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For information on how to identify formats and information on the types of books printed, please see the description that follows this list.

BLUE BOOKS WITH OR WITHOUT A DUST JACKET (probably without a dust jacket)

F#1 = #7 The Clue in the Diary
F#2 = Vol. #1-8
F#3 = Vol. #2, 11
F#4 = Vol. #4,7,9,10,12,16
F#5 = Vol. 9,10,20
F#5/6 = Vol. #20
F#6 grayish blue = Vol. 1,4,6,9,11,12,13,14,15,17,19,20
F#7 aqua blue = Vol. 1,3,4,5,7,8,9,11,12,14,16,17,18,19,22
F#8 deep bright blue = Vol. 2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,18,20
F#9 = Vol. 1,2,3,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22
F#10 = Vol. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,13,14,16,17,18,21,22
F#12 Maroon Dana Girls EP = Vol. 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25

DOUBLE EDITIONS - tall: #1&2 (11602) Old Clock/Hidden Staircase
CAMEO: Set 2: The Secret of the Wooden Lady/the Secret of the Old Clock (1959 text)

ND/HD = The Haunted House & Flight to Nowhere (Britsh version) (1978)

F#17 Yellow Picture Cover (Nancy peering from behind a tree): Vol. with suggested retail price and blackened suggested retail price box on front cover
Special Editions of Vol.# 2,7,9,10,11,21,23,25,26,27,28,31,32,34,37,44 - contact me for specific details
F#18 Yellow Picture Cover (Nancy Looking through magnifying glass): Volumes listing to #46 Invisible Intrude on Back EXCEPT Vol. 3,6,24,31,37,45
Special Editions of Vol. #12,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,23,30,31,32,33,46,52,56 - contact me for specific details

F#18? Yellow Picture Cover (Nancy Drew Cookbook Ad only: Without red SOLVED! = Vol. 3,6,12,14,15,17,20,22,23,24,25,28,29,31,34,35,36,37,38,41,42,44,45,49,50,54
With red SOLVED! = Vol. 3,4,5,6,8,10,16,21,22,24,25,27,29,30,31,34,35,36,38,40,42,46,51

BOOK CLUB TYPE 2 - Yellow Picture Cover, No number on spine, back cover blank

Set #1 = Vol. #1-Old Clock; #2-Hidden Staircase; #7-Clue-Diary; #8-Nancy's Mysterious Letters
Set #2 = Vol. #9-Twisted Candles; #14-Whispering Statue; #15-Haunted Bridge; #16 Tapping Heels
Set #3 = Vol. 17-BrassBound Trunk; #19-Quest-MissingMap; #23-Tolling Bell; #24-Old Albu
Set #4 = Vol. #26-32-LeaningChimney/WoodenLady/BlackKeys/SkiJump/Velvet Mask/Ringmaster'Secret/ScarletSlipper
Set #5 = Vol. #33 and up (if exists)

Nancy Drew Clever Crosswords (#411513) by Dawn Gregor, 1977, G&D Tempo Book, paperback

The Nancy Drew Clues To Color (#10604) Treasure Books, oversized

Especially For Girls: Making Waves; River Heights-#15 Friends & Rivals

Nancy Drew Doll Madame Alexander (1967) any clothing style

Nancy Drew Halloween Costume (1977) Collegeville Costumes

Nancy Drew Jigsaw Puzzle In A Can, (1978) American Publishing Corp.

Cartoonarama Presents Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew kit for producing greeting cards

Nancy Drew Movies (1938-39) Staring Bonita Granville and Frankie Thomas, Warner Brothers

Dec. 1938 Nancy Drew...Detective
Mar. 1939 Nancy Drew, Reporter

Nancy Drew lobby cards, posters, press kits, black & white stills (1938-39) from movies

Paperback Gift Sets = Classic Series (think Wanderer Publisher) Books #60-62 and Books #82-85

`Calling All G'irls' magazine, printed story Mystery at the Lookout - Sept. 1942.

`Family Circle printed a Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Xmas Mystery Dec. 16,1968.

3 Books & Records Sets for Pre-school Kids entitled: "The Sea Monster Mystery" , The Secret of the Vanishing Pyramid" & "Case of the Whispering Ghost"

1985 Audio Cassette Book (Co.=Books On Tape - I don't have details)

Nancy Drew Shoe Laces - white with blue ink of "Nancy Drew" (thinck Simen & Schuster promotion item, 1987ish?)

G&D = A Nancy Drew Favorite Classic Library (1978 picture cover hardback) Vol. 3=Grimms' Fairy Tales & any others

IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT LISTED HERE, DO NOT HESITATE TO LET ME KNOW WHAT IT IS AS THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE LIST OF MY WANTS.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME AMASS MY NANCY DREW COLLECTION.

