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The Sleuth Shop: Vintage Boys' Series Books

A Sleuth just isn't a Sleuth without a little mysterious reading material!

UPDATED: January 16, 2008

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Vintage Boys' Series Books For Sale:

Abreviations FYI: Eps=endpapers, DJ=dust jacket, PC=picture cover, PB=paperback, HC: hardcover, OOP: Out of Print, OT=Original Text, RT=Revised Text, BCE=Book Club Edition

There is only 1 copy of each book shown below, so do not enter a quanity of more than 1 when purchasing! Click on the thumbnail images below for larger pictures.


A Tom Swift Wanderer paperback, 1st printing. The City In The Stars. Victor Appleton. Has edgewear and rubbing, creasing. Black remainder type mark on the bottom closed page edges near spine Pages slightly aging. A red 25 cents marked on the cover. Ok shape.
TSWAND $1.00

An Archway paperback, #9 Fire Biker. Has mild wear, first printing. Overall good!
TSARCH9 $4.00

Two neat big little books based upon TV series: The Buccaneers (spine is slightly cocked) and Andy Burnett On Trial. Whitman published. These are about 4 1/2 inches wide by 5 1/2 inches tall. About 1 inch thick. Both have some edgewear/rubbing to extremities and spine ends and corner bumping/rubbing. Some cello peel. No writing inside On Trial, old price/initial inside Buccaneers on right endpaper top corner. Some endpaper cracking inside back of each. Cracklines forming at front. Pages aging--not brittle though. Overall fine.
BIGLITTLE $9.99

Bronc Burnett: Legion Tourney. Wilfred McCormick. Tweed, no dust jacket. Some edgewear/rubbing to extremities. Name/stamp inside. Binding good, pages fine. Couple of marks on bottom closed page edges. Overall good.
BBLT $2.00

Chip Hilton: Dugout Jinx. By Clair Bee. Tweed, no dust jacket. Some edgewear/rubbing to extremities. Some soiling to closed page edges--bleeds over on a few pages. Binding ok and pages fine. Some corner bumping/wear. Overall ok.
CHDJ $1.00

Three Investigators: The Mystery of the Silver Spider. By Robert Arthur. Paperback by Random House. Mild wear, good shape inside. Overall good.
3ISPIDER $2.00

Ken Holt: The Riddle of the Stone Elephant. SOLD!

Three Investigators: Crimebusters. #3 Rough Stuff. SOLD!

Three Investigators: The Mystery of Monster Mountain. #20. By M.V. Carey. Random House keyhole paperback. Has edgewear and cover wear, creasing. Pages aging inside. Overall ok.
3IPB20 $2.00

Three Investigators: #8 The Mystery of the Silver Spider. SOLD!

Three Investigators: #9 The Mystery of the Screaming Clock. Random House Hitchcock Silhouette paperback. Has edgewear and cover wear, creasing. Pages aging inside. Lists to Shark Reef inside. Overall ok.
3IPB9 $3.75

Three Investigators: #10 The Mystery of the Moaning Cave. Random House keyhole paperback. 1st printing of this format: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 sequence on the copyright page. Has edgewear and cover wear, creasing. Pages aging inside. Lists to Creep-Show Crooks inside. Overall ok. 3IPB10 $5.75

Three Investigators: #11, The Mystery of the Talking Skull. SOLD!

Three Investigators: #12 The Mystery of the Laughing Shadow. SOLD!

