to take a trip down the coast, but they disappear. Sometimes its turned out to be surprisingly valuable. I have a hardy boys book called the mystery of cabin island. We can help you find the hardy boys books you are looking for. Take a closer look at the hardy boys books on the shelf. First published in 1927, the hardy boys series are mysteryadventure books depicting brothers frank and joes daring capers. Do detective work before selling your hardy boy books. Hardy boys complete series set, books 166 dixon, franklin w. The printing year 1929 boards are red, last page has an advertisment for the don sturdy series. The series revolves around teenagers who are amateur sleuths, solving cases that stumped their adult counterparts. How much hardy boys books worth, very good condition 1927,1928. 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. No robbery is more devastating than of tower mansion, home to one of.
Youngsters can love a book too much, reading it again and again, which results in extreme wear and tear. The series had two books which crossed over with the hardy boys, a subseries titled hardy boys and tom swift ultra thrillers time bomb august 1992 and the alien factor. Admittedly this is my personal opinion, but i have read each and every hardy boys title both original and revised textin the first 58. New and used items, cars, real estate, jobs, services. The end sheets are what you see when you first open a book. I always love having an appraiser look at my stuff. Hardy boys books 1120 the hardy boys mystery collection box set. Jan 27, 2019 as the ohio university journalism professor marilyn s. This book was originally released back in the late 1920s, and is, arguably, the best hardy boys book in the entire series. A missing dust jacket, or a dust jacket that is in poor condition, can cut a collectible book s value more than 50%, and make it harder to find a buyer. 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. Three new titles are published yearly as paperback books and ebooks.
Hardy boys new, used and rare books and ephemera at biblio. Mar 15, 2018 how much hardy boys books worth, very good condition 1927,1928. If you are selling, i would recommend starting on the internet so you can reach more potential buyers. Reading the hardy boys books, despite their many flaws. Top of the pile is the hobbit the book that launched the entire fantasy. All item images are used solely for identification purposes. Find vintage hardy boys books in canada visit kijiji classifieds to buy, sell, or trade almost anything. Greenwald writes in her 2004 book, the secret of the hardy boys. Dixon this iconic boydetective series has entertained generations of boys since the first three books landed on bookstore shelves in 1927. If you like hardy boys books, youll love nancy drew. And condition is doubly important when considering the value of childrens books. It features the hardy boys, frank and joe, as gradeschool detectives.
Packed into the hardy boys series from 1927 to 1972 was a long list of exciting adventures. Book three in the murder house trilogy 24 hardy boys all new undercover brothers by franklin w. The characters were created by american writer edward stratemeyer, the founder of book packaging firm stratemeyer syndicate. This value is determined by performing a market research based upon similar items sold in latest auctions and private sales. 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 and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The worlds most valuable childrens books do you have one. A million dollars worth of gold bullion has been stolen from the wakefield mint. Like all things, the hardy boys have undergone renovation. See the complete the hardy boys series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles.
Humble childrens books from years past can be immensely valuable, but only if they are the right edition in the right condition. Apr 6, 2016 why do the hardy boys books continue to line the shelves of. This series rebooted in 2016 as the hardy boys clue book series. I have 211st edition hardy boys books that i am looking. After all, the texts do have a lot of redeeming educational value. Identifying first edition hardy boys book the ebay community. As of 2002, this is the last book in the hardy boys series that has multiple versions. Add mystery to your bookshelf with this exclusive hardy boys collection. Item may be available in your local warehouse for a lower, nondelivered price. The dust jacket is both the most decorative part of a book, and the most delicate. Together in this one book are two of the hardy boys oldest mysteries that began the classic mystery series of the sleuthing siblings.
The longestrunning series of books to feature the hardy boys is the hardy boys mystery stories, sometimes also called the hardy boys mysteries. Hardy boys books in south africa gumtree classifieds in south africa. While cleaning out my book shelf today i found it and realized that the date is 1943. I have a collection of hardy boy books with print dates of. The fourth tom swift series was created as a counterpart to the nancy drew files and the hardy boys casefiles spinoffs, and was published by archway from 1991 to 1993. Nov 20, 2020 the hardy boys have been solving crimes for decades in a franchise that includes books, television shows, comics, and even video games. Using plain oldfashioned methods of deduction sufficed in this series. Feb 08, 2012 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. May, 2020 there is the original mystery series, comprising around 190 books, casefiles around 120, some crossovers with nancy drew, the undercover brothers, which ended in 20, and an ongoing series, hardy boys adventures. Pictorial boards, general wear, light tanning what do you expect after more than a century, binding appears sound, no apparent marks. Reading the hardy boys books, despite their many flaws the.
Add to favorites hardy boys book collection books 24 citycountryhouse. Hardy boys ebooks in pdf format a book lovers haven. The hardy boys, brothers frank and joe hardy, are fictional characters who appear in several mystery series for children and teens. First edition 1894 nap in good condition lacking a dust jacket. Often overlooked is the impact the books have had on childrens literature and the ongoing debate concerning their overall literary value.
They almost get rescued by their friends, but things backfire and all get captured. Tell us what else you do know and the antiques appraiser will be able to better assist you. Find hardy boys and nancy drew from a vast selection of books. The hardy boys book,the mystery of the desert giant mystery stories,vintage kids books,chapter books,kids reading,old books,bookshelf familyvintagefinders. A missing dust jacket, or a dust jacket that is in poor condition, can cut a collectible book s value more than. How much hardy boys books worth, very good condition. This is a list of all hardy boys books published, by series. This story was revised during the first wave revisions of the hardy boys back in the. In the tower treasure, the hardy boys summer is ruined by a redhaired robber striking all over town. Used books hardy boys half price books india half price books. Hardy boys books 110 the hardy boys mystery collection box set.
Buy books online and find book series such as the hardy boys written by. The oldest end sheets in hardy boys books were blank, but in the 1930s this was replaced with an orange silhouette scene. 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. The clue of the screeching owl hardy boys, book 41 dixon, franklin w.
Do detective work before selling your hardy boy books the. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about 1959 hardy boys book. The nancy drew series books in 1929, stratemeyer sent a proposal for a 16year old female detective to one of his writers, mildred wirt benson 19052002, a 25year old who went on to write twentyfour volumes under. The hardy boys original series the hardy boys wiki fandom. The hardy boys book the missing chums hardy boys series book 4 hardcover pictorial frankin w dixon boy detectives mystery young adult book casevintageshop. I have 211st edition hardy boys books that i am looking to. The ghost of the hardy boys, first edition abebooks. Hardy boys is one of the worlds most successful fictitious creations. Can anyone help me with identifying a whether my book is a first edition.
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