Descriptions

Nancy Drew Guide:

A comprehensive guide to each printing of most every Nancy Drew (hardback) book ever printed is available. Gives information on 20+ formats, identifyies print run, lists many Nancy Drew memorbilia, and etc.

Farah's Guide 10th Edition (c) June 1994 (11th edition due out 1999?) +/-$75.00

Contact:
David Farah
7926 Jayseel
Sunland, CA 91040-2121
e-mail: davidf2@earthlink.net

BOOK FORMATS:

Abbreviations Used: CS = Cover Stock EP = End Papers F = Format

F#1 (CS#1 raised rows "+"/EP#1 Blank) Orange Printing, 1" Thick, Glossy Frontispiece, 3 Internal Glossies
F#2 (CS#1 raised rows "+"/EP#2 Orange Silhouette), Orange Printing, Glossy Frontispiece, 3 Internal Glossies
F#3 (CS#2 raised lines weave pattern/EP#2 Orange Silhouette), Orange Printing, Glossy Frontispiece, 3 Internal Glossies
F#4 (CS#1 raised rows "+"/EP#2 Orange Silhouette), Orange Printing, Glossy Frontispiece
F#5 (CS#3 raised squiggly lines/EP#2 Orange Silhouette), Orange Printing, 1" Thick, Glossy Frontispiece
F#6 Grayish Blue (CS#4 depressed dots in irregular rows/EP#2 Orange Silhouette), Orange Printing, 3/4" Thick
F#7 Acqua Blue (CS#4 depressed dots in irregular rows/EP#2 Orange Silhouette), Orange Printing, 3/4" Thick
F#8 Deep Blue (CS#4 depressed dots in irregular rows/EP#2 Orange Silhouette), Orange Printing, 3/4" Thick
F#9 Dark Blue (CS#4 depressed dots in irregular rows/EP#2 Orange Silhouette), Orange Printing, 3/4" Thick
F#10 (CS#5 wavy Lines/EP#2 Orange Silhouette), Orange Printing, 3/4" Thick
F#11 (CS#4 depressed dots in irregular rows/EP#2 Orange Silhouette)
F#12 (CS#4 depressed dots in irregular rows/EP#3 Maroon Dana Girls)
F#13 (CS#6 depressed dots in waffle pattern/EP#4 Blue Silhouette)
F#14 (CS#7 clothlike/EP#4 Blue Silhouette)
F#15 (CS#7 clothlike/EP#5 Diggers)
F#16 (CS#7 clothlike/EP#6 Blue Multi-Scenes-22 sketches)
F#17 (CS#8 Yellow Picture Cover/EP#6 Blue Multi-Scenes & #7 White Multi-Scenes)
Back cover has a box with Nancy looking from behind a tree.
Some volumes had 1/4" box with No. 1/$1 on front cover under the title OR it could be "blackened" in
F#18 (CS#8 Yellow Picture Cover/EP# 7 White Multi-Scenes & #8 White Multi-Scenes II-15 sketches )
Back cover has a box with Nancy looking through a magnifying glass
F#18? (CS#8 Yellow Picture Cover/EP# 8 White Multi-Scenes II)
2 Styles - Back cover has advertisement for the Nancy Drew Cookbook only, some have the word SOLVED! in red.
F#19 (CS#8 Yellow Picture Cover/EP#6 Blue Multi-Scenes & #9 Double Ovals)
F#20 (CS#9 Glossy Yellow Picture Cover with Flashlight/EP#1 Blank)

BOOK TITLES:

