Endpapers (Canon)

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

	Orange endpapers were used from the early 1930s to the late 1950s. (Before that, the endpapers were plain white.)
	Brown multi-scene endpapers were introduced in 1958. Some initial printings from 1958 have a darker printing of the endpapers, cut off differently in different volumes.
	White multi-scene endpapers, containing line drawings of the same scenes as the brown endpapers, were introduced on new books from the early 1960s on. Reprints of pre-1960s editions kept the brown endpapers until revised editions were released.
	Oval portrait endpapers were introduced in 1979.

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

Identification of scenes

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