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Collecting Nancy Drew®: Formats 101:
Since 1930, when Nancy Drew® books debuted on the market,
the books have gone through many printings which included a multitude of format
changes--enough to make the whole matter a real mystery to decipher! Authors like
David Farah, who wrote Farah's Guide, which breaks down the formats and each printing's
formats, have made it a lot easier for us to find the clues to solve our little mystery
of formats. For more information on ordering Farah's Guide
and other sources, visit the
Books About Nancy Drew® section. If you would like me
to help identify what you have and give a value estimate, please click
here!
Volume #1, The Secret of the Old Clock, for instance, as David Farah notes in his guide,
has over 116 printings to date. Imagine trying to collect them all! This formats section
is a guide not to each printing and its components like Farah's Guide,
but to each part that
makes up a Nancy Drew® book--the dust jackets, the boards, the endpapers, the picture
covers, the internal illustrations, and more. It is truly an anatomy 101 on a
Nancy Drew® series book.
Below are the different chapter links to the various formats of your Nancy Drew®
collection. Hopefully
these will provide the clues to discovering what you have, what you are looking for,
and what you should
know to build your unique collection! Also, you will find collecting and sellint tips--things to look for and avoid when buying and selling.
Nancy Drew Sleuth:
75 Years of Mystery Revealed. While this website is a good introduction into the world of Nancy Drew®, you will find indepth analysis of all things
Drew in my upcoming book.
Sources used for the above formatting information include my
own vast research regarding my growing collection, David Farah's 11th Guide regarding information on some of the dates for the various endpapers and authors names, and Betsy Caprio's Girl Sleuth on the Couch for some revised text information--noted in that section above.
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