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NANCY DREW MYSTERY STORIES #2 - THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE (pen name of Mildred Wirt Benson), published by Grosset & Dunlap, copyright 1930 (original 25 chapters), 1939B-31 Printing (per Farah's - guides for $132), orange "silhouette" (Nancy holding a magnifying glass) illustrated endpapers, blue boards with orange lettering to spine & front cover - late 1930s edition with good paperstock (format 5), glossy frontispiece illustration, original "white spine" cover art by Russell Tandy (as distinguished from the "wraparound" or revised cover art found in later books or in revised books from this series), 5050 price on DJ front flap. Lists: Dust Jacket Front Flap: Tapping Heels Dust Jacket Rear Flap: Dana Girls - Clue Cobweb Dust Jacket Back Cover: Judy Bolton - Unfinished House Book rear lists: Haunted Bridge, Judy Bolton, Beverly Gray, Books For Girls, Bettt Wales, Book has no creased page corners, no drop spots or fading to redish orange top stain, no foxing to outer page edges (slight dust soiling/age darkening only), endpapers are clean and free from any tape residue, no tearing or splitting of page block from internal hinges, no former owner's markings or used bookseller stamps/stickers inside, no wear to board edges or corners or spine tips, no sun fading to spine, no bumped board corners. Dust Jacket has chipping at spine tips and closed tear to rear flap crease otherwise no chipping, tearing or creasing, slight wear to top spine tips, hint of wear to front flap crease with nick losses at front flap crease corners, almost no edge wear, almost no dust rubbing to white rear panel and spine, no color rubbing to panels, no soiling or staining, no spine sun darkening (common defect with the white spine books). Overall a N-FINE book in VG condition DJ (not price clipped) of a Nancy Drew hardcover printing with its original dust jacket. I have a number of other hardcover Nancy Drew books up for sale. Seller Inventory # ABE-1644388496036
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