Wirts autograph doubles this copys value to 10000. This case exemplifies the many physical differences in covers endpapers spines dust jackets and other characteristics between the various editions and printings.
The Bungalow Mystery Nancy Drew Carolyn Keene First 1st Edition G D 1930 Rare Ebay
The first printing dust jackets for the first three booksthe jackets that list only to Bungalow Mystery on the front flapare indeed RARE and warrant the use of the word.
Nancy drew first edition. The Secret of the Old Clock The Hidden Staircase The Bungalow Mystery The Mystery at the Lilac Inn The Secret at Shadow Ranch and The Secret of Red Gate Farm. Without the jackets they are scarce and with the jackets they are very scarce. First-Edition Identification by Publisher G-S Grosset Dunlap.
The dust jacket on a first edition of the first Nancy Drew book is now worth approximately seven times that of the book. From 1930-32 the cover of the very first Nancy Drews volumes 1-7 featured an orange title outlined in blue. Fran Strikers Lone Ranger series.
The character first appeared in 1930. Light of the Study Lamp Lone Tree Cottage Shadow of the Tower Three-Cornered Mystery and Secret at the Hermitage. If the initial print run - known as the first printing or first impression- sells out and the publisher decides to produce a subsequent printing with the same typeset books from that second print run can be described as a first edition second printing.
Blue boards that include the updated 1940s silhouette. 1930-1932 Blank Endpapers Editions. The original versions had 25 chapters and often 200 pages.
But beginning in 1932 the covers mirrored the one you see above with the new orange silhouette and no outlining of the letters new issues of volumes 1-7 and 8-23. The Secret of the Old Clock 2. Young Nancy Drew makes plans to leave her hometown for college after high school graduation but finds herself drawn into a supernatural murder mystery.
These books are highly scarce and would come closest to being RARE of any Nancy Drew books. Nancy Drew is a fictional character a sleuth in an American mystery series created by publisher Edward Stratemeyer as the female counterpart to his Hardy Boys series. All of the books have six plain paper illustrations.
The back cover features Nancy Drew looking through a magnifying glass in the upper right corner. Foxing on the pages that are. Nancy Drew has been solving mysteries and delighting fans for over 75 years.
It did not contain Nancys silhouette not shown. They sometimes included the racial prejudices and ethnic stereotyping of the1930s and 40s authors but this is not a rampant problem in the books. Violet and green pictorial dust jacket lists five titles on front flap.
Wirt Benson 208 pages illustrated by Ferdinand E. Super Sleuths book was published in 1981. The Ghost of Blackwood Hall featuring everyones favorite teenage sleuth Nancy Drew.
And Zane Greys The Redheaded Outfield and Other Stories. In addition Grosset Dunlaps photoplay editions illustrated with stills from motion. Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series.
57 rows The first Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. 10 Nancy Drew Format Tips In A Nutshell. The first six Nancy Drew books in original editions just as you remember them are available in a collectible slipcase.
How to tell an original text OT from a revised text RT. These books do not have dust jackets. About First Edition Books.
In most cases the Nancy Drew dust jackets are worth far more than the actual book. An original edition can bring 5000 in mint condition. First title to be written by Mildred A.
Nancy Drew 1930 The Secret of the Old Clock the first Nancy Drew book signed by ghostwriter Mildred Wirt Benson. Now for the first time you can purchase all sixty-four classic Nancy Drew titles in one complete set. Im writing a book about Millie tentatively called Mildred Wirt Benson The Real Nancy Drew Fisher said.
The Penguin Nancy Drew Complete Set. I believe this is a true first edition. With Kennedy McMann Maddison Jaizani Leah Lewis Tunji Kasim.
The books do not have ink on the top edge. The first Nancy Drew book 1930s The Secret of the Old Clock was ghostwritten by Mildred Wirt who penned 23 Nancy Drew titles as Carolyn Keenethe same pseudonym used today. These format 1 books were out beginning in 1930 through early 1932.
The books are ghostwritten by a number of authors and. 25 chapters BLACK 1920s style silhouette endpapers. 1 Only the first 34 books were revised.
What does a format 1 Nancy Drew book look like. Click to see full answer. Developed by the American publisher Edward Stratemeyer The Hardy Boys books were part of a range of juvenile detective fiction released by the Stratemeyer Syndicate and was so successful that they launched Nancy Drew as a female counterpart.
Primarily a reprint house but some notable first editions have been published by Grosset Dunlap. Created by Noga Landau Stephanie Savage Josh Schwartz. Up to 5 cash back First edition first printing of the first Hardy Boys title long considered one of the holy grails of American childrens book collecting.
The endpapers are the double oval endpapers. The texts of the first 34 Nancy Drew books come in two versions. 2 An original text of 1-34 will have 25 chapters.
Nancy Drew 1-56 printed from 1982 to 1986 are yellow spine books with the picture printed directly on the boards.
