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Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, New York, 1930
Book
Hardcover. Condition: VG-/G+. Gillies, Bill (illustrator). First Edition Later Printing. Book #2 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. Orig. published in 1930, this is the yellow picture cover version with the revised 1959 text, second cover art by Bill Gillies, blue multipic endpapers, plain frontispiece + 5 internals, 182 pages. Condition is VG-/Good+: clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked. Front hinge cracked. Moderate rubbing to extremities, heavier along bottom edge & corners. Tearing at head of spine where it meets front cover, with some paper loss. Our photos depict he EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, New York, 1930
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Gillies, Bill (illustrator). First Thus. Book #3 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. Orig. published in 1930, this is a later printing from 1955 (per Farah's 11th, 1955C-54), retaining the original text in 25 chapters & 204 pages, with cover art, plain frontispiece, & 5 internals by Russell Tandy. Hardcover book has the blue tweed cloth-covered boards with "digger" endpapers. Condition is VG+: very clean & bright with modest rubbing to extremities. Binding straight & strong, hinges intact. Pages white with a hint of tanning to edges, unmarked except for long gift inscription in pen to back of ffep.The unclipped DJ is mostly all there, but with a large missing section to front cover, so downgraded to Fair. Else, bright & colorful & nicely protected in new mylar cover to stay that way! Our photos depict he EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, New York, 1952
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Gillies, Bill (illustrator). First Edition Later Printing. Book #29 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. Orig. published in 1952, this is the 3rd printing (1964B-32) in the new yellow spine picture cover format from the 1960s, in 212 pages with the original text, plain frontispiece, & first cover art by Bill Gillies, blue multipic endpapers. Hardcover12mo is inGood+ condition: very clean, binding strong & straight, both hinges show splitting. Pages creamy white with a whisper of tanning to edges, but completely unmarked. Light external soil, rubbing to extremities, heaviest at both ends of spine, corners, & bottom edges. 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.
Published by Grosset and Dunlap, New York, 1931
Seller: Blacks Bookshop: Member of CABS 2017, IOBA, SIBA, ABA, Argillite, KY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover_cloth. Condition: VeryGood. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Bill Gillies (illustrator). Reprint. 5"x7.5"; 208 pages. Blue tweed boards. Blue background wrap-around DJ w/Nancy standing by tree. Dk. navy and white drawing for paste downs. B&W frontispiece. 25 chapters. In print 1950-1961. PON verso ffep. Top edge painted black. List of Vicki Barr series on back flap. Scotch tape has been applied to DJ. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped. Secure ship w/track #. When Bess Marvin purchased an expensive bottle of Oriental perfume, she never expected to stumble into a mystery. Now Bess, Nancy, George, and their new friend Jo are out to unravel the secrets of a mysterious conspiracy, a secretive cult, and a ring of counterfeiters in The Secret of Red Gate Farm.
Published by Grosset and Dunlap, New York, 1930
Seller: Blacks Bookshop: Member of CABS 2017, IOBA, SIBA, ABA, Argillite, KY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover_cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VeryGood. Bill Gillies (illustrator). Reprint. 5"x7.5"; 206 pages. In print 1950-1961. Blue tweed cloth boards. No # on spine. Dk. navy illustration for paste down. Painted top edge. List of Dana Girls on back of DJ. Mild edge wear to DJ. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. Teenage detective Nancy Drew uses her courage and powers of deduction to solve the mysterious happenings in an old stone mansion. Source: Publisher The Hidden Staircase is the second volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series written under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, published in 1930 and revised in 1959. The original text was written by Mildred Wirt Benson, and she has said that it is her personal favorite of the Nancy Drew Books she wrote. Wikipedia.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, New York, 1930
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Gillies, Bill; Tandy, Russell (illustrator). First Edition Later Printing. Book #4 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. Orig. published in 1930, this is a later "blue tweed" printing from the mid-1950s (1954C-69, per Farah's 11th), with digger endpapers & a wrap DJ, with the 2nd cover art by Bill Gillies, but retaining the plain frontispiece by Russell Tandy; no internals. Orig. text in 200 pages, 25 chapters.Condition is VG+: very clean & bright, with mild rubbing to extremities & bumped corners. Dull blue topstain. Pages unmarked. Binding strong & straight. The unclipped DJ is only Fair, with some large chips to both ends of spine, smaller chips & tears & creases all sound, but colors are bright, NO fading. Nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict he EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, New York, 1932
