She met Edward Stratemeyer in New York in 1925 and began working for his syndicate as a writer who fleshed out his plot outlines for juvenile mystery stories. She was bom Mildred Augustine in Ladora, Iowa, in 1905. I have a number of other hardcover Nancy Drew books up for sale.The most famous writer who worked on the Girls’ Books Series was Mildred A.

Overall a N-FINE book in VG+/FINE- condition DJ (not price clipped) of a Nancy Drew hardcover first printing with its original dust jacket. Dust Jacket has tiny nick tear with related crease at bottom left on rear panel & top edge on front panel otherwise no chipping, tearing or creasing, slight wear to spine tips with largish 'v' losses to spine tip corners, hint of wear to front flap crease (nick losses at flap crease corners), slight edge wear, no soiling or staining, almost no dust rubbing to white rear panel, no color rubbing to panels (common with this DJ for some reason), no spine sun fading. Lists: Dust Jacket Front Flap: Witch Tree (1st printing issue point) Dust Jacket Rear Flap: Vicki Barr - Missing Twin Dust Jacket Back Cover: Dana Girls - Ghost Gallery Book (front list): Witch Tree (1st printing issue point) & Dana Girls - Ghost Gallery Book has no creased page corners, black top stain has no fading or drop spots, hint of age darkening to outer page edges (no dust soiling/foxing), endpapers are clean, no tearing or splitting of page block from internal hinges, no former owner's markings or used bookseller stamps/stickers inside, almost none of the usual shelf wear rubbing to bottom board edge/top board corners, no wear to 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. NANCY DREW MYSTERY STORIES #33 - THE WITCH TREE SYMBOL by CAROLYN KEENE (pen name of Harriet Adams), published by Grosset & Dunlap, copyright 1955 (original 25 chapters), 1955C-1 true 1st printing book/1st printing dust jacket (per Farah's - guides fore $145), blue 'digger' illustrated endpapers, cloth 'tweed' boards (format 15), 'wraparound' dust jacket cover art by Rudy Nappi (there was never a 'white spine' DJ for this book), 100100 price on DJ front flap.

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