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THE HARDY BOYS #9 THE GREAT AIRPORT MYSTERY by FRANKLIN DIXON, published by UK publisher Harold Hill in 1953, First Printing (no references to subsequent printings on copyright page), orange "Gretta" endpapers, yellow boards with dark blue lettering to spine and front board, 6/- net price on DJ front flap. VERY RARE AND HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE U.K. BOOK. Lists: Dust Jacket Front Flap: Skull Mountain Dust Jacket Rear Flap: Ad for Little Women Dust Jacket Back Cover: Ad for next Hardy Boys book (What Happened at Midnight) Book front list: The Secret of Wildcat Swamp (books are not listed in original order of publication) Book has no creased page corners, slight dust soiling/age darkening/foxing to outer page edges, endpapers are clean and free from any tape residue, no tearing or splitting of page block from internal hinges, no former owner's markings or used bookseller stamps/stickers inside, no wear to board edges or board corners or spine tips, no age darkening to outer page edges, bit of tiny spotting along bottom edge and on spine otherwise no soiling or staining to boards, tiny fading spot at bottom right on spine, no color wear or surface color tears to boards, no bumped board corners. Dust Jacket has irregular small losses at spine tips, couple of short closed tears with related creases to front panel otherwise no chipping, tearing or creasing, wear to spine tips, hint of wear to front flap crease (nick losses at flap crease corners), some edge wear, no soiling or staining, hint of dust rubbing to white rear panel, no color rubbing to to front panel, very slight spine sun fading. Overall a FINE- book in VG condition DJ (not price clipped) of a rare Hardy Boys hardcover UK Printing. I have a number of other hardcover Hardy Boys books up for sale. Seller Inventory # ABE-1694387969861
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