Appendix V – Imported Editions (HardyBoys.co.uk)

Appendix V – Imported Editions

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Original Series
Casefiles
Undercover Brothers

The practice of shipping American editions across the Atlantic for the consumption of British audiences began in the years prior to the introduction of the homegrown Harold Hill editions (in fact, imported Grosset & Dunlap books were still available in Britain well into the Harold Hill era). As the quantity of Hardy Boys novels printed and published in the UK grew in subsequent decades, the market for the US releases dwindled, and presumably all but disappeared.

However, in the mid-1990s, the demise of the Armada Books imprint, plus the cessation of the British Casefiles series, saw a return to the old days of US editions jostling for shelf space in retail outlets all across the UK, Australia and New Zealand. These paperbacks differed in only one fundamental regard to those sold in America – the addition of a label to the reverse cover, on which was printed a new barcode and new price given in Pounds Sterling (or Dollars in the case of Australia and New Zealand).

The exact number of imported titles from both the Original and Casefiles series is extremely difficult to ascertain; however, the British National Bibliography (BNB) does mention many (if certainly not all) of these releases. Therefore, the listings below should be treated only as a general guide, and not an exhaustive or comprehensive record.

Although the first four entries in the relatively new Undercover Brothers series did indeed appear as genuine British editions, Simon & Schuster UK opted not to issue the remainder of the series in a similar manner. As a result, from volume five onwards, consumers in Great Britain and the Commonwealth were again faced with the US paperbacks (complete with the aforementioned reverse-cover labels). Unlike the previous imported paperbacks, these particular books were given new and distinct ISBNs, for reasons that aren't entirely clear.

In addition to the three principal incarnations of the Hardy Boys, other US editions have appeared in the British marketplace in recent years. For example, at least five or four entries in the ill-fated Clues Brothers series for younger readers were imported in the late 1990s. Also, the ongoing series of Undercover Brothers Graphic Novels has been available in the UK since its inception. Listings for both sets of books are not given here due to the extremely incomplete nature of the relevant BNB records.

Currently, the availability of the Original Series in the UK is once again solely reliant on the US Grosset & Dunlap releases – although this time around it is the revised, 'flashlight' editions that are being imported from across the Atlantic.

Original Series

The records held by the BNB include only the following imported Minstrel paperback editions:

Title	Year	ISBN
130. Sidetracked to Danger	1997	0671872141
131. Crusade of the Flaming Sword	1997	067187215X
132. Maximum Challenge	1995	0671872168
133. Crime in the Kennel	1997	0671872176
134. Cross-Country Crime	1997	0671505173
135. The Hypersonic Secret	1997	0671505181
136. The Cold Cash Caper	1997	0671505203
137. High Speed Showdown	1997	0671505211
138. The Alaskan Adventure	1998	0671505246
139. The Search for the Snow Leopard	1999	0671505254
140. Slam Dunk Sabotage	1999	0671505262
141. The Desert Thieves	1998	0671505270
142. Lost in Gator Swamp	1998	0671000543
143. The Giant Rat of Sumatra	1998	0671000551
144. The Secret of Skeleton Reef	1997	067100056X
145. Terror at High Tide	1998	0671000578
146. The Mark of the Blue Tattoo	1998	0671000586
147. Trial and Terror	1998	0671000594
148. The Ice Cold Case	1998	0671001221
149. Chase for the Mystery Twister	1998	067100123X
150. The Crisscross Crime	1999	0671007432
151. The Rocky Road to Revenge	1999	0671021729
152. Danger in the Extreme	1999	0671021737
153. Eye on Crime	1999	0671021745

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Casefiles

After the publication of the last Casefiles title to appear in the UK under the Archway imprint (#70 Rigged for Revenge), a selection of subsequent titles in that series were made available to British consumers in the form of US editions (ironically, many of these higher-numbered Casefiles novels were later published in the UK by Pocket Books)

Title	Year	ISBN
107. Fast Break	1997	0671504304
108. Blown Away	1997	0671504312
109. Moment of Truth	1997	0671504320
110. Bad Chemistry	1997	0671504339
111. Competitive Edge	1997	0671504460
112. Cliff-Hanger	1997	0671504533
113. Sky High	1997	0671504541
114. Clean Sweep	1997	0671504568
115. Cave Trap	1997	0671504622
116. Acting Up	1998	0671504886
117. Blood Sport	1998	0671561170
118. The Last Leap	1998	0671561189
119. The Emperor’s Shield	1998	0671561197
120. Survival of the Fittest	1998	0671561200
121. Absolute Zero	1998	0671561219
122. River Rats	1998	0671561235
123. High-Wire Act	1998	0671561227

Title	Year	ISBN
124. The Viking’s Revenge	1998	0671561243
125. Stress Point	1998	067156241X
126. Fire in the Sky	1998	0671561251
127. Dead in the Water	1998	0671562428
-- Collector's Edition: 38. Diplomatic Deceit 39. Flesh and Blood 40. Fright Wave	1998	0671020331
-- Collector's Edition: 55. Beyond The Law 58. Spiked! 59. Open Season	1999	0671020188
-- Collector's Edition: 48. Rock ’n’ Revenge 51. Choke Hold 52. Uncivil War	1998	067102034X

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Undercover Brothers

The first four entries in the recent Undercover Brothers series were issued as genuine British editions; however, all subsequent titles released in the Commonwealth are imports. For some reason, these imports were furnished with unique ISBNs, making these releases easily distinguishable from the books sold in the US.

Title

Year / Month

ISBN

5. Rocky Road

2007 (May)

1847381030

6. Burned

2007 (June)

1847381057

7. Operation: Survival

2007 (July)

1847381073