Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, books 44-47, matching set c. 1974 (The Clue in the Crossword Cipher, The Spider Sapphire Mystery, The Invisible Intruder, The Mysterious Mannequin) by Carolyn Keene; Harriet Stratemeyer Adams - 1974

Grosset & Dunlap. Used - Good. Good condition. Book 36.

Grosset & Dunlap. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Book 36. Owner's name on inside. Slightly dampstained. Front Hinge Cracked.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1965. Hardcover. Circa early 1974 printing. Yellow pictorial boards (NO yellow band to front cover). Second style white multi-scene endpapers. Last page and rear cover list to Mystery of the Glowing Eye (51). Fine. Interior pristine. Covers clean and bright. Spine straight and tight. Spine ends bumped, otherwise As New. 175 pages. 20 chapters. Originally published in 1931. Manuscript by Mildred Wirt based on an outline by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. Revised by Grace Grote in 1965. Not from a library. No remainder mark.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1961. Hardcover. Circa early 1974 printing. Hard to find Yellow pictorial boards with no yellow band to front cover. Blue-dyed top edge. Second style white multi-scene endpapers. Last page and rear cover list to Mystery of the Glowing Eye (51). Fine. Interior pristine. Covers clean and bright. Spine straight and tight. Spine tail lightly bumped, otherwise As New. 180 pages. 20 chapters. Originally published in 1930. Manuscript by Mildred Wirt based on an outline by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. Revised by Patricia Doll in 1961. Not from a library. No remainder mark.

The Clue in the Crumbling Wall Nancy Drew Mystery Stories No. 22 by Carolyn Keene (collective pseudonym; actually by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams) Hardcover First Edition - Second State Dust Jacket New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1945. Identified as a first edition - second state because the last Nancy Drew title listed on the front flap of the dust jacket is "The Secret in the Old Attic" with no mention of the present title. However, the ads at the back are Beverly Gray. The first state should be Judy Bolton. Also, a war-time edition which furthers the case this book is a first printing. Extremely difficult to find with the first state jacket listing the books without mention of the present title. Also with Nancy Drew with a spy glass in silhouette in red on the front board and similar illustration on the front endpapers with other women.
Near Fine+ in Very Good Dust Jacket. The book itself is quite clean and solid. Main condition issues are toning to the pages (typical of the war-time editions because of… Read More

The Witch Tree Symbol Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #33 by Carolyn Keene (but actually written by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams) Hardcover First Edition - First Printing Grosset & Dunlap 1955. The list of Nancy Drew titles ends with this title and the back of the dust jacket is an add for Dana Girls Mystery Stories indicating this is a true first printing copy. Fine in Fine-/Near Fine++ Dust Jacket. A fine book with just the tiniest hint of age-toning, minimal, in just about as nice a dust jacket as you're likely to find. NO tearing to any of the dust jacket at all. Even the back of the dust jacket is quite bright and clean (often the backs of these jackets are darkened). Only some rubbing on the upper-right front corner, and some edge-wear mostly to the upper and lower spine and the top edge. Else this is a near-perfect copy! A stunning example price to sell.NOTE on Nancy Drew First Editions/First Printings: The Nancy Drew and Hardy Boy books are rather notorious for having issues concerning what is a first… Read More

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1945. First Edition, First Printing - 2nd state dust jacket. hardcover (blue paper over boards). Near fine/very good +. 8vo., 217pp., Last Nancy Drew title listed on the front flap of the dust jacket is "The Secret in the Old Attic". No mention of the present title. Nancy Drew holding a spy glass in red silhouette on the front board, on the front endpaper and on rear endpaper. Scarce wartime edition; copyright (1945) matches personal inked inscription on the first free endpaper; "Dec. 25, 1945". Number 110-150 at bottom of the front dj flap. Top edges dyed red. Second State dust jacket listing Beverly Gray titles on the rear of the dust jacket. First State dust jacket lists Judy Bolton titles. -- Very light wear to the extremities of the dust jacket. No rips or tears. Overall --.