Nancy's Mysterious Letter (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories)
by Keene, Carolyn; Tandy, Russell (Illustrator)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/VG-
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. Tandy, Russell. Book #8 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. Orig. published in 1932, this is later printing from 1953 (1953B-58 per Farah's 11th), with the original text in 25 chapters, 209 pages, plain frontispiece by Russel Tandy, with Second cover art by Bil Gillies. With blue tweed cloth-covered boards stamped with darker blue lettering & a blue silhouette to front & "blue multipic" endpapers. The book is in VG+ condition: quite clean & bright, with very mild rubbing to extremities. Slight dust dulling to fore edge. Pages very mildly tanned but completely unmarked. Paper at lower front hinge is starting to split. The wrap DJ is VG-: very bright & clean with minimal edgewear but a 1" chunk missing from lower spine; else, mild rubbing to extremities & wear at all corners. Protected in new mylar cover to look lovely in your collection. 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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023260
- Title
- Nancy's Mysterious Letter (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories)
- Author
- Keene, Carolyn; Tandy, Russell (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Tandy, Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- NANCY DREW CHILDREN'S SERIES CHAPTER BOOKS GIRLS FEMALE DETECTIVE SLEUTH COLLECTIBLE COLLECTABLE YA YOUNG ADULT TWEED WRAP DJ multipic endpapers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series; Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror;
Terms of Sale
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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- Fore Edge
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- First Edition
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.