Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators in the Secret of Terror Castle (36 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Harry Kane (illustrator).

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used Acceptable. Wear to cover, bumped corners, pages tanned but clean and unmarked. Worn but intact. Clearly previously read. Edge and corner wear, bent spine with creases. Pages are clean and unmarked. There is a previous owner's name on the inside. Firefly sells new and used books through our store front. We try to add a detailed description to as many titles as possible. If you have questions regarding this title, please contact us. Photos available on request.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Soft cover. 1982 Mass Market UK Edition. Very Good condition (a solid copy with minor rubbing to corners/edges, slight yellowing to page edges, and former owner's name written on inside front cover).

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.4.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dispatch from Uk next working day.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.36.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Roger Hall (illustrator). 1st Edition. Hardcover, first thus, 1967. This book is in fair-good condition - spotting to top and front edges which leaks slightly on to some pages; small amount of writing on half title page; edge wear with rubbing and bumping; front hinge fragile. This is the larger format book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Harry Kane (illustrator). A later printing. The boards have started to separate from the text block at the front hinge, thus only good in illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued.

Pictorial Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Harry Kane (illustrator). Later Printing. #1 in the series, lists 6 on rear panel. Blue cobwed ep's. Bright.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hall (illustrator). Reprint. wear to covers and edges, otherwise book clean and tight Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. ALFRED HITCHCOCK AND THE THREE INVESTIGATORS SLIPCASE SET OF 4 PBS - INCLUDES #1 THE SECRET OF TERROR CASTLE, #7 THE MYSTERY OF THE FIERY EYE, #8 THE MYSTERY OF SILVER SPIDER, #10 - THE MYSTERY OF THE MOANING CAVE, by ROBERT ARTHUR & WILLIAM ARDEN, published by Random House, copyright 1964-1987, published in this set circa 1979/80. COLLECTING NOTE - TO USE UP OVERSTOCK INVENTORY, PUBLISHER RELEASED A SET OF 4 PAPERBACKS IN A SPECIAL SLIPCASE. Books have no creased page corners, no vertical spine creasing, no spine lean of note, slight wear to spine tips & to left/right on spines, tight flat white pages (one book has faint evidence of moisture exposure to top edge to later half of book), no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps inside, pages & inside covers starting to slightly age yellow at edges (common defect caused by poor paper quality), couple of books have cover creases, couple of books have color rubbing to covers, no soiling or staining to covers, rear covers are nice and clean without soiling, hint of edge wear, no sun fading to any of the books. Slipcase is nice with no tearing or dented corners but usual color rubbing wear, no soiling or staining. Overall a nice set of 4 Three Investigators books WITH RARE SLIPCASE. I have a number of other hardcover and paperback Three Investigator books up for sale.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Kane, Harry (illustrator). First Edition Later Printing. A First Edition, later printing (listing to book #14 on back cover) from 1964 of the very First Book in the popular YA series, "Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators." With pictorial paper over boards, this hardcover 8vo is in VG+ condition: from a single owner collection, it is exceptionally bright & clean both inside & out! Covers bright & colorful, pages creamy white with just a hint of tanning to edges, but completely unmarked. Binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Only flaw is mild rubbing to extremities, heavier at all corners & spine tips. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Printed ca 1970. Hardcover. Illus boards. 179pp. Illus by Harry Kane. Back cover lists 14 series titles to 'TMOT Coughing Dragon'. G-VG. Light-mod spine slant. Mod corner wear Cover scratches & light raised wear detracts lightly+. No dust jacket as issued. Tight. Bright. No marks. Shipped insured. Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Series #1.

