The Tower Treasure First Edition
For a first edition, first printing of The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon (Grosset & Dunlap, 1927), the first point to check: Page 31, line 12: the “t” in “talking” printed complete (unbroken type).
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How to identify this edition
These points tell this edition apart from other printings and editions of The Tower Treasure.
✓ Page 31, line 12: the “t” in “talking” printed complete (unbroken type)
✓ Series list (front of the book): “Mystery Stories for Boys” naming only three titles — The Tower Treasure, The House on the Cliff, The Secret of the Old Mill
✓ Endpapers: plain, blank
✓ Binding: red cloth, front board lettered in brown outlined in black, with the black “Hardy Boys Stories” shield
✓ Frontispiece: by Walter S. Rogers, on glossy paper
✓ Ads at the back: begin “This Isn’t All!”
✓ Dust jacket, rear panel: headed “Two New Series of Books for Boys” (X Bar X Boys, Garry Grayson)
✓ Dust jacket, front flap: describes only the first three Hardy Boys titles
Common questions
- How do I know if my copy of The Tower Treasure is a first edition, first printing?
- ✓ Page 31, line 12: the “t” in “talking” printed complete (unbroken type) ✓ Series list (front of the book): “Mystery Stories for Boys” naming only three titles — The Tower Treasure, The House on the Cliff, The Secret of the Old Mill ✓ Endpapers: plain, blank ✓ Binding: red cloth, front board lettered in brown outlined in black, with the black “Hardy Boys Stories” shield ✓ Frontispiece: by Walter S. Rogers, on glossy… The identification points above show each one.
- Can I sell my copy of The Tower Treasure?
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