The Tower Treasure (The Hardy Boys #1)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927 Illustrated by Walter S. Rogers with a frontispiece. First edition, first issue, with complete "t" in "talking" to page 31, line 12. Publisher's red cloth, lettered in brown and black; in its original pictorial dust jacket, with an illustration of the Hardy Boys hiding in a bush in front of the Tower Mansion, lettered in yellow and orange. Fine book, with very light toning to spine, and a contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper; very good dust jacket, with light fading to spine, clean front panel and some soiling to spine and rear panel, light wear to spine ends, a few small closed tears to top edge of rear panel, and a small spot of staining to rear panel. Overall, an exceptional copy. Carpentieri and Mular 1927A-1. The Tower Treasure is the first volume in the mystery series featuring teenage amateur detectives Frank and Joe Hardy, known as the "Hardy Boys." In this entry, an acquaintance of Frank and Joe's who works as the caretaker of The Tower Mansion is fired after being accused of stealing 40k, and the brothers investigate the crime in hopes of clearing his name. The Hardy Boys was a massively successful juvenile fiction series, masterminded by publisher Edward Stratemeyer. While hundreds of books have been written under the blanket of The Hardy Boys, the first 58 novels published by Grosset & Dunlap from 1927 to 1979 are generally considered "canon" and the most collectable. Because of the series' success, Stratemeyer created other similar series for young readers, like the Bobbsey Twins and Nancy Drew. The Hardy Boys books were written by various ghostwriters over the years - there was no real Franklin W. Dixon, but the first sixteen books were penned by Leslie McFarlane. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Illus. by Rogers, Walter S..