NANCY'S MYSTERIOUS LETTER : Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #8. by…

NANCY'S MYSTERIOUS LETTER : Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #8. by Keene, Carolyn [Walter Karig] < >

NANCY'S MYSTERIOUS LETTER : Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #8.

Edition: Very early printing.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1932.). Hardcover - The first of 3 titles written by Walter Karig using the 'house name' of Carolyn Keene (all of the earlier titles had been written by Mildred Wirt Benson, but she refused to accept a reduction in the amount paid per manuscript - from $125 to $75) . Glossy frontispiece and three internal illustrations by Russell H. Tandy. Lists through #8 in the front of the book in the ads in the back. In the uncommon original thick blue format. Farah's 1933A-5. 209 pp. plus 10 pp publisher's ads.

Condition: Very good overall in blue covers with orange lettering and an orange silhouette of Nancy looking through a magnifying glass, orange and white illustrated endpapers. (lower corner of front cover bumped, some 'enhancements' to the illustrated endpapers, previous owners' names, one dated 1932)

Book ID: 87833
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