"The House On The Cliff" 1939 DIXON, Franklin W.
$250
DIXON, Franklin W.
[212] pp.
Grosset & Dunlap
Printing coincides w/ last title The Twisted Claw on front flap
1939
7 1/2" x 5 3/8"
Illustrated by Walter S. Rogers
Endpapers designed by Gretta
The House On The Cliff is the second book in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap. The book ranks 72nd on the Publishers Weekly's All-Time Bestselling Children's Book List in the United States with 1,712,433 copies sold as of 2001. This book is one of the "Original 10" Hardy Boys books and is an excellent example of the writing style used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate's writers. This style influenced many other "youth adventure series" books that the Stratemeyer Syndicate also published, including the Nancy Drew series (designed as a corollary to The Hardy Boys written from the perspective of young girls), the Tom Swift adventure series, the Bobbsey Twins and other lesser-known series. All of them used a unique writing style that made them very recognizable as Stratemeyer product.
This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by Leslie McFarlane in 1927.