Endsheets (Canon)

The inside front and back covers of a book are called the endsheets (or endpapers). The format of the Hardy Boys endsheets has changed several times.

	Orange endsheets were used from the early 1930s to the late 1950s. (Before that, the endsheets were plain white.)
	Brown multi-scene endsheets were introduced in the late 1950s.
	White multi-scene endsheets, containing line drawings of the same scenes as the brown endsheets, were introduced on new books from the early 1960s on. Reprints of pre-1960s editions kept the brown endsheets until revised editions were released.
	Oval portrait endsheets were introduced in 1979.

With the introduction of the laminated plastic "flashlight" cover in 1987, Grosset & Dunlap came full circle, using plain white endsheets once again.

Identification of scenes

The numbers in red represent volume numbers. See below for a list of titles and exact cover art dates.