The Mystery at Devil's Paw (The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories #38)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 7x5x1. First edition, second state (Carpentieri 1959A-2). Very good in good jacket. Jacket edges a bit rubbed, 1/2 inch chip from jacket spine head, two ink names on jacket verso - one crossed out, stain on rear board. 183 pp. 8vo. #38 in The Hardy Boys Mystery series. When Frank and Joe Hardy receive a telegram from Tony Prito in Alaska telling them that his life is in jeopardy, they immediately make plans to fly to Tony's rescue. Unknown enemies dog the Hardys and their pal Chet Morton even before they start the 4,000 mile journey. Puzzling questions lead the Hardys into dangerous sleuthing in the wilderness of Alaska and British Columbia. The astounding secret that the young detectives uncover, in the shadow of the forbidding mountain peak Devil's Paw, winds up one of the most perilous adventures they have ever encountered.