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Gillies, Bill (illustrator). First Edition Later Printing. Book #7 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. Orig. published in 1932, this is later printing from the 1950s (per Farah's 11th, 1955B-52) with the orig. text, but now in the blue tweed format with "digger" endpapers & a matte rather than a glossy frontispiece (no internals), with the second cover art by Bill Gillies. Hardcover book is in VG condition: quite clean & bright, with very mild rubbing to extremities. Slight dust dulling to external page edges. Pages very mildly tanned, else unmarked. The wrap DJ is only Good, with many small chips, light creasing, & mild-moderate edgewear all around; else, nice & bright, NO fading. Nicely 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! All orders processed before 2 pm weekdays (PST) ship that same day; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day!.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, New York, 1951
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Gillies, Bill (illustrator). First Edition Later Printing. Book #28 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. Orig. published in 1951, this is later printing (per Farah's 11th, 1959A-20) with First cover art & plain frontis by Bill Gillies, in 25 chapters & 214 pages. Hardcover book is in the blue tweed format with "multipic" endpapers is in VG+ condition: clean & bright, with very mild rubbing to extremities & dust dulling to outer page edges. Binding strong & straight, hinges intact. Pages modestly tanned, heavier to edges. Former owner's name in pen on title page, else unmarked. The wrap DJ is just barely Good, bright & colorful, but with significant creasing & many small chips; paper loss at both ends of spine. 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.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, New York, 1951
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Gillies, Bill (illustrator). First Thus. Book #28 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. Orig. published in 1951, this is the very FIRST PRINTING in the new yellow spine picture cover format from the 1960s (1962A-28 per Farah's 11th), in 214 pages with the original text, plain frontispiece, & first cover art by Bill Gillies, blue multipic endpapers. Hardcover12mo is in Near Fine condition: exceptionally clean & bright, binding strong & straight, hinges intact, pages creamy white with a whisper of tanning to edges, but completely unmarked. Mild pushing to both ends of spine & slight corner bumping. 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.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, New York, 1951
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: G-. Gillies, Bill (illustrator). First Edition Later Printing. Book #27 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. Orig. published in 1950, this is the 8th printing of that FIRST EDTION (1954A-8 per Farah's 11th), retaining the original text, First Cover Art by Bill Gillies, & plain frontis (the first with no cigarette in Ned's hand), with "digger" endpapers, in 213 pages. Hardcover book with blue tweed cloth-covered boards, blue silhouette on right, is in VG- condition: very clean with moderate rubbing to extremities & bumped corners. Binding strong & straight, creamy white pages are mildly tanned, but unmarked save for former owner's name in neat pen to top of title page. The unclipped wrap is just Good- (minus), with fairly significant rubbing, many chips & creases, light soil; nicely protected in new 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.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, New York, 1930
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Hardcover. Condition: VG-/G+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Gillies, Bill; Tandy, Russell (illustrator). First Edition Later Printing. Book #4 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. Orig. published in 1930, this is a later darker blue printing with a blue silhouette of Nancy with magnifying class on right side of front cover, blue silhouette endpapers (1947A-53, per Farah's 11th). White spine DJ retains the original cover art of Russell Tandy, as does the plain frontis; no internals. Orig. text in 200 pages, 25 chapters. Condition is just VG-/Good+: very clean & bright, with moderate rubbing to extremities & bumped corners. Dull blue topstain. Former owner's name in 2 places on front endpapers, else unmarked. Binding strong, somewhat shaky; hinges secure. Pages heavily tanned. The unclipped DJ is only Good, with a few substantial chips, mild but much creasing to edges, but colors are bright, NO fading. Nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Published by Grosset and Dunlap, NY, 1968
