#16 in this popular juvenile boys series. Edition is 1956A-30 as found in Carpentieri/Mular book on the Hardy Boys Series. Book is tan with brown lettering and emblem on front cover. Spine also has brown lettering. Endpapers are orange Gretta, with right front one having a tiny book store stamp at the lower left corner near the binding. Plain paper frontpiece,25 chapters, 212 pages + 4 pages introducing the Rick Brant series, + another blank page. All pages are crisp, clean and tight. DJ is in brodart slipcover with minor wearing on the top/bottom spine and front cover flap folds top/bottom having slight rubbing. Orange spine wtih the boys pictured in red circle, BUT circle also has white border. Underneath that is the' Hardy Boys Stories', G&D symbol and then the spelled out publishers name and then the volume number. Back cover lists Rick Brant ( in color picture) series, 1-11, inside flap lists Tom Swift, jr. series 1-7, front flap listing 1-35 of this series. Very nice edition.

HARDY BOYS SERIES, JUVENILE BOYS SERIES, MYSTERY, ADVENTURE