The Mystery of the Ivory Charm

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1936. Hardcover. fair. Russell H. Tandy. Possible first edition, missing dust jacket, printed about 1936. Blue boards with orange print on front cover and spine and orange silhouette on front; bumped and worn; with fraying at the spine ends on the bottom of the boards and corners. Orange silhouette illustrated endpapers, tanning with two prior owners' names. Frontispiece illustration on glossy paper, tipped-in. This is Nancy Drew binding style 2, 1932 - 1937. Grosset and Dunlap hard cover without dust jacket, 1936 edition and probably 1936 printing; Nancy Drew # 13, 216 pages. Illustrated by Russell Tandy. 12mo (5"" x 7.5"") This was originally published with a frontispiece and three additional interior illustrations; however, only one additional illustration is present, between pages 108 and 109. Nancy Drew titles in the back go to #10 The Password to Larkspur Lane, published in 1933. Dana Girls books in the back go to 5: The Secret at the Hermitage, published in 1936. Judy Bolton books in the back go to 9: The Mysterious Half Cat, published in 1936. The Mystery of the Ivory Charm, Nancy Drew Mystery Story #13, by Mildred Wirt writing as Carolyn Keene. This is the original 25 chapter story. In 1974 the text was revised and shortened to 20 chapters by Priscilla Baker Carr.