Three Investigators: #16 The Mystery of the Nervous Lion. Random House Hitchcock Silhouette paperback. BOOKMARK! There is a neat bookmark/Three Investigators Mystery Quiz insert still intact inside the front cover! Very neat in and of itself. Has edgewear and cover wear, creasing--cover rub. Pages aging inside. Overall ok shape, bookmark in good shape.
3IPB16 $12.50

Three Investigators: #17 The Mystery of the Singing Serpent. Random House Hitchcock Silhouette paperback. Has edgewear and spine wear. Price sticker on back cover marked out. Pages aging inside and some faded water stain marks, no ruffling of pages. Overall ok. 3IPB17 $3.75

Three Investigators: #18 The Mystery of the Shrinking House. Random House Hitchcock Silhouette paperback. 1st printing of this format: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 sequence on the copyright page. Has very little wear. Pages aging inside. Overall very good.
3IPB18 $5.75

Three Investigators: #19 The Secret of Phantom Lake. Random House Hitchcock Silhouette paperback. Lists to Shark Reef inside. Has very mild wear, crease. Pages aging inside. Overall very good. 3IPB19 $3.75

Three Investigators: #20 The Mystery of Monster Mountain. Random House Hitchcock Silhouette paperback. Has edgewear and cover wear, creasing. Pages aging inside. Overall good.
3IPB20 $3.75

Three Investigators: #21 The Secret of the Haunted Mirror. Random House Hitchcock Silhouette paperback. Has edgewear and cover wear, creasing. Pages aging inside. Overall ok. 3IPB21 $2.75 SOLD!

Three Investigators: #22 The Mystery of the Dead Man's Riddle. Random House Hitchcock Silhouette paperback. Has very mild wear. Pages aging inside. Overall good.
3IPB22 $3.75 SOLD!

Three Investigators: #24 The Mystery of Death Trap Mine. Random House Hitchcock Silhouette paperback. Has very mild edgewear and cover wear, creasing. Pages aging inside. Overall ok. 3IPB24 $3.75

Three Investigators: #25 The Mystery of the Dancing Devil. Random House Hitchcock Silhouette paperback. First printing of this format: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 sequence on copyright page. Has quite a bit of edgewear and cover wear, creasing, corner ship of cover. Pages aging inside. Overall fair. Has detached 1/2 of bookmark--the quiz part still with the book--stuck loosely inside as a bookmark.
3IPB26 $3.75

Three Investigators: #26 The Mystery of the Headless Horse. Random House Hitchcock Silhouette paperback. 2nd printing of this format: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 sequence on copyright page. BOOKMARK! There is a neat bookmark/Three Investigators Mystery Quiz insert still intact inside the front cover! Very neat in and of itself. Has edgewear and cover wear, creasing. Pages aging inside. Overall fair, bookmark in good shape. 3IPB26 $12.75

Three Investigators: #27 The Mystery of the Magic Circle. Random House Hitchcock Silhouette paperback. 3rd printing of this format: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 sequence on copyright page. BOOKMARK! There is a neat bookmark/Three Investigators Mystery Quiz insert still intact inside the front cover! Very neat in and of itself. Has edgewear and cover wear, creasing. Pages aging inside. Overall ok.
3IPB27 $12.75

Three Investigators: #36 The Mystery of the Missing Mermaid. SOLD!

Three Investigators: #37 The Mystery of the Two-Toed Pigeon. Random House keyhole paperback. First printing of this format: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 sequence on copyright page. Has very mild wear. Pages aging inside. Overall very good.
3IPB37 $6.75

Three Investigators: #39 The Mystery of the Trail of Terror. Random House keyhole paperback. Has edgewear and cover wear, creasing. Pages aging inside. Overall ok. 3IPB39 $3.75

Three Investigators: #40 The Mystery of the Rogues' Reunion. Random House keyhole paperback. Has very mild wear. Pages aging inside. Overall very good.
3IPB40 $6.75 SOLD!

Hardy Boys. #83 The Swamp Monster. Copyright 1985. Wanderer paperback. Some mild edge/cover wear. 2nd printing. Page aging inside, overall good shape.
3ICB3 $3.00

The Case of the Waltzing Mouse #5. Brains Benton book. By George Wyatt. A Whitman book. Picture cover. Some edgewear and rubbing to extremities--spine ends, corner bumping. Remnant of price sticker on front cover. Copyright MCMLXI. Pages aging, no writing inside, binding fine. Overall good.
BB5 $2.00

The Mystery of the Merry Magician
ELLERY $3.00 SOLD!


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