Description: Grosset & Dunlap, NY 1941,Good condition hardcover without dust jacket, wear to ends and edges, no additional printings, lists to itself on verso of title page presumed 1st Edition. Blue cloth over boards, orange lettering on cover & spine, and publisher's orange topstain. Orange Nancy w/ spyglass, high heels & shadow beneath feet on front cover. Orange silhouette endpapers. No glossy frontpiece, binding is weak, hinges are loosening, but all intact. The 18th Nancy Drew Mystery, credited to "Carolyn Keene" but written by the very capable Mildred Wirt Benson.This original 1941 version has an action packed plot very different from the later version known as Mystery of the The Moss Covered Mansion. In this version,Nancy's father Carson Drew enlists her help in tracking down a missing heiress, and Nancy, Bess and George stumble upon a mysterious moss-covered mansion. They later hear that someone was murdered near the mansion, and upon investigating they hear strange noises emanating from within. The story includes a great deal of action; aside from the aforementioned missing heiress and murder, there is a needy elderly lady, a reclusive artist, an airplane accident, and a forest fire.
Price: 10 USD
Location: Grosse Pointe, Michigan
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Signed: No
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Subject: Children's
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1941
Unit Type: Unit
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Carolyn Keene
Region: North America
Personalized: No
Topic: Mystery, Thriller
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Unit Quantity: 1
Character Family: Nancy Drew