Seller: Blacks Bookshop: Member of CABS 2017, IOBA, SIBA, ABA, Argillite, KY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover_pictorial boards. Condition: Collectible - VeryGood. Bill Gillies (illustrator). 5.25"x7.5". 212 pp. Blue multi P/D. Pictorial boards.Young lady w/red sweater on front. Frontispiece: Crying loudly for help, Nancy dashed off in pursuit of the thief. Top edge painted black. Series listing on back ending w/The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-libary, & unmarked. Bump to FRBC. Corners have mild rubs. Minor edge and shelf wear. Yellow spine #9529. Tear on pg 76 repaired w/archival tape. 1952 OT 25 chapters. When Nancy learns that the Drews' housekeeper has been duped by an elegantly dressed woman into buying a stolen fur piece, the young detective starts a search for the clever swindler. To Nancy's astonishment, she discovers that the woman is using the name Nancy Drew. The dishonest acts of the impostor point the finger of suspicion at Nancy herself and result in her being questioned by the police. Nancy's determination to capture the elusive, dangerous Mitzi Channing takes her to northern New York State and Canada. At a gala winter event Nancy meets this situation and turns the tables on Mitzi Channing and her fellow thieves makes another thrilling Carolyn Keene mystery. Source: Publisher.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, New York, 1952
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. Gillies, Bill (illustrator). First Edition Later Printing. Book #29 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. Orig. published in 1952, this is a slightly later Fifth printing (per Farah's 11th, 1953B-5), with the orig. text & first cover art by Bill Gillies in the blue tweed format with "digger" endpapers & a plain frontispiece (no internals), in 212 pages. The hardcover book is in VG+ condition: exceptionally clean & bright save for dust dulling & some erased pencil marks to outside fore edge, very mild rubbing to extremities/corner bumping. Binding is straight & strong, hinges secure. Pages slightly off-white with a whisper of tanning. Former owner's name in pen on ffep, else unmarked. The wrap DJ is VG+, with very mild rubbing & a few chips to both ends of spine; nicely 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.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, New York, 1934
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Tandy, Russell; Gillies, Bill (illustrator). First Edition Later Printing. Book #11 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. Orig. published in 1934, this is a later "blue tweed" printing (1959B-50, per Farah's 11th), with multipic endpapers & a wrap DJ with the 2nd cover art by Bill Gillies, though it retains the original plain frontispiece by Russell Tandy; no internals. Orig. text in 219 pages, 25 chapters. Condition is VG+: very clean & bright, with mild rubbing to extremities & bumped corners. Binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Pages white & unmarked except for some spotting of unknown origin to bottom outside page edges (photo 5). Blue topstain is deep & rich. The unclipped DJ (listing to ND #36 on front flap, VB#12 on rear flap, DG#20 on back cover) is also VG: exceptionally clean, colorful, & bright, with very light edgewear, the worst of which is small chip at lower spine & light creasing/chipping at head of spine/upper back cover; nicely protected in new 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.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, New York, 1930
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Tandy, Russell; Gillies, Bill (illustrator). First Edition Later Printing. Book #2 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. Orig. published in 1930, this is later printing from the late 1950s (per Farah's 11th, 1959B-78, the ver LAST printing with the original text. With Second cover art by Bill Gillies, plain frontispiece by original illustrator Russell Tandy, no internals, 206 pages. Hardcover 12mo in the blue tweed format with "blue multipic" endpapers is in Near Fine condition: exceptionally clean & bright, binding strong & straight, front hinge starting. Pages creamy white & completely unmarked save or a teeny spot to outer edge of frontispiece. Very mild rubbing to extremities & mild dust dulling to outer page edges.The wrap style DJ is VG, with mild rubbing to extremities & light creasing, but very clean & colorful; protected in new mylar cover to look lovely in your collection! Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Bill Gillies (illustrator). Blue tweed with dark blue lettering and silhouette of Nancy to front board. Digger endpapers. 95/95 price. Nancy Drew to The Clue of the Velvet Mask to front flap, Dana Girls to The Secret of the Jade Ring to rear flap, Judy Bolton to #24 The Forbidden Chest on rear cover. Minor edgewear. Text appears unread. Unclipped DJ with wraparound artwork shows moderate edgewear with chips to head and heel of spine, several tears and small loss to heel of spine, rubbing to all edges, small tear to bottom edge of front cover, chips to corners.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, New York, 1951
