Publisher: Random House
First Printed: 1971
Cover Art by Harry Kane
Internal Illustrations by Harry
Kane
Trade Edition First
Printing Identification:
-- Back cover list
to The Mystery of the Nervous Lion
-- Copyright Page
details: click
here
Additional Trade
Edition First Printing Characteristics:
-- Matte cover finish
-- Blue graveyard/spiderweb
endpapers
-- Rear inner list
to The Mystery of the Nervous Lion
-- ISBN on the back
cover
-- White '16' on the spine (see notes)
Notes:
-- The First Printing of both the Trade and GLB Editions had a white '16' in the black bar on the spine, below the "Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Series" text. The '16' was changed to green on all subsequent printings. Click here for a comparison.
-- The last printing of the Trade Edition sported the new glossy cover finish. This printing
had plain white endpapers and listed to The Mystery of the Headless
Horse on the back cover.
-- Nervous Lion
and The Mystery of the Flaming Footprints were the first new Three
Investigators titles to receive ISBNs. |