The Hardy Boys Detective Handbook
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- 1
- First edition
- Grosset & Dunlap, 1959
The first edition of The Hardy Boys Detective Handbook by Franklin W. Dixon was published in New York by Grosset & Dunlap in 1959. We track 1 edition.
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- 6 on Open Library, 5 in English
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Who published the first edition of The Hardy Boys Detective Handbook?
The first edition of The Hardy Boys Detective Handbook by Franklin W. Dixon was published in New York by Grosset & Dunlap in 1959.
How many editions of The Hardy Boys Detective Handbook are there?
We track 1 edition of The Hardy Boys Detective Handbook, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.