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. Gillies, Bill (illustrator). First Edition Later Printing. Book #27 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. Orig. published in 1950, this is only the 5th printing of that FIRST EDTION (1951B-5 per Farah's 11th), retaining the original text & plain frontis (the first with no cigarette in Ned's hand), with the early blue silhouette endpapers, in 213 pages. Hardcover book with blue tweed cloth-covered boards, blue silhouette on right, is in VG+ condition: exceptionally clean & bright with just a hint of rubbing to extremities. Binding strong & straight, creamy white pages with mild tanning. Former owner's name & address in pencil to ffep, else unmarked. The price-clipped wrap DJ, with First Cover Art by Bill Gillies, is in VG- condition, with minor-moderate edgewear, including many small chips at both ends of spine & all corners; modest rubbing to extremities; nicely protected in new 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.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, New York, 1941
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Gillies, Bill (illustrator). First Edition Later Printing. Very fFirst book in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. Orig. published in 1930, this is a slightly later printing from the 1940s (1941B-36, per Farah's 11th), still with the original text & first cover art, orange silhouette endpapers, & glossy frontispiece (no internals) by Russell Tandy, in 210 +[ 9] pages. With medium-blue cloth-covered boards stamped with orange silhouette to front/orange lettering to front & spine, this hardcover 12mo is in Near Fine condition: exceptionally clean & bright & crisp! Binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages creamy white & unmarked save for old gift inscription to ffep in pen. The unclipped White Spine DJ is in Near Fine condition, marred only by a tiny 1/2" tear at head of spine-front cover interface, extremely slight rubbing to extremities; nicely protected in new mylar cover to look lovely in your collection. We have never seen a copy this lovely in 50 years of collecting nor in our store! Indulge!Our photos depict he EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, New York, 1952
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Gillies, Bill (illustrator). First Edition First Printing. Book #29 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George, & this is a true FIRST EDITION, First Printing (1952A-1, per Farah's 11th). Original text & first cover art by Bill Gillies in the blue tweed format with the early blue silhouette endpapers & a plain frontispiece, in 212 pages. The hardcover 8vo is in VG- (minus) condition: very clean, binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Slight rubbing to extremities, heavier at both ends of spine & all corners. Pages slightly off-white with a whisper of tanning, but completely unmarked. Unfortunately, the wrap DJ is rather a mess: chipped & torn & mended by former owner with cellophane tape (which has yellowed & peeled) & a piece of first aid cloth tape on back cover near upper spine. Slight spine fading, chipping at lower spine & all corners; what's there is nicely protected in a new mylar cover.AND it's a true First Edition!!!!! 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.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, New York, 1961
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Gillies, Bill (illustrator). First Edition Later Printing. Incredible condition on one of the scarcest of Nancy Drew titles! This is book #4 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. Orig. published in 1930, this is only the second printing with the revised text ("new story for today's readers based on the original of the same title") from 1961, shortened to 20 chapters , in 180 pages. Per Farah's 11th guide, it is #1961C-87, the very last printing issued with a DJ, with the "glowing bracelets'" 3rd cover art from Bill Gillies (who also did the frontispiece). Hardcover12mo has blue tweed cloth over boards. Condition is Near Fine: completely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, just a hint of rubbing to extremities, pages creamy white with a whisper of tanning. NO writing/underlining/highlighting/coloring; not ex-lib. The unclipped DJ is also Near Fine: bright & colorful with NO fading, but very slight rubbing to spine tips & corners; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict he EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Published by Sampson & Low Marston & Co, LONDON, 1964
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1964, First UK edition, EARLY ISSUE, octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, illus, VG- Used - Good. 1964. 159 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Boards are slightly bowed. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild tanning with rubbing and marking. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light markin.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap,, 1952
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1ST EDITION, 1952, VG+/VG, AS-IS, blue tweed cloth with Nancy holding spyglass light edge fade, Blue tweed covers with dark blue silhouette. Lists to self on front DJ inner flap and internally PreText. Navy topstain to text block. Dark blue spy glass endpapers. Plain frontis illustration. Illustrated spine with Nancy illustration in round circle in black box. Rear dj flap lists to Dana Girls Clue in Ivy. Rear dj panel lists to Connie Blair Yellow Warning has small tiny edge stains. DJ EXTREMITIES Tiny chips tears ,212 pages. NO ADS IN BACK, Outer top pgs edge Publ. dzrk blue Topstain, Dj protected and enhanced with clear Brodart cover., 5 1/4 X 7 1/2 in. e.