Hardy Boys 22 The Flickering Torch Mystery and 7 similar items

#22 in the series. Grosset and Dunlap picture cover book. Author was Leslie McFarlane writing under the house pseudonym "Franklin W. Dixon." Cover art by Paul Laune. Original copyright 1943. New copyright 1971, with revised text very different from the original story. This is the original 25-chapter, 212-page text. Print run 1954, Carpentieri-coded 1954A-18. Good book with good spine but tracks lightly forming at hinges. Blue-inked top page block. Inside titles list to Yellow Feather (1953). Orange Gretta endpapers. No writing/markings, but there is light tan staining on page 23, looks as if maybe some coffee or tea were spilled, but quickly wiped away - it does not affect the print, only the margin, and does not seep to the other side of the page (page 24), and there's no moisture warping of the page. Dust jacket is intact with some edgewear and a little chipping at the top of the spine. There is a round stain at the top center of the rear dust jacket (see picture). "9595" and "100-140" designations on the front flap. Flap lists to Yellow Feather. Rear flap lists to the Bomba Book series, The Lost Explorers. Rear of jacket lists to Tom Swift #3, Rocket Ship. Nice book. Note to New York State residents: an 8.75% sales tax applies. (HBC22)