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The Nancy Drew Scrapbook by Karen Plunkett-Powell

From Booklist: Great fun for nostalgic sleuths as well as for today's readers of Nancy Drew. Plunkett-Powell has done her homework on the early publishing history of this internationally known mystery series for children. She writes about the impact of the books as well as their contents. Chapters depicting Nancy's cohorts, her car, and her town demonstrate just how universal Nancy Drew lore is to her fans. A great resource for collectors and fun reading for old or new fans. Denise Perry Donavin

All About Collecting Girls' Series Books: Nancy Drew, Judy Bolton, Cherry Ames, Penny Parker, Kay Tracey, Beverly Gray, Connie Blair, Vicki Barr, Dana Girls & Others
by John Axe

Paging through this rich treasury of books will bring back the carefree days of yesteryear. Remember reading under the elm tree during lazy summer days or reading under the covers with a flashlight when the story shouted to be finished? Remember how you longed to read the next installment? Additional material has been added to this new encyclopedia of beloved girl’s series books by John Axe, including Nancy Drew®, Judy Bolton, Cherry Ames, Beverly Gray, Kay Tracey, Penny Parker, Vicki Barr, The Dana Girls, and others all of which supplement the author’s previous book, The Secret of Collecting Girls’ Series Books. All of the titles in these great adventure and mystery series have been brought together in one comprehensive volume. Each different cover or different printing is identified, dated and valued. ALL ABOUT COLLECTING GIRLS’ SERIES BOOKS is well researched and documented to identify rarities or to inform you which book from your youth you need to locate and buy. This book guides collectors through ALL of the different editions and printings of the most popular girls’ series books. 377 color photos.

The Secret of Collecting Girls' Series Books by John Axe

Book includes chapters on: values, Grading the Condition of Books, Cleaning Collectible Books, Common Abbreviations and Terms, Formats, Ruth Fielding, Edward Stratemeyer, Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, Nancy Drew Book Values and Volumes 1 to 56, Judy Bolton Mystery Stories, Margaret Sutton, Judy Bolton Book Values and Volumes 1 to 38, The Beverly Gray Mystery Series, Beverly Gray Book Values and Volumes 1 to 25, Kay Tracey Mystery Stories, Kay Tracey Book values Volumes 1 to 18, Penny Parker Mystery Stories, and Penny Parker Books values Volumes 1 to 17.

Amazon review from A reader from Waterford, NY USA - The title of this book may mislead some readers to believe that it covers many girls' series books, when in reality it covers only the following: Nancy Drew, Judy Bolton, Kay Tracey, Beverly Gray, Penny Parker, and Ruth Fielding. (The subtitle of the book indicates that these series are featured, but it is still not necessarily clear that they are the only series in the book.) That being said, this book is clearly a labor of love by a person who knows what he's talking about. There is intelligent discussion on collecting books, cleaning old books, estimating values, and different formats.

And then... the pictures. This book includes full color photographs of all the book covers in their various incarnations. For instance, on one page are placed the FOUR different covers for Nancy Drew's "The Clue of the Broken Locket." It's fun to see how the covers evolved over the years, and the author offers much historical information about the cover artists, the Stratemeyer Syndicate in general, and the various editions in which the books have been offered. The other series mentioned above are treated in a similar manner. Overall this is an attractively designed book that can give pleasure whether you browse leisurely or read closely. Enjoy!

Rediscovering Nancy Drew by Carolyn Stewart Dyer (Editor), Nancy Tillman Romalov (Editor)