Published by Saallfield Publishing, New York, 1935
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1935. 1st Edition, VG-/VG-, AS-IS, Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good- with small Chip at Top Spine DJ End removing Tiny Portion of R&Y in Mystery. 8vo. Pages are Toned Fox Thruout, Front inner Hinge Slightly Cracked; DJ spine is ONLY SLIGHTLY faded and; 254 pgs, NO ADS IN BACK, Very Good- Hinge is cracked but binding is tight. Very minor edge wear on corners and spine of Red Cloth cvr Titled in Black. DJ has some minor soiling and edge wear chipped. An attractive copy. Dust jacket protected Mylar Cover. Back Dj Lists Lavell Series thru This Title & also ends with Adventure Girl Series Thru Girls at Happiness House WITH 3623 TO RIGHT AT BTM is slightly Foxed & has tiny edge chips & Tears ,In Color DUSTJACKET of Girl standing in Woods Wearing Red Dress trimmed White Collar & Wearing Whnte Shoes & Holding Flashlight helping another Girl in Blue Pants, red Belt & White Blouse Bending over with Knife Prying Open Brown Carrying Case as Brown dog watches & Man Hiding behind tree With Hat Watching everything.Mary Louise Gay?s Fondness for Mysteries leads her into series of Exciting Adventures involving an Unhappy Orphan Girl & a Stolen Treasure. At Gloomy Dark Cedars Lives Elsie, the Lonely Orphan, with Her Miserly Aunt. Elsie has No Friends & No Pretty Clothes Until Mary Lou & Her Chum, Jane, Happen Along. Elsie is Just Beginning to Enjoy Life when several Thousand Dollars Disappear from her Aunt?s Safe. House is Ransacked & the Servants Believe it is Haunted. But The Aunt believes that Elsie has Stolen the Money & Threatens to send her to a Reform School. Mary Lou spends a Night at Dark Cedars & is Gagged & Bound & thrown into a Cupboard, That same night a Ruby Necklace is Stolen.