The Sleuth Shop: Vintage Boys' Series Books

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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 (unless otherwise noted), so do not enter a quanity of more than 1 when purchasing! Click on the thumbnail images below for larger pictures.

A great boys' series by John Axe! The Secret of Collecting Boys' Series Books. Features lots of great format/series info and cover images. Features these series: Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, Tom Swift Jr., Chip Hilton, Ted Scott, Mark Tidd, Tom Slade, and more. Nice large sized collector guide. Has price sticker on cover, otherwise good condition. JOHNAXEGUIDE $10.99 (Only 2 in stock!)

A Viking of the Sky by Hugh McAlister. Part of the Mystery and Adventure Series from Saalfield. Dust jacket is in pretty good shape, mild wear, ruffling along edges but good all around. Back flap lists to Sea Gold in this series. The book has some edgewear, cracking inside back and front endpapers, pages tanning. Price written inside in pencil looks like. Overall ok shape. BSVIKING $10.00

Boy Scout Explorers at Emerald Valley by Don Palmer aka Mildred Wirt Benson, the original Carolyn Keene of the Nancy Drew series. There were only 3 books in this series. The dust jacket has some wear along edges/ruffling, small chips. Name/initials on front flap at top. Some marks at bottom of spine. Some aging/soil to back, but overall pretty good shape. Book is in good shape, some edgewear, spine is slightly cocked but not too bad. Inside has inscription/name and price. Overall very good shape. BSEV $15.00

Neat Hardy Boys Guide to Life book by Franklin W. Dixon with dust jacket! Cute gift book in great shape! (Have 8 in stock!) SALE! HBGUIDELIFE $4.00

Vintage Hardy Boys matte blue spine picture cover. Lists to Witchmaster's Key and then the Handbook on back. Hardy Boys Detective Handbook by Franklin W. Dixon. Copyright 1959, 1972. Book has mild edgewear and rubbing to extremities. No writing inside, pages fine, binding good. Overall very good shape! HBDETH $9.99

#22 Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers. Deprivation House. Paperback. By Franklin W. Dixon. Brand new, never read! Excellent shape. Part one of a trilogy! Copyright 2008. HBUB22 $3.00

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

A Tom Swift Tempo paperback, 1st printing. Tom Swift and His Jetmarine. Victor Appleton II. Latest copyright is 1977. Has edgewear and aging pages. Some page edge wear near beginning. Overall ok. TSJET $3.00

Chip Hilton: Touchdown Pass by Clair Bee. Dust jacket has wear--edge ruffling/small tears, chips, tear on dust jacket at top of spine across, tear on back of dust jacket, creasing. Overall fair to ok. Book is in good shape, mild wear/rubbing. Name inside in pencil. Lists to No-Hitter on back of dj, synopsis of this book on front flap, back flap is Bronc Burnett Legion Tourney synopsis. CHTOUCHDOWN $8.00

Set of 4 UK Armada Three Investigators paperbacks! Neat ones:) Have some edgewear, but overall paperbacks are in good shape. Titles: The Mystery of the Death Trap Mine, The Mystery of the Blazing Cliffs, The Mystery of the Talking Skull, and The Mystery of Monster Mountain. Death Trap Mine has tears on top of cover and a few pages inside resulting from that. Overall great set! SALE! 3IUKPBS $10.00

Three Investigators hardcover, #15 The Mystery of the Flaming Footprint. By M.V. Carey. Copyright 1971, Random House. Small price sticker on front right endpaper. Lists to Nervous Lion on back. Has edgewear, binding cracking in front, no writing inside. Overall fine. According to this website (http://threeinvestigatorsbooks.homestead.com/editionsprintings2.html), it would appear to be a first printing! No summary of the book on the copyright page. 3INVHC15 $20.00 Three Investigators hardcover, #16 The Mystery of the Nervous Lion. By Nick West. Copyright 1971, Random House. Small price sticker on front right endpaper. Lists to Nervous Lion on back. Has edgewear, binding cracking in front and pulling, no writing inside. Overall fine. According to this website (http://threeinvestigatorsbooks.homestead.com/editionsprintings2.html), it would appear to be a first printing! ! No summary of the book on the copyright page. 3INVHC15 $20.00

The Mystery of the Fiery Eye. Gibralter library bound edition. Has the usual library markings/wear/tear/soil, fair shape, but as typical for this kind of grubby edition. 3INVHCLIB $12.00

#4 The Mystery of the Green Ghost - Has edgewear/rubbing to extremities/spine ends. Appears to be first printing--no listing of books on back cover according to this website: http://threeinvestigatorsbooks.homestead.com/Greenghost.html. Water stain closed page edges, cover aging/soil. Some soil inside, inscription, binding just slightly starting to pull--not crack--at back but very mild and at top. Fair shape. 3INVHCGG $20.00

Has edgewear/rubbing to extremities/spine ends. The Mystery of the Flaming Footprints -No writing inside, good shape overall. 3INVHCFF $15.00

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: The Mystery of the Singing Serpent by M.V. Carey. Random House Hitchcock Silhouette paperback. Has some edgwear and cover creasing. Pages aging. Name written inside. Copyright is 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0. Overall fine. 3IPB17 $3.50 Three Investigators: The Mystery of The Invisible Dog. #23. By M.V. Carey. Random House keyhole paperback. Has some edgewear and cover wear, mild creasing. First page inside has an edge tear. Name inside. Pages aging inside. Overall good shape! 3IPB23 $5.00

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: #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 SOLD! 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: #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 - The Mystery of the Talking Skull. Random House Keyhole Style paperback, #11. Has some edgewear/cover rubbing but overall good. 2 ink-stamps inside cover. Lists to Cranky Collector inside back. 3IPB11 $4.00

Three Investigators - The Mystery of the Two-Toed Pigeon. Random House Keyhole Style paperback, #37. First paperback printing! In good shape--very little wear! Has price sticker on back cover. Lists to itself and then the Book of Mystery Puzzles inside back. Has this sequence on the copyright page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0. Pages slightly aging. Overall good! 3IPB37 $10.00

Set of 2 paperbacks: Three Investigators - The Mystery of the Talking Skull. Random House paperback--has Hitchcock silhouette on the spine. Has wear, rubbing, creasing. Pages aging, mild soil. Overall ok. Three Investigators - The Mystery of the Moaning Cave. Random House paperback--has Hitchcock silhouette on the spine. Has wear, rubbing, creasing, cover soil and bottom page edge soil. Pages aging, mild soil. Crayon price inside. Overall ok. 3IPB1011 $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!