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Special
thanks to Tom Tanouye and his father, Sal, Chiyouhei Oka, & Lea Fox.
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Japanese
Original Series #1 - Publisher: Sumiyoshi Bookstore Series:
"Boy/Girl Series"
Known
American Volume: Flickering Torch Mystery
Note:
This is the only title I could find in the series.
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1956
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Flickering
Torch Mystery: Boy Detectives
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Japanese
Original Series #2 - Publisher: Nurture Corporation Series:
Detective Ventures
Known
American Volumes: 1-5, 7, 8, 10-13, 15, 16, 1 unknown.
Translator:
Hanako Muraoka
Illustrator:
Format 1: Isizu Hiroshi [frontispiece]; Nishizawa ______ [cover]
- Format 2: Ichiro Takebe
Note:
This series consisted of 15 Hardy Boys, 4 Nancy Drews, 3 Judy Boltons,
2 Kay Traceys, and a YA novel by Reginald James McGregor (hence the #ing).
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#2,
Hidden Gold - 1957 Nurture
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#3,
Footprints Under the Window - 1957 Nurture
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#5,
Secret of the Caves - 1957 Nurture
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#15,
Shore Road - 1958 Nurture
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#24,
A Figure in Hiding - 1958 Nurture
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#1
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1957
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The
Tower Treasure
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#2
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1957
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Hunting
for Hidden Gold
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#3
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1957
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Footprints
Under the Window
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#4
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1957
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The
Secret of the Old Mill
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#5
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1957
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The
Secret of the Caves
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#7
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1957
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Mystery
of Cabin Island
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#9
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1957
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"Black
Secret Group"
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#10
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1957
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Sinister
Signpost
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#11
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1957
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While
the Clock Ticked
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#13
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1957
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The
House on the Cliff
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#15
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1958
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The
Shore Road Mystery
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#17
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1958
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The
Missing Chums
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#23
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1958
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The
Mark on the Door
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#24
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1958
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A
Figure in Hiding
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#25
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1958
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What
Happened at Midnight
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Japanese
Original Series #3 - Publisher: Yomiuri Shimbun
Known
American volumes: 2-4, 9-11, 15, 17, 24, 25.
Notes:
Most of this series was printed in 1976 and reprinted in 1985 (Secret Panel,
for some reason, in 1983). A couple were also re-done, evidently, in '79.
These
books came with dust jackets identical to the PC cover; however, the flaps
of the DJs did include information (that I can't read) plus pictures of
the two translators.
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What
Happened at Midnight, #9;
1976,
The Yomiuri Shimbun Company
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Because
the Japanese language reads right-to-left, the books are hinged what is
considered "backwards" to us. Thus the true front cover is on the right
side of the book, and to begin reading the text, you open the book backwards
in regards to our orientation. The back cover has a cropped version of
the art along with the title, author, translators, etc. in an alternate
English version.
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1
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1976-85
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The
House on the Cliff
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2
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1976-85
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Secret
of the Old Mill
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3
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1976-85
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Missing
Chums
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4
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1976-79-85
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Great
Airport Mystery
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5
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1976-85
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Short
Wave Mystery
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6
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1976-85
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While
the Clock Ticked
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7
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1976-79-85
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The
Secret Warning
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8
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1976-85
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The
Sinister Signpost
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9
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1976-85
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What
Happened at Midnight
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10
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1976-83
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Secret
Panel
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