#1 The Secret of the Old Clock
#2 The Hidden Staircase
#3 The Bungalow Mystery
#4 The Mystery At Lilac Inn
#5 The Secret At Shadow Ranch
#6 The Secret of Red Gate Farm
#7 The Clue In The Diary
#8 Nancy's Mysterious Letter
#9 The Sign of the Twisted Candles
#10 The Password to Larkspur Lane
#11 The Clue of the Broken Locket
#12 The Message In The Hollow Oak
#13 The Mystery of the Ivory Charm
#14 The Whispering Statue
#15 The Haunted Bridge
#16 The Clue of the Tapping Heels
#17 The Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk
#18 The Mystery At the Moss-Covered Mansion
#19 The Quest of the Missing Map
#20 The Clue in the Jewel Box
#21 The Secret In the Old Attic
#22 The Clue in the Crumbling Wall
#23 The Mystery of the Tolling Bell
#24 The Clue in the Old Album
#25 The Ghost of Blackwood Hall
#26 The Clue of the Leaning Chimney
#27 The Secret of the Wooden Lady
#28 The Clue of the Black Keys
#29 The Mystery at the Ski Jump
#30 The Clue of the Velvet Mask
#31 The Ringmaster's Secret
#32 The Scarlet Slipper Mystery
#33 The Witch Tree Symbol
#34 The Hidden Window
#35 The Haunted Showboat
#36 The Secret of the Golden Pavilion
#37 The Clue in the Old Stagecoach
#38 The Mystery of the Fire Dragon
#39 The Clue of the Dancing Puppet
#40 The Moonstone Castle Mystery
#41 The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes
#42 The Phantom of Pine Hill
#43 The Mystery of the 99 Steps
#44 The Clue in the Crossword Cipher
#45 The Spider Sapphire Mystery
#46 The Invisible Intruder
#47 The Mysterious Mannequin
#48 The Crooked Banister
#49 The Secret of Mirror Bay
#50 The Double Jinx Mystery
#51 Mystery of the Glowing Eye
#52 The Secret of the Forgotten City
#53 The Sky Phantom
#54 The Strange Message in the Parchment
#55 Mystery of Crocodile Island
#56 The Thirteenth Pearl

TYPES OF NANCY DREW BOOKS ISSUED

BOOK CLUB TYPES- issued with dust jackets with artwork by Polly Bolian (Printed 1959-1962)

Type 1- Cameo Editions
- 1959 Set #1=Vol. #30-VelvetMask/#31-Ringmaster'sSecret//#32-Scarlet Slipper/#33-WitchTree/#34 HiddenWindow/#35-HauntedShowboat
- 1960 Set#2=Vol. #27-WoodenLady/#28 BlackKeys/ #29SkiJump/ #36GoldenPavilion/ #1OldClock(1959Text)/ #-HiddenStaircase(1959Text)
Type 2 - Yellow Picture Covers - No volume number on spine, Back Cover were blank, Book Club Edition on Title Page (Printed 1962-76)
- Set #1 Vol. 1-8
- Set #2 Vol. 9-16
- Set #3 Vol. 17-24
- Set #4 Vol. 25-32
- Set #5 If exist Vol. 33 & up
Type 3 - Mustard Colored Books - issued with dust jackets (Printed +1976)
Vol. 1,2,3 only issued
Type 4 - Double Editions or Nancy Drew Twin Thriller - lavender color (Printed post 1976)
- Set #1 (taller & wider) distinguished by "11" number on back cover
  Vol. #1&2 (11602); #3&4 (11603); #5&6 (11683); #7&8 (11717); #9&10 (11764); #11&12 (11808); #13&14 (11817); #15&16 (11818)
- Set #2 distinguished by the "1-" number on back cover
  Vol. 1&2 (10601); #3&4 (10602); #5&6 (10603); #7&8 (10604); #9&10 (10605); #11&12 (10606); #13&14 (10607); #15&16 (10608); #18&19 (10609); #20&21 (10610); #22/23 (10611); #25&26 (10612); #27&28 (10613); #29&30 (10614); #31&32 (10615); #35&36(10616); #37&38(10617); #39&40(10618); #41&42(10619); #43&44 (10620); #45&46(10621); #47&48(10622); #49&50(10623); #51&52(10624); #33&34(40625); #53&54(10626); #17&24(10627)

YELLOW GLOSSY PICTURE COVER BOOKS w/Flashlight

Vol. 1-56
Double Editions: #1/#2 The Secret of the Old Clock (1987) The Hidden Staircase (1987) Pub.?1990? (ISBN 0-448-09570-X)
THE NANCY DREW STARTER KIT (Gift Box:Yellow w/Black cut at an angle): #1, #2, #3, #4,#5,#6, Pub. 1997.
NANCY DREW STARTER SET ,SPECIAL VALUE PACK, 1.25" Orange Band Around the Shrink Wrapped books,
#1, #2, #3, #4,#5,#6, Pub. 1997 (ISBN: 0-448-41674-3)
Book Club Type ? - Glossy Yellow Picture Cover with Flashlight & Red SCHOLASTIC BOOKS band running from front cover, across spine, and on back cover. Pub. 1997. (I recently found Book #1 Old Clock and #2-Hidden Staircase. Don't know how many have been (or will be) done.)

