CONDITION DETAILS:

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #24, The Clue in the Old Album, published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York. Hardcover. Near Fine book, Very Good dust jacket. Original Text, 25 chapters. Blue tweed boards. Digger endpapers. Mylar protected.

Near Fine/Very Good. 1947. #24. Grosset & Dunlap, New York. Hardcover. Unmarked. Near Fine blue tweed cloth boards, solid & square. Silhouette to spine. Black top stain. Digger endpapers. Plain paper frontispiece: Nancy discovers a stolen doll — "It's one of Mrs. Struthers' stolen dolls!" Nancy cried excitedly. 25 chapters, Original Text. Creamy white pages. Very Good DJ, lovely bright color, wraparound illustration. Small chips & tears to edges & spine ends. Price code $1.00 on front flap (The Hidden Window Mystery); $1.00-$1.50 on rear flap (The Silver Secret). Stored in Mylar cover. 218 pp. 5x7.5 inches.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The Clue in the Old Album is volume 24 in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories Classic Series, published by Grosset & Dunlap. The dust jacket is present in Very Good condition with lovely bright color and a wraparound illustration. The Near Fine blue tweed cloth boards are solid and square. The digger endpapers place this printing in the blue tweed era. This printing carries the Original Text, confirmed by 25 chapters. Black top stain. Price code $1.00 on front flap (The Hidden Window Mystery); $1.00-$1.50 on rear flap (The Silver Secret). Stored in Mylar cover. The text of this volume is attributed to Mildred Wirt Benson, the primary ghostwriter behind Nancy Drew's early character. Original Text copies of volumes 1-34 are sought by completist collectors preserving the unrevised stories as first written under the Carolyn Keene pseudonym.

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