Lot 87226: RUDY NAPPI (American b. 1923) The Secret of Skull

RUDY NAPPI (American b. 1923) The Secret of Skull Mountain, Hardy Boys cover, 1966 Gouache on board 16 x 12 in. Signed lower right This illustration appeared on the cover of Franklin W. Dixon's Hardy Boys novel, The Secret of Skull Mountain, Grosset and Dunlap (#27), from 1966 through the late seventies. "There is a crisis in Bayport. Soon the city will be without water. Every night water strangely disappears from the new reservoir near Skull Mountain. Frank and Joe Hardy join forces with a team of skilled engineers to solve the baffling mystery." A copy of the 1966 edition, signed by Rudy Nappi, is included in this lot.