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The books have blank endpapers, and four glossy internal illustrations. For films designed mainly for juvenile audiences, they were astonishingly noncondescending. The first nancy drew book, 1930s the secret of the old clock, was ghostwritten by mildred wirt, who penned 23 nancy drew titles as carolyn keenethe same pseudonym used today. Check out the collecting nancy drew formats section at this website to view the various formats from the dust jackets to book covers to endpapers to internal illustrationswill give you some perspective on.
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The whole world can read nancy drew books, just for a very exciting adventure, kind of scary, good, good book. Early readers of the nancy drew series may be surprised to find the modern version of this spirited sleuths adventures to be quite different. Nancy drew books have been in print from 1930 until present day, so there are a lot of formats the books have gone through over the years. Vintage nancy drew 1930 mystery book the secret of the old clock by carolyn keene vintage book detective story juvenile fiction mysteries. Details about vintage nancy drew the hidden staircase hardcover book 1930 blue tweed. Or were the yellow, shorter, and from the 1950s or later.
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Out just in time for nancy s 80th anniversary, were releasing a limited number of copies of the secret of the old clock, the first book in the series. This movie, and subsequent movies, starred bonita granville as nancy drew, frankie thomas as tedinstead of ned, and john litel as carson drew. Series book values collapsed in late 2008 and have never recovered. These books are highly scarce and would come closest to being rare of any nancy drew books. The first nancy drew book, 1930 s the secret of the old clock, was ghostwritten by mildred wirt, who penned 23 nancy drew titles as carolyn keenethe same pseudonym used today. Blue cloth, orange lettering on front and spine, orange pictorial end papers. Heralded by many feminists as a strong female rolemodel, nancy drew has had an extremely positive influence on her young readers over the years. The first nancy drew book was published in 1930 on the 28th of april with the release of the secret of the old clock. Nancy drew vintage lot of 7 books blue hardback, 1930s, 1950s. Lot of 7 from 1930 to 1959 nancy drew mystery stories jan 1, 1930. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Nancy drew books 110 box set the nancy drew mystery stories collection. Find great deals on ebay for vintage nancy drew books and nancy drew books vintage lot. The character of nancy drew, as well as the appearance of the books, has changed over the years in many ways.
Nancy drew book lot 12 vintage 1930s, hb orange end papers. If so, were they the originals, blue with an illustrated dust cover from the 1930s. Series books for girls this is where we discuss your favorite vintage series books from nancy drew and the hardy boys to trixie belden and the three investigators to all other similar vintage series books. Lobby cards, posters and other theater items like the lantern slides are very hard to find for these movies.
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To date, more than 70 million copies of the nancy drew books have been sold. Its the exciting mystery that readers have fallen in love with for 80 years, with a terrific new look and bonus material. This is the category for childrens cookbooks from the 1800s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Lot of 10 nancy drew vintage hardcover books by carolyn keene random. Nancy drew is a great mystery, and the best part is that everyone can read nancy drew. Vintage nancy drew the hidden staircase hardcover book.