NANCY DREW #16 THE CLUE OF THE TAPPING HEELS - RARE 1ST w/DJ APPLEWOOD
$80 · Offered by eBay · No longer available
First edition
NANCY DREW MYSTERY STORIES #16 - THE CLUE OF THE TAPPING HEELS by CAROLYN KEENE (pen name of Mildred Wirt Benson), published by Applewood Books, copyright 1939 (original 25 chapters), this edition published 2000, First Printing (complete 10 - 1 numberline on copyright page) white endpapers, blue cloth boards with orange lettering to spine and front board, glossy frontispiece, cover art by Russell Tandy. Book and dust jacket is replica of the 1939 original printing. Book has no creased page corners, outer page edges are white with no foxing/age darkening, 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, corners or spine tips, no age darkening to outer page edges, no soiling or staining to boards, no color wear or surface color tears to boards, no bumped board corners of note. Dust Jacket has no chipping, tearing or creasing, barest hint of wear to spine tips, no wear to front flap crease (just at flap crease corners), no edge wear (common defect with these books as wear is noticeable due to the gold edging), no soiling or staining, no dust rubbing, no spine sun fading. Overall a FINE-/N-FINE book in FINE-/N-FINE condition DJ (price clipped) of a Nancy Drew hardcover reproduction with its original dust jacket. I have a number of other hardcover Nancy Drew books up for auction on ebay - just click on the 'see other items' li
- Publisher: Applewood
- Year: 2000
- Binding: Hardcover
- Condition: Very Good
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