Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Keene, Carolyn. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall (Nancy Drew #22). Grosset & Dunlop, 1945.
Price: US$6.99 + shipping
Condition: Fair
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Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Keene, Carolyn. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1945.
Price: US$7.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover with blue tweed boards. 217 pages. The endpapers show Nancy watching while a man furtively digs by an old garage. A little wear to the edges of the spine and tips of the boards. Foxing to the sides of the pages.
Seller: Steve Kilby, Guelph, ON, Canada
Keene, Carolyn. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall. grosset & Dunlap, NY, 1945.
Price: US$8.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: whhite spine dust jacker
Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1945.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Description: Clean.Boards may have been repaired. Blue boards. Some discoloring to boards. Some edgewear with no points through. No jacket.
Seller: funyettabooks, Bloomington, MN, U.S.A.
Carolyn Keene. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall (Nancy Drew No. 22). Grosset & Dunlap, 1945.
Price: US$12.21 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$13.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NOT an ex library book. Blue tweed book. Multipic endpapers. 217 pages. Dust jacket with white spine has light wear on edges, small chips at corners. Front endflap lists thru Secret of Golden Pavilion. This is book #22 of 36 titles. 1959B printing per Farah's guide.
Seller: Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. Nancy Drew 22: the Clue in the Crumbling Wall. Grosset & Dunlap, 1945.
Price: US$16.70 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Keene Carolyn. The Clue of the Tapping Heels. Grosset and Dunlap, 1945.
Price: US$19.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Flap lists to old attic. 1/4" missing at top and bottom of spine. Former owners name on orange endpapers. Plain frontis. A touch of what looks like bathroom paint on the spine over Grosset and Dunlop on the jacket. Jacket has other edge wear with 1/2" torn at top of front flap fold.
Seller: Indian Hills Books, Blountville, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: M & M Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$21.79 + shipping
Description: Blue boards with orange silhouette and lettering
Seller: Pella Books, Pella, IA, U.S.A.
Price: US$24.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: NANCY DREW MYSTERY STORIES #7 - THE CLUE IN THE DIARY by CAROLYN KEENE (pen name of Mildred Wirt Benson), published by Grosset & Dunlap, copyright 1932 (original 25 chapters), orange "silhouette" (Nancy holding a magnifying glass) illustrated endpapers, blue boards with orange lettering to spine & front cover, original "white spine" cover art by Russell Tandy (as distinguished from the "wraparound" or revised cover art found in later books or in revised books from this series), p.c.j. price on DJ front flap. Dust Jacket Front Flap: Old Attic Dust Jacket Rear Flap: Dana Girls - Portrait Sand Dust Jacket Back Cover: Beverly Gray's Problem Book rear lists: Moss-Covered Mansion, Judy Bolton, Dana Girls Book has no creased page corners, red top stain has no drop spots (very slight fading), slight age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges (no foxing), no tearing or splitting of page block from internal hinges, no former owner's markings or used bookseller stamps/stickers inside, clean endpapers, no wear to board edges or board corners, hint of wear to spine tips, no foxing to boards or spine, no soiling or staining to boards, no color wear or surface color tears to boards, no spine sun fading, no bumped board corners. Dust Jacket has chip at top of spine and nick loss at bottom of spine otherwise no chipping, tearing or creasing, wear to spine tips, hint of wear to front flap crease (tiny nick losses at flap crease corners), sliver loss along top edge on rear panel otherwise almost no edge wear, no soiling or staining, slight dust rubbing to white rear panel & spine, no color rubbing to front panel, no spine sun darkening (common defect with the white spine books). Overall a FINE- book in VG-/VG condition DJ (not price clipped) of a Nancy Drew hardcover early printing with its original dust jacket. I have a number of other hardcover Nancy Drew books up for sale.
Seller: Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall. Grosset & Dunlap, NY, 1945.
Price: US$24.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nancy Drew # 22. 1948A-10printing according to Farrah. Blue boards with blue lettering and silhouette of Nancy looking through spyglass. Blue and white end-papers. The dustjacket shows some edgewear with chipping to the spine and is protected in a mylar cover.
Seller: Dogwood Books, Rome, GA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn (Author). Nancy Drew 22: The Clue in the Crumbling Wall. Grosset & Dunlap, 1945.
Price: US$26.11 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: 181 pages. 7.75x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Scarce. One of 32 volumes in the "Book Club Editions Type #2 series. (See Farah's Guide, page 31) . "Produced around 1962 and identical to the equivalent 1962 regular printings with only five minor changes. First, the words 'Book Club Edition' were printed on the title page. Second, the back covers were solid yellow. Third, the volume numbers were removed from the spines. Fourth, there were no suggested retail price box or blackened suggested retail price box graphics on the covers of volmes 1 through 6, and finally the pages that had pre-text lists in the regular were blank in the Type #2 Book Club editions." Illustrated with black-and-white drawings by R. H. Tandy. Blue multi-scene end-papers. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. The top and fore edges have scattered foxing and the spine panel is slightly darker than the rear cover. Very good condition. Selling Used and Rare books on line since 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984. ; Nancy Drew Mystery Stories; Black-and-white illustrations; 12mo.; 217 pages
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc., Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Carolyn Keene. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall (c1945). Grosset and Dunlap, 1945.
Price: US$36.58 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ but has a couple of small nicks to the corners and some light creasing to the fore edges
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Keene, Carolyn. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1945.
Price: US$39.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Number 22 in the series. Fourth printing (1945D-4 in Farah's Guide). Worn-through spots on the spine ends and corners. The spine is cocked. The boards are bowed. The leaves are toned. There is some insect damage to the rear endpapers. In a tight binding with hinges intact. The dust jacket has a small chip at the spine tail, where the serial number was. The spine is soiled and the blue Nancy Drew symbol is partially faded. There is some fading to the title on the front panel. Light edgewear otherwise. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Banjo Booksellers, IOBA, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$39.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good+ book, former owner info in pencil on upper half title page, else free of former owner writing. Blue boards with darker blue lettering and publisher's blue topedge. Older reprint issue with publisher's 100/100 price on top front DJ flap and 100-150 on bottom. Last title listed on front flap is: . The haunted showboat. Last title listed on rear flap is Cherry Ames, Camp nurse. Original 1945 date on cp, actual reprint date is not stated. Very good+ jacket with moderate wear/tear to edges. Jacket will arrive in a fresh mylar cover. * (THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC) *; 8vo
Seller: Abound Book Company, Overland Park, KS, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall # 22 in Dust Jacket. Grosset & Dunlap, 1945.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: Later edition/issue, probably c. 1950s, than copyright date. Near Very Good Blue 'tweed' Volume in a Near Very Good White Spine Dust Jacket, which has gently sunned. Top edge tinted blue is in Near Fine/Perfect condition. Blue 'Digger' end-papers - front free Digger end paper has an approx 1-1/2" chip at foredge (see photo); and is unfortunately lacking rear free end-paper. Closed page edges (foredge and bottom) show light soiling that does touch edges of page