Soft Cover. Harry Kane (illustrator). 4 trade paperbacks in slipcase, all later printings thus, all 176-184 pages including full page black-and-white drawings;---the slipcase is in Very Good - condition with rubbing to all edges (but no splits);--- Terror Castle and Silver Spider are in essentially as new unread condition with bright and colourful covers with just traces of shelf wear to spine ends;---Fiery Eye and Moaning Cave also have bright and colourful covers with traces of shelf wear to spine ends, and both are very clean and unmarked throughout, but both have been very gently read, both with a light spine creases but still in Very Good ++ condition. For more mystery, and who can get enough?, see also our listings for The Mystery of the Laughing Shadow (A Three Investigators Mystery) [Alfred Hitchcock], and for Bruce Campbell's very scarce The Mystery of the Green Flame: A Ken Holt Mystery, and this, just in, Alfred Hitchcock's Solve-Them-Yourself Mysteries: Five exciting cases to test the wits of young Detective - with solutions, by the master of suspense, at the end of each Story.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. very nice vintage Hitchcock.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NOTE THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGE SINCE THIS IS A SET OF 21 BOOKS (AND NOT JUST 1 BOOK). SET OF ALL 21 ALFRED HITCHCOCK AND THE THREE INVESTIGATORS pbs books published by Scholastic: #1 SECRET OF TERROR CASTLE (tall), #3 MYSTERY OF THE WHISPERING MUMMY, #4 MYSTERY OF THE GREEN GHOST (tall & short versions), #6 SECRET OF SKELETON ISLAND, #7 MYSTERY OF THE FIERY EYE, #8 MYSTERY OF THE SILVER SPIDER, #9 MYSTERY OF THE SCREAMING CLOCK, #10 MYSTERY OF THE MOANING CAVE, #11 MYSTERY OF THE TALKING SKULL, #12 MYSTERY OF THE LAUGHING SHADOW, #13 SECRET OF THE CROOKED CAT, #14 MYSTERY OF THE COUGHING DRAGON, #15 MYSTERY OF THE FLAMING FOOTPRINTS, #18 MYSTERY OF THE SHRINKING HOUSE, #19 SECRET OF PHANTOM LAKE, #20 MYSTERY OF MONSTER MOUNTAIN, #21 SECRET OF THE HAUNTED MIRROR, #25 MYSTERY OF THE DANCING DEVIL, #30 SECRET OF SHARK REEF, #32 MYSTERY OF THE BLAZING CLIFFS, by Robert Arthur & William Arden & Nick West & M. V. Carey, interior illustrations (earlier books only) by Harry Kane, cover art by Harry Kane, Charles Liese, Jack Hearne, & Robert Adragna, copyright 1964-1981, published by Scholastic from 1971-1984, all but 4 of the books are first printings (earlier books state "First Printings" later books uses a 10 - 1 numberline to denote printing states). Books were not published in the original Random House publication order - and the later published books are generally much scarcer than the earlier published books. Following is the order of publication by Scholastic: #4 Green Ghost (tall) - September 1971 #1 Terror Castle (tall) - November 1971 #11 Talking Skull - September 1974 #21 Haunted Mirror - September 1975 #19 Phantom Lake - January 1976 #20 Monster Mountain - January 1978 #25 Dancing Devil - April 1978 (rare) #10 Moaning Cave - October 1978 #3 Whispering Mummy - January 1979 #12 Laughing Shadow - September 1979 #9 Screaming Clock - November 1979 #7 Fiery Eye - March 1980 (rare) #15 Flaming Footprints September 1980 #8 Silver Spider - February 1981 #4 Green Ghost (short) - October 1981 #30 Shark Reef - December 1981 (scarce) #18 Shrinking House - February 1982 #6 Skeleton Island September 1982 (rare) #32 Blazing Cliffs January 1983 (scarce) #14 Coughing Dragon - November 1983 #13 Crooked Cat - January 1984 (rare). All 21 books are all in very nice condition - no missing pages and no missing pre-title/story summary pages (not all of these Scholastic books had a story summary page), most of the books appear unread with no creased page corners or vertical spine creasing (just a couple of books have vertical spine creasing), no spine leaning - books are all square (not angled), hint of age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges and/or inside covers on just a few books (no foxing), no evidence of moisture exposure to page edges on any of the books, #18 has partially erased used bookstore stamp to title page otherwise no former ownership or used bookstore stamps inside (very common defect with these children's books as these books were purchased through public grade schools, none of the books have checkmarks to internal book lists, besides #11 & #12 & #32 none of the books have significant front cover corner creasing, no cover or spine chipping to any of the books, no cover tears, slight wear to spine tips on just a few books, no soiling or staining to front covers (and no labels to covers), no significant front cover color rubbing to covers (#11 has color rubbing spots to rear cover), just a couple of books have some edge wear of note, no spine sun fading to any of the books. Overall a VG+ to N-FINE condition set of all 21 The Three Investigators series pb books published by Scholastic. I have a number of other hardcover and paperback Three Investigator books up for sale.

