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NANCY DREW MYSTERY STORIES #12 - THE MESSAGE IN THE HOLLOW OAK by CAROLYN KEENE (pen name of Mildred Wirt Benson), published by Grosset & Dunlap, copyright 1935 (original 25 chapters), 1939A-11 printing per Farah (Guides for $140) (format 4), orange "silhouette" (Nancy holding a magnifying glass) illustrated endpapers, light blue boards with orange lettering to spine & front cover, "thick" book with glossy frontispiece illustration, original "white spine" cover art by Russell Tandy (as distinguished from the "wraparound" or revised cover art found in later books or in revised books from this series), 5050 price on DJ front flap. Note - this book never had revised "wraparound" artwork in a dust jacket so only this artwork with the white spine exists in dust jacket format. Dust Jacket Front Flap: Tapping Heels Dust Jacket Rear Flap: Dana Girls - Locked Room Dust Jacket Back Cover: Melody Lane - Stingyman's Alley Book rear lists: Ivory Charm, Headline Books for Girls Book has no creased page corners, red top stain has no drop spots (slight fading), slight age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges (no foxing), endpapers are clean and free from any tape residue, no tearing or splitting of page block from internal hinges, no former owner's markings or used bookseller stamps/stickers inside, no wear to board edges, corners or spine tips, no color wear or surface color tears to boards, no bumped board corners, almost no white foxing to boards. Dust Jacket has no chipping, tearing or creasing, slight wear to spine tips with largish 'v' losses to spine tip corners, just a hint of wear to front flap crease (bit of loss at flap crease corners), virtually no edge wear, no soiling or staining, hint of dust rubbing to white rear panel & spine, no color rubbing to front panel, no spine sun darkening (common defect with the white spine books). Overall a FINE-/N-FINE book in VG+ condition DJ (not price clipped) of a Nancy Drew hardcover printing with its original dust jacket. I have a number of other hardcover Nancy Drew books up for sale. Seller Inventory # ABE-1695275211995
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