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The Quest of the Missing Map (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories)
by Keene, Carolyn; Tandy, Russell (Illustrator)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1942. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Tandy, Russell. Book #19 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. Orig. published in 1942, this is a later printing (19455B-30 per Farah's 11th), retaining the original frontispiece art (plain) by Russell Tandy (no internals) & the original text in 25 chpts, 213 pages. Hardcover 12mo has solid blue cloth-covered boards, with orange silhouette endpapers. Condition is VG: very clean, binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Pages creamy white with modest tanning to edges, unmarked save for former owner's name in multiple places & on back of next page (ffep). Extremely slight bumping to corners. The unclipped white spine DJ is also VG, with slight chipping to both ends of spine & rubbing to flap edges; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free! 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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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023284
- Title
- The Quest of the Missing Map (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories)
- Author
- Keene, Carolyn; Tandy, Russell (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Tandy, Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- NANCY DREW CHILDREN'S SERIES CHAPTER BOOKS GIRLS FEMALE DETECTIVE SLEUTH COLLECTIBLE COLLECTABLE YA YOUNG ADULT BLUE tweed white spine digger endpapers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series; Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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