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The Message in the Hollow Oak (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories)
by Keene, Carolyn; Tandy, Russell (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/VG--/G+
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/VG--/G+. Tandy, Russell. Book #12 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. First published in 1932, this is an extremely early printing (1937A-7 per Farah's 11th), in the thick blue format with orange silhouette to front cover, orange silhouette endpapers, & glossy frontispiece + 3 internals by illustrator Russell Tandy! Orig. text in in 218 pages + 2 pages of ads for other books (to ND#10 & JB #9) in rear. Condition is VG+: very clean, with mild darkening/dust dulling to outside fore edge. Binding strong & straight, both hinges secure. Pages creamy white with age-appropriate tanning to edges. NO writing or underlining or highlighting or coloring; not ex-lib. The unclipped DJ (with 5050 code & listing to ND#13 on front flap, JB#9 on back cover & DG#6 on rear flap) is VG-/G+, downgraded due to chipping at both ends of spine, lighter chipping & rubbing to extremities & corners. Colors bright, slight darkening to white spine. No spine symbol, as required on these very early editions. Protected in new mylar cover Free! A beauty in extremely collectible condition! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.
Synopsis
Nancy Drew determines if an ivory elephant charm really protects its wearer from harm when she investigates the involvement of a member of the Bengleton Wild-Animal Show in a mysterious scheme.
Reviews
On Apr 24 2007, Lilmama said:
i really enjoyed reading all of the nancy drew books and i would most definately recommend this book to other readers
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020109
- Title
- The Message in the Hollow Oak (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories)
- Author
- Keene, Carolyn; Tandy, Russell (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Tandy, Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- VG--/G+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Weight
- 0.00
- Keywords
- NANCY DREW CHILDREN'S SERIES CHAPTER BOOKS GIRLS FEMALE DETECTIVE SLEUTH COLLECTIBLE COLLECTABLE YA YOUNG ADULT THICK BLUE WHITE SPINE DJ
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series;
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- Chipping
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- Edges
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