TRIPLE EDITION - Yellow Picture Cover (Printed 1970): One volume issued with the first 3 books (OldClock/HiddenStaircase/Bungalow)
SCHOLASTIC BOOK SERVICE: Superboy/Supergirl ANTHOLOGY (printed 1971) with "Selected Chapters from earlier works of Victor Appleton, Franklin W. Dixon, & Carolyn Keene", 144 Pg Paperback. Has excerpts from The Bungalow Mystery & The Password to Larkspur Lane.
WANDERER - Hardback - issued with dust jackets (printed 1979-1985): #57 - The Triple Hoax; #58 - Flying Saucer Mystery; #59 - Secret In The Old Lace; #60 - Greek Symbol Mystery; #61 The Swami's Ring; #62 Kachina Doll Mystery; #63 Twin Dilemma; #64 Captive Witness; #65 Mystery of the Winged Lion; #66 Race Against Time; #67 The Sinister Omen; #68 The Elusive Heiress; #69 Clue In The ancient Disguise; #70 The Broken Arrow; #71 The Silver Cobwebb; #72 The Haunted Carousel; #73 Enemy Match; #74 Mysterious Image; #75 Emerald Eyed Cat Mystery; #76 The Eskimo's Secret; #77 The Bluebear Room; #78 Ghost In the Gondola;

ESPECIALLY FOR GIRLS - Weekly Reader Book Club Editions - no dust jacket (Printed 1989-1992)

Deep Secrets; Swiss Secrets; Vanishing Act; Making Waves
River Heights Series- #5 Between The Lines; #6 Lessons In Love; #15 Friends & Rivals

GREYSTONE CASTLE PRESS - Printed in Canada (Printed 1988 to present?)

These are the Nancy Drew Files books in Hardback = Taller & Wider books, Glossy Picture Covers, Large Print, 2 publishers=Kapmann & Grolier Educational Corp. I don't know how many have been published, but I have seen the titles listed below.

False Moves

Deadly Intent

Murder On Ice

White Water Terror

Deadly Doubles

FACSIMILE EDITIONS by Applewood Books - issued with White Spine Dust Jackets (Printed 1994-96)

Vol. #1-9 and Vol. #10 being issued Oct. 1997
Christmas 1996 - all 8 books issued in a blue slip case with a Nancy Drew Silhouette on the side, shrinkwrapped. Limited to a run of 500.

PAPERBACK BOOKS (not a complete listing - just what I know (or seen) to date)

Wanderer = distinguished by artwork in a half moon on the front cover (Printed 1980-?)
Vol. #57-75 and A Gift Box of Vol. #57,58,59 issued, purple
Wanderer = distinguished by a "W" in a Circle on the spine, Back Cover has Rectangle Box with Nancy Holding an Apple
Vol. #60 - ?
Wanderer - Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys = distinguished by artwork in half moon on the front cover
Wanderer - Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Be a Detective Series
Scholastic Book Service distinguished by an open book symbol on the spine (Printed 1980?-?)
Vol. #57 - ?
Minstrel Books (Printed ?)
Vol. #57 - ?
Minstrel -The Nancy Drew Notebooks (Printed 1994 to present) geared toward 6-8 yr olds
Vol. #1-17
Archway - The Nancy Drew Case Files (Printed 1986 - ?)
Vol. #1-128 (and more?)
Gift Box Sets #1 (1987) = Vol. 1,2,3,4,5; Set #2 = Vol. 7,8,9,10,11 and Set #2 = Vol. 26,27,28,29,30 and Set #2 = Vol. 37,38,39,40,41
Set #3 (1995) = Vol. 58,59,64,66,& ND/HB Supermystery A Crime For Christmas; Classic Gift Set = Vol. 60-62and 82-85
Archway - Nancy Drew & HardyBoys Super Mystery
Archway - River Heights
Archway - Nancy Drew on Campus
Archway YA Novel - The Nancy Drew Files with the 1995 TV Series Stars on the Cover (Printed Dec. 1995-pesent)
Vol. #112-119

