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NAN SHERWOOD'S WINTER HOLIDAYS or Rescuing the Runaways, #3 in series.
Edition: Reprint.
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., (c 1916). Hardcover - The third book in this series featuring Nan Sherwood and her friends from Lakeview Hall. Frontispiece. 248 pp plus 1 pp publisher's ad.
Condition: Good overall in orange cloth with black lettering (toning to the pages, prev owner's name)
Book ID: 68955More details Price: $12.50 -
NAN SHERWOOD ON THE MEXICAN BORDER. #6 in series.
Edition: Early printing.
Cleveland, Ohio: World Publishing Co., (1937). Hardcover - The sixth book in this series featuring Nan Sherwood and her friends from Lakeview Hall - in this one an older, wealthy cousin takes them all on a trip to his hacienda in Mexico. 226 pp
Condition: Good overall in blue cloth with black lettering (toning to the pages, gift inscription dated Christmas, 1937, corners and ends of spine slightly bumped and worn.)
Book ID: 68961More details Price: $14.50 -
NAN SHERWOOD AT PINE CAMP; or, The Old Lumberman's Secret #1 in series.
Edition: Reprint.
Cleveland: Goldsmith Publishing Co. (c 1916). Hardcover - The first book in this series featuring Nan Sherwood and her friends from Lakeview Hall.Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and three glossy inserted plates. Lists 5 titles opposite the title page. 246 pp
Condition: Good overall in embossed green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine (some rubbing to the lettering, spine slant, usual toning to the pages)
Book ID: 70026More details Price: $12.50 -
NOT A GIRL DETECTIVE.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2005) dj. Hardcover - The author's second mystery - "Biographer and amateur sleuth Cece Caruso freely admits that she spent her youth idolizing girl detective Nancy Drew, a fantasy that undoubtedly influenced her grown-up job of writing biographies of dead mystery writers. Researching the life of Nancy Drew creator Carolyn Keene, Cece snoops around at the annual Nancy Drew fan convention in Palm Springs - and discovers a dead body in the swimming pool of her borrowed vacation house." 294 pp. ISBN: 0-060581077.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 82805More details Price: $15.00 -
JANICE DAY AT POKETOWN (Do Something Series $1)
Edition: Early printing by the original publisher.
New York: George Sully and Company, (c 1914). Hardcover - When Janice's father has to go to Mexico because of unrest at the mines he owns there, Janice is sent back East to live with her aunt and uncle in Poketown. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and three inserted plates by Walter S. Rogers. 308 pp.
Condition: Very good in red cloth with black lettering and decorations (gift inscription dated Christmas 1923)
Book ID: 65299More details Price: $18.50 -
DOROTHY DALE IN THE CITY, #8 in series.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1913). Hardcover - A title in the first girls' series - "one of the most popular series of books for girls ever published" - produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate and using a house name as the author. "Dorothy Dale is the daughter of an old Civil War veteran who is running a weekly newspaper in a small Eastern town. When her father falls sick, the girl shows what she can to do to support the family." Glossy frontispiece, and three inserted glossy plates. Lists to self at front and to #13 in ad at back of book. 246 pp plus 6 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good condition only - rubbing and wear to the covers, corners bumped, spotting to the edges of the textblock, gift inscripition, etc - despite the flaws still a good reading copy of a fairly hard-to-find title.
Book ID: 68692More details Price: $17.50 -
DOROTHY DALE'S ENGAGEMENT, #12 in series.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1917). Hardcover first edition - A title in the first girls' series - "one of the most popular series of books for girls ever published" - produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate and using a house name as the author. "Dorothy Dale is the daughter of an old Civil War veteran who is running a weekly newspaper in a small Eastern town. When her father falls sick, the girl shows what she can to do to support the family." Glossy frontispiece, and three inserted glossy plates. Lists to self at front of book. 248 pp.plus 4 pp publisher's ads
Condition: Fair condition only - missing front endpaper, both hinges cracked, some fraying to the ends of the spine, but overall a good reading copy of a rather hard-to-find title.
Book ID: 71326More details Price: $38.50 -
DAVE FEARLESS AND THE CAVE OF MYSTERY #3.
Edition: First or early printing.
New York: George Sully and Company, (1918). Hardcover first edition - The third book in the series to use the name "Dave Fearless" or the 7th in the Deep Sea / Sea Treasure series. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece. 248 pp plus 4pp publisher's ad. Last title listed at the front of the book.
Condition: Good only in illustrated cream colored covers with a picture of a ship under full sail, lettering in black and red (corners bumped and frayed, some overall soiling to the covers, tide marks affecting the lower corner of several pages, but a sturdy copy, tight binding, straight spine.)
Book ID: 67140More details Price: $21.50
