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Description of a First Edition of The Secret of the Old Clock

Outside:
(Note:This is a description of the book without the dust jacket)

Front Cover: Gray-blue hardcover.

Printing on front cover: Orange type outlined in dark blue that reads "The Secret of the Old Clock/
Carolyn Keene." There is no silhouette on the front cover.

Spine: Dark Blue printing listing title, author, and publisher.

Inside:

Endpapers: Blank(white).

Illustrations: One glossy frontispiece and three additional glossy internal illustrations,
all designed by Russell Tandy.

Title Page: Includes the following information: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories(underlined),
title, author, names of Nancy Drew mysteries volumes #2 and #3(The hidden Staircase
and The Bungalow Mystery); the phrase, "Illustrated by Russell H. Tandy";
publisher idenification.

Copyright Page: A box positioned toward the top of the page contains the following information
(see above): "Nancy Drew Mystery Stories/by Carolyn Keene/12mo.Cloth/Illustrated."
Lists first three Nancy Drew mystery stories only, along with publisher
identification. A line below the box reads:"Copyright,1930,by Grosset & Dunlap, Inc."

Back Pages: Include numerous ads for other series, including the Hardy Boys titles
for volumes 1-8; Ted Scott Flying Stories volumes 1-11; Famous Rover Boys
volumes 1-30; Don Sturdy volumes 1-9; and Radio Boys volumes 1-12. Two Blank
pages follow these ads.

Current value:Without dust jacket, 0 to 0; with dust jacket, 0.

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Information taken from "The Nancy Drew Scrapbook" by Karen Plunkett-Powell.

Outside: (Note:This is a description of the book without the dust jacket)
Front Cover:	Gray-blue hardcover.
Printing on front cover:	Orange type outlined in dark blue that reads "The Secret of the Old Clock/ Carolyn Keene." There is no silhouette on the front cover.
Spine:	Dark Blue printing listing title, author, and publisher.

Inside:
Endpapers:	Blank(white).
Illustrations:	One glossy frontispiece and three additional glossy internal illustrations, all designed by Russell Tandy.
Title Page:	Includes the following information: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories(underlined), title, author, names of Nancy Drew mysteries volumes #2 and #3(The hidden Staircase and The Bungalow Mystery); the phrase, "Illustrated by Russell H. Tandy"; publisher idenification.
Copyright Page:	A box positioned toward the top of the page contains the following information (see above): "Nancy Drew Mystery Stories/by Carolyn Keene/12mo.Cloth/Illustrated." Lists first three Nancy Drew mystery stories only, along with publisher identification. A line below the box reads:"Copyright,1930,by Grosset & Dunlap, Inc."
Back Pages:	Include numerous ads for other series, including the Hardy Boys titles for volumes 1-8; Ted Scott Flying Stories volumes 1-11; Famous Rover Boys volumes 1-30; Don Sturdy volumes 1-9; and Radio Boys volumes 1-12. Two Blank pages follow these ads.