SPECIAL NANCY DREW PRINTINGS

Nancy Drew Cookbook Clues to Good Cooking (Printed 1973,74,75,76,77,78 & Library Edition)
G&D Elephant Books (1977 Oversized)
- The Nancy Drew Mystery Activity Book #1 (12871), #2 (14424) & #3 (14780)
- The Nancy Drew Secret-Code Activity Book (14781) [Several Versions of these books exist either with no price on the front cover or $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 or $1.25 obscured with gold or black stamp or over-stamped with $1.50. The Activity Books issued with and without a volume number and as a boxed set.]
- G&D Nancy Drew Mystery Activity Books - Same 3 books In A Box w/artwork from Book #2, #14973.
G&D Treasure Books (1977 Oversized)
- The Nancy Drew Mystery Pictures to Color #1 (16003) and #2 (16004)
- The Nancy Drew Clue to Color (16040)
G&D Tempo Books (1977 regular Ppbk)
- Nancy Drew Mystery Mazes (14504)
- Nancy Drew Detective Logic Puzzles (14506)
- Nancy Drew Secret Codes (14509)
- Nancy Drew Mystery Puzzle (14511)
- Nancy Drew Secret Scrambled Word Finds (14512)
- Nancy Drew Clever Crosswords (14513)
G&D Picture Books (1977 Oversized Hardback)
- #1 A Picture Book Nancy Drew The Mystery of the Lost Dogs (14900)
- #2 A Picture Book Nancy Drew The Secret of the Twin Puppets (14901) [Three versions exist: one with black and white printing; one with organge-brown ink; and one library edition.]
G&D = The Nancy Drew Sleuth Book (1979 hardback)
The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula (1978 square-bound paperback)
The Haunted House & Flight to Nowhere (1978 paperback) [says it is based on ND/HB TV series but does not contain Nancy Drew]

MEMORABILIA & COLLECTIBLES

Nancy Drew Movies: Staring Bonita Granville and Frankie Thomas with John Litel as Carson Drew by Warner Bros.

Dec. 1938 Nancy Drew...Detective
Mar. 1939 Nancy Drew, Reporter
Sept. Nancy Drew, Troubleshooter
Nov. 1939 Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase.

[Along with these movies comes lobby cards, press kits, posters, and black & white stills]

Nancy Drew Games: by Parker Brothers

1957 yellow box with Nancy in Red Rain Slicker;
1959 green box with Nancy in Green Rain Slicker with Hat

Nancy Drew Doll: by Madame Alexander (1967) Plastic, 11 7.8" tall, issued in box with tissue paper
Each had nylons, beige boots, a red purse, a camera, sunglasses, and a scarf and hair ribbon of various colors and a tag on the clothes reads "Nancy Drew" and a wrist tag states "I am Nancy Drew".

Version 1262 wore a beige or white, linen shift dress, matching coat with brass buttons
Version 1264 wore a pink or blue cotton checkered, two-piece suit.

TV Related Items (1977-79) Staring Pamela Sue Martin and then Janet Louise Johnson

Lunch Box (1977) reddish-orange metal with plastic clasp handle / 8oz matching plastic thermos
Cartoonarama Present Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew (1978) kit for producing greeting cards with a ND/HB message [contains: 6 jars of various color paints; 6 pictures of ND/HD on transparent sheets; 6 cards w/matching envelopes; 1 paint brush; 1 sheet rub-off verses; instructions]
Halloween Costume (1977) by Collegeville Costumes of Collegeville, PA {skirted short sleeve garment & face mask on a hanger or in a box in a few sizes; mainly Red with black & white trim, says "Nancy Drew" across the chest.]
Nancy Drew Jigsaw Puzzle (1978) by American Publishing Corporation, 121 pieces in a box also came in can requiring a can opener
Nancy Drew Private Eye Diary (1979) by Simon & Schuster, 416 pages with lock & key, came in 2 versions: white cover and red cover
Videos of the Shows
TV Guide June 11-17, 1977 - Last Page has review of ND/HB TV Series
Jack & Jill Magazine (March 1978) Profiles Pamela Sue Martin as Nancy Drew Page 36

OTHERS

G&D = A Nancy Drew Favorite Classic Library (1978 picture cover hardback)

Vol. 1= Black Beauty
Vol. 2=Heidi
Vol. 3=Grimms' Fairy Tales (more titles in preparation - what are they?)

DOLL ACCESSORY - American Girl Magazine/Pleasant Co.: miniature version book #19 Quest-Msng Map in DJ (have to buy Lamp & hot water bottle too in order to get book]
DOLL ACCESSORY - Hobby Builder's Supply: #12 The Message In the Hollow Oak in DJ with flashlight artwork in small bag
DOLL ACCESSORIES - found in local Hobby Supply Store, Book Numbers: #11 Broken Locket; #29 Ski Jump; #38 Fire Dragon; White Nancy Drew Private Eye Diary; and The Nancy Drew Files, all have foam for pages
WHITMAN 2371 Book: Bonita Granville and Mystery of Star Island (1942) issued with dust jacket, came in both blue and a green cover

ND Spoofs

The Case of the Missing Heiress by National Lampoon
A Nancy Clue Mystery: The Case of the Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend (1994)

Books About Nancy Drew

Rediscovering Nancy Drew (1995) by Carolyn Dyer & Nancy Romalov, Univ. of IA Press
Girl Sleuth on the Couch: The Mystery of Nancy Drew (1992) by Betsy Caprio, Source Books

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