Mystery of the Desert Giant
by Dixon, Franklin W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Near Fine
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1961. Nice copy in its first printing. Tan tweed boards with brown lettering. Unmarked but for neat ownership signature on title page. Multi scene endpapers. Tight and square. Lists to itself in book with 17 Tom Swift titles on rear panel of jacket and 5 Bret King mysteries on rear flap. Price intact jacket is clean and bright with only minor edgewear at spine ends and nick at extremities of front fold. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Mystery of the Desert Giant is Volume 40 in the original The Hardy Boys book series published by Grosset & Dunlap.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017097
- Title
- Mystery of the Desert Giant
- Author
- Dixon, Franklin W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Childrens Books;
Terms of Sale
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Books sent out within 24 - 48 hours upon receipt of order. Return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 15 days after delivery if an item arrives that is not as described.
About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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- Fine
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