New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. 1st edition. Hardcover. black-&-white frontispiece. pp. 217. 8vo. Bound in brown buckram with brown lettering & silhouette design. Top edge of book sprayed blue. The book is in very good condition, free of any markings by previous owner and only shows slightest shelf wear and a faint bit of foxing to foredge. The dust jacket shows wear at the folds with some light chipping along the edges , light overall soiling, overall about good. Frontispiece by Paul Laune. Orange coloured 'Gretta' endpapers. Front dust jacket flap shows 120-160, and lists 20 titles, ending with this title. Eighteen 'Ted Scott Flying Stories on rear flap. The dust jacket has a yellow spine, with number '20' at bottom. 'Ace Combat Stories' described on rear panel. Second printing of the first edition.

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The Mystery Of The Flying Express is Volume 20 in the original Hardy Boys book series published by Grosset & Dunlap. The same title has been used for two completely unrelated story lines. The original story line involves the "Flying Express" railway. This railway passes close to a foreign spy camp hidden in a forest. The revised edition involves a "Flying Express" hydrofoil.

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Bookseller: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 9900040583
Title: The Mystery of the Flying Express
Author: Dixon, Franklin W
Illustrator: black-&-white frontispiece
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1941
Keywords: Hardy Boys;Boys' Series;Boys' Fiction;Juvenile Mystery;Juvenile Series;;;;

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