Illustrated by Harry Kane (illustrator). . Originally published in 1964, these classic mystery /adventure stories feature three boys who establish a detective firm with the motto We Investigate Anything! NICE TIGHT COPY. BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . B0007E1PPS Hardback. No dustjacket as issued. Bound in Pictorial Boards. Back cover list of book titles ends on The Mystery Of The Nervous Lion. Book is a tight sound unmarked copy in Very Good condition with slight edgewear. . No Signature.

Hardcover book bound in glazed pictorial boards. 22 cm. 179 pages. Contains black-and-white illustrations by Harry Kane. In very good plus condition. No ownership marks/writing present within. Hinges tight, pages bright. A few pages show small age stains. Abrasion (paper Loss) to the front fixed end page. Moderate edge wear/tear/bumping to the covers. First edition, first printing/issue with all called for pints present including the misprint on page. 147.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 0.9.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. "The Three Investigators 1st assignment is to investigate a haunted house for that Master of Mystery, Alfred Hitchcock. But Terror Castle, looming through the mists of Black Canyon, seems to have more than its fair share of spooks." (from the rear cover.) Text enhanced with B&W illustrations, but illustrator(s?) not identified, nor are drawings signed. Story indicated to be the 1st in the Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Series. Mass market paperback has no marks. Cover shows creases from poor storage and is separating at spine-ends, stabilized with tape. Reading creases in spine. Binding tight, interior clean. Copyrights 1964 & 1967. Stated this copy is from the May Fair Books edition of 1970. (Armada Books was an imprint used to publish paperback titles from 1962 until 1995 created by May Fair Books Ltd., London, UK.) No print-run info found. Armada Books catalog: C343. No ISBN nor LCCN. MSR = 17.5p (UK).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. ALFRED HITCHCOCK AND THE THREE INVESTIGATORS #1 - THE SECRET OF TERROR CASTLE by ROBERT ARTHUR, illustrated by Harry Kane, published by Random House, copyright 1964, First Printing First State (switched line error on page 47, stitched gathered page block, single piece endpapers), no references to subsequent printings on the rear cover), no references to Gibraltar Library Binding on rear cover, blue spiderweb/graveyard illustrated endpapers, fully illustrated boards. Book has no creased page corners, hint of dust soiling to outer page edges which are still white with just a hint of age darkening to top outer page edge only (no foxing), endpapers are clean and free from any tape residue or discolorations, no tearing or splitting of page block from internal hinges (common defect with these three investigator hardcovers), no former owner's markings or used bookstore markings/stickers inside, no wear to board edges or to board corners, barest hint of wear to spine tips, no wear to left/right on spine, no soiling or staining to boards, NO COLOR RUBBING TO BOARDS (common defect with this book), no surface color tears to boards, ever so tiny bumped board corner, no spine sun darkening. THIS IS PROBABLY THE HIGHEST GRADE COPY OF THE FIRST PRINTING FIRST STATE OF BOOK #1 THAT I HAVE HAD FOR SALE IN YEARS. Note: This book comes protected by a removable clear Brodart book cover (cover is not taped to book - it can be simply slipped off if desired) which prevents further rubbing/soiling damage to the outer boards. Any white marks/glare lines in the photo are simply glare from the flatbed scanner reacting to this Brodart cover (and are not actual defects with the book). Overall FINE-/N-FINE book of a hardcover first printing first state Three Investigators book. I have a number of other hardcover and paperback Three Investigator books up for sale.

Condition: Good. Good condition. (juvenile, mystery, vintage) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.