COMPLETE SET ALL 41 HARDY BOYS MYSTERY STORIES in HARDCOVER w/DUST JACKETS + DH

Description: COMPLETE SET OF ALL 40 + 1 HARDY BOYS MYSTERY HARDCOVERS WITH ORIGINAL DUST JACKETS: #1 TOWER TREASURE, #2 HOUSE ON THE CLIFF, #3 SECRET OF THE OLD MILL, #4 MISSING CHUMS, #5 HUNTING FOR HIDDEN GOLD, #6 SHORE ROAD MYSTERY, #7 SECRET OF THE CAVES, #8 MYSTERY OF CABIN ISLAND, #9 GREAT AIRPORT MYSTERY, #10 WHAT HAPPENED AT MIDNIGHT, #11 WHILE THE CLOCK TICKED (w/glossy frontis), #12 FOOTPRINTS UNDER THE WINDOW, #13 MARK ON THE DOOR, #14 HIDDEN HARBOR MYSTERY, #15 SINISTER SIGN POST, #16 FIGURE IN HIDING, #17 SECRET WARNING, #18 TWISTED CLAW, #19 DISAPPEARING FLOOR, #20 MYSTERY OF THE FLYING EXPRESS, #21 CLUE OF THE BROKEN BLADE, #22 FLICKERING TORCH MYSTERY, #23 MELTED COINS, #24 SHORT-WAVE MYSTERY, #25 SECRET PANEL, #26 PHANTOM FREIGHTER, #27 SECRET OF SKULL MOUNTAIN, #28 SIGN OF THE CROOKED ARROW, #29 SECRET OF THE LOST TUNNEL (DJ lists to itself), #30 WAILING SIREN MYSTERY, #31 SECRET OF WILDCAT SWAMP, #32 CRISSCROSS SHADOW, #33 YELLOW FEATHER MYSTERY, #34 HOODED HAWK MYSTERY, #35 CLUE IN THE EMBERS, #36 SECRET OF PIRATES HILL, #37 GHOST AT SKELETON ROCK (1st printing), #38 MYSTERY AT DEVIL'S PAW (1st printing), #39 MYSTERY OF THE CHINESE JUNK (DJ lists to itself), #40 MYSTERY OF THE DESERT GIANT (1st printing), and THE HARDY BOYS DETECTIVE HANDBOOK (1st printing), orange gretta or brown "multi-picture" illustrated endpapers, brown or tan "tweed" boards with dark brown lettering to spines/front cover, copyright 1927-1961 (all have the original unmodified 25 chapter text - none of the books have the revised 20 chapter text), published by Grosset & Dunlap, by "Franklin W. Dixon" (pen name for Leslie McFarlane as well as a couple of others), P.C.J. or 6565 or 7575 or 9595 or 100100 prices on DJ front flap corners (just 2 of the DJs are price clipped), all have the original orange/yellow spines or "wrap" dust jacket art for the later books. SHOP AND COMPARE - A SET OF 17 HARDY BOYS IN DUST JACKETS IS LISTED FOR $580 - SEE EBAY 175490755856 Books are in very nice condition - no missing text pages and no missing endpapers, most of the books appear unread with no creased page corners, no evidence of moisture exposure to page blocks, 10 books have former owner's bookplate/date/name/gift inscription to ffe or backside of ffe otherwise no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps inside, none of the books have checkmarks to internal book lists, black top stains have hardly any fading or drop spots, only a few books have foxing/dust soiling/age darkening to outer page edges, no soiling or discoloration to endpapers, hardly any wear to board edges, board corners, or spine tips (couple of books have noticeable wear to spine tips), just a few books have a bumped board corner, faint moisture outline mark to boards on #33 otherwise no soiling or staining to boards of note. Original Dust jackets are all very nice - virtually all of the dust jackets free from significant chipping, tearing or creasing - just the occasional tiny spine tip/panel edge chipping (#3, #17 & #20 & DH have chipping to top of spine, #31 has chipping at bottom of spine, #30 & #33 have some cover creasing to front cover), no missing front or rear flaps (except #17 which is missing front flap), slight wear to spine tips & front flap creases to a few of the dust jackets, bit of scotch tape on front flap crease on #31 & DH, tiny scotch tape residue bleed through marks at edges (tape long since fallen off) on #36-#39, tiny used bookstore price stamp on front panel on #23 otherwise no significant soiling or staining to panels of any of the dust jackets, no significant spine sun fading/darkening of note, occasional slight edge wear, 4 of the DJs have check marks to DJ front flaps, no scotch tape to any of the DJs, no surface color tearing of note, no significant color rubbing to any of the front panels. Overall a nice VG to N-FINE (many are FINE-/N-FINE) set of all 41 books all in original dust jackets of a difficult to find Hardy Boys complete hardcovers from 1927-1961 (before publisher changed to the "blue picture cover" format). I have a number of other U.S. and U.K. Hardy Boys printing hardcover appearances up for auction on ebay - just click on the 'see other items' link to the right of the picture. NOTE - MEDIA MAIL ROUTINELY TAKES 3-4 WEEKS (REGARDLESS OF WHAT EBAY MAY SAY - THEY DON'T CONTROL THE POST OFFICE). For U.S. buyers, both priority mail (3-5 days) and media mail (3-4 weeks) shipping options will be listed in the ebay invoice (or if the book is a paperback or small magazine both 1st class mail (5-7 days) and media mail shipping options will be listed in the ebay invoice) - SIMPLY CLICK ON THE BLUE 'OTHER SHIPPING OPTIONS' LINK IN THE INVOICE TO SEE BOTH SHIPPING OPTIONS/COST. As for returns -All items are used (not new) books and therefore are sold as-is, which is why I try to provide a fairly detailed description of the item itself (i.e. what it is and what it is not) as well its specific condition, noting any significant defects (for collectible items). Book grades are provided in the posting, however book grading standards/categories very widely from seller to seller, so please do not rely solely on the grade that I have given a book or ebay's provided "condition" box description, without considering the specific condition/defects described for that particular book. I do, on occasion, miss a significant defect in an item or simply make a cut/paste error in the description (i.e. an error in the description from using a prior posting as the "shell" for this book's description), and for collectible items, if that happens, on a case-by-case basis I do issue a full refund (including the cost of return shipping) depending upon the collectible significance of the undisclosed defects. DELIVERY CONFIRMATION IS NOT TRACKING (despite what ebay and paypal want to call it - again they don't control the U.S. post office). Delivery confirmation is merely what it says it is - it confirms delivery to prevent fraudulent chargebacks of claimed unreceived items (which is why I don't charge for delivery confirmation in the shipping costs). Also, since I print shipping labels from home (as opposed to purchasing shipping at the post office), the delivery confirmation number IS NOT SCANNED BY THE POST OFFICE AT THIS END. Therefore, in most cases, the first time that the Post Office will show anything when you check the delivery confirmation number is when the package hits your local post office/sorting center (basically the day before its delivered to you). Occasionally (about 25% of the time) a package will get scanned at the Federal Way, WA transfer station, but in the vast majority of the cases the delivery confirmation won't show anything until basically the day before you get the package. I DO COMBINE SHIPPING COSTS FOR MULTIPLE ITEMS WON (if you would like estimates of what combined shipping costs might be for a certain group of auctions, please e-mail me before the auctions close but a very rough estimate is $.50-$1.00 per additional book for media mail, $1.00-$2.00 per additional book for priority mail, and $6.00-$7.00 per additional book for international mail).

Price: 749.99 USD

Location: Anchorage, Alaska

End Time: 2024-11-24T23:09:53.000Z

Shipping Cost: 35 USD