Author: Franklin W. Dixon
Title: The Twisted Claw
Description: New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A true first edition of the eighteenth work to be published following the Hardy Boys, complete with a repaired original dust wrapper. Detective Fenton Hardy tells his sons Frank and Joe that a gang of smugglers is operating locally, and he may need their help to catch them..Debuting in 1927, the Hardy Boys is a sequence of several mystery series for the young published by ghost writers under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon. They have featured in numerous series, with the longest series (of which this book is part) running to one hundred and ninety titles.With illustrations by Paul Laune. In the original dust wrapper, which has been expertly repaired to the spine and is unclipped.The first edition, first impression, with 'The Twisted Claw' being the final title listed to the copyright page and front flyleaf, fourteen titles listed to the rear wrap, and seventeen titles listed to the rear flyleaf. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally generally smart; a little occasional wear to the boards and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Dust wrapper, which has been repaired to the head and tail, is just a touch sunned to the spine, but otherwise in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Paul Laune. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: The Twisted Claw Hardy Boys Franklin W. Dixon Crime Fiction Hardy Boys The Hardy Boys Paul Laune


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