Other editions of book Mark on the Door

In their motorboat the Sleuth Frank and Joe Hardy search Barmet Bay for a dangerous stranger who has stolen a valuable boat. Suddenly, in the eerie fog, they spot the craft drifting aimlessly out to sea. What happens next starts the young detectives and their pal Chet Morton on an intriguing adventure that takes them to Mexico and into the comparatively unexplored desert and mountain regions of Baja California.

In their motorboat the Sleuth Frank and Joe Hardy search Barmet Bay for a dangerous stranger who has stolen a valuable boat. Suddenly, in the eerie fog, they spot the craft drifting aimlessly out to sea. What happens next starts the young detectives and their pal Chet Morton on an intriguing adventure that takes them to Mexico and into the comparatively unexplored desert and mountain regions of Baja California.

this book contains the ORIGINAL version of the story by Leslie McFarlane. (A major revision was made to the story in 1967.) The art in the original release was by GRETTA. But his frontispiece was removed in the 1947s. This book has NO frontispiece--so it must date from the 1947 to 1950 when Bill Gillies did new art work for this story. HOWEVER the Dust jacket has the GILLES art work. This suggest that the book is older than the cover. General description. This book measures approx 5 1/8" by 7 5/8". It has brown paper covering the boards; titles and a silhouette-illustration appear on the cover and titles appear on the spine. It has orange illustrated end pages, signed GRETTA; there is NO illustration facing the title page. The dust jacket is signed Bill Gilles. The book jacket is in an acid free protective cover so its condition has been stabilized

ILLUSTRATED By J. CLEMENS GRETTA. The endpapers are orange. The Hardy Boys Series 13 is on the spine of the dust jacket. No price on front flap, but there is a code of '9595' on the upper corner edge and a '100-140' on the lower edge. There are about 32 titles listed on the front flap with the last title listed in the series on the flap is 'The Crisscross Shadow'. The copyright page only list this title of 'The Mark On The Door'.