Phantom 32, First Edition (3 results)

Softcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 15mm tears to inner margin near staples of covers and all leaves. Chips and tears to blank margins of a few leaves. Chip extending 3mm into printed area of final illustrated leaf. Inside of front cover has "Phantom No 32" in ink and a small clipping of the phantom pasted in by previous owner, and a star design rubber stamp. Chip to margin of rear cover. Ink arithmetic on rear cover. 50mm tear with adhesive tape repair to rear cover. A couple of rubber stamps on rear cover: "R D" on inside of rear cover, and a small decorative stamp on the outside of the rear cover beneath the publisher's imprint. Some foxing. ; Early New Zealand edition of "The Phantom" comic. 20 pages including covers. Cover in portrait format, while the contents are in landscape format. Page dimensions: 246x 189mm. This issue contains the fourth of five parts of the story "The Thuggees" (Reference: Brian Shedden, "The Phantom: A Publishing History in New Zealand", online, accessed August 2024.).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NOTE THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGE SINCE THIS IS A SET OF 21 BOOKS (AND NOT JUST 1 BOOK). SET OF ALL 21 ALFRED HITCHCOCK AND THE THREE INVESTIGATORS pbs books published by Scholastic: #1 SECRET OF TERROR CASTLE (tall), #3 MYSTERY OF THE WHISPERING MUMMY, #4 MYSTERY OF THE GREEN GHOST (tall & short versions), #6 SECRET OF SKELETON ISLAND, #7 MYSTERY OF THE FIERY EYE, #8 MYSTERY OF THE SILVER SPIDER, #9 MYSTERY OF THE SCREAMING CLOCK, #10 MYSTERY OF THE MOANING CAVE, #11 MYSTERY OF THE TALKING SKULL, #12 MYSTERY OF THE LAUGHING SHADOW, #13 SECRET OF THE CROOKED CAT, #14 MYSTERY OF THE COUGHING DRAGON, #15 MYSTERY OF THE FLAMING FOOTPRINTS, #18 MYSTERY OF THE SHRINKING HOUSE, #19 SECRET OF PHANTOM LAKE, #20 MYSTERY OF MONSTER MOUNTAIN, #21 SECRET OF THE HAUNTED MIRROR, #25 MYSTERY OF THE DANCING DEVIL, #30 SECRET OF SHARK REEF, #32 MYSTERY OF THE BLAZING CLIFFS, by Robert Arthur & William Arden & Nick West & M. V. Carey, interior illustrations (earlier books only) by Harry Kane, cover art by Harry Kane, Charles Liese, Jack Hearne, & Robert Adragna, copyright 1964-1981, published by Scholastic from 1971-1984, vast majority of the books are first printings (earlier books state "First Printings" later books uses a 10 - 1 numberline to denote printing states). Books were not published in the original Random House publication order - and the later published books are generally much scarcer than the earlier published books. Following is the order of publication by Scholastic: #4 Green Ghost (tall) - September 1971 #1 Terror Castle (tall) - November 1971 #11 Talking Skull - September 1974 #21 Haunted Mirror - September 1975 #19 Phantom Lake - January 1976 #20 Monster Mountain - January 1978 #25 Dancing Devil - April 1978 (rare) #10 Moaning Cave - October 1978 #3 Whispering Mummy - January 1979 #12 Laughing Shadow - September 1979 #9 Screaming Clock - November 1979 #7 Fiery Eye - March 1980 (rare) #15 Flaming Footprints - September 1980 #8 Silver Spider - February 1981 #4 Green Ghost (short) - October 1981 #30 Shark Reef - December 1981 (scarce) #18 Shrinking House - February 1982 #6 Skeleton Island - September 1982 (rare) #32 Blazing Cliffs - January 1983 (scarce) #14 Coughing Dragon - November 1983 #13 Crooked Cat - January 1984 (rare) All 21 books are all in very nice condition - no missing pages and no missing pre-title/story summary pages (not all of these Scholastic books had a story summary page), most of the books appear unread with no creased page corners or vertical spine creasing (just 2 books have spine creasing), no spine leaning - books are all square (not angled), hint of age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges and/or inside covers on just a few books (no foxing), very faint evidence of moisture exposure to top page edge on #20 otherwise no evidence of moisture exposure to page edges on any of the books, no former ownership or used bookstore stamps inside (very common defect with these children's books as these books were purchased through public grade schools, none of the books have checkmarks to internal book lists, besides #6 #10 & #15 none of the books have significant front cover corner creasing, no cover or spine chipping to any of the books, no front cover tears (small tear on rear cover on #6), slight wear to spine tips on just a few 9books, no soiling or staining to front covers (and no labels to covers), no significant front cover color rubbing to covers (tiny color rub on #10), just a couple of books have some edge wear of note (primarily #30), no significant spine sun fading to any of the books. Overall a VG to N-FINE condition set of all 21 The Three Investigators series pb books published by Scholastic. I have a number of other hardcover and paperback Three Investigator books up for sale.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Nearly all are in very good condition. #552 with spine roll and text block detached from covers. #569 with large 65 x 13mm chip to lower corner of front cover. #571 with a couple of 50mm tears to front cover. A few covers with short tears to margins. One cover with previous owner's name. ; 32 comics. A broken run. The issue numbers are: 551-553, 557-571, 573-583, 585-587. A fortnightly publication. Each issue 32 pages including covers. Page dimensions: 253 x 181mm. Colour illustrations on front covers. Black-and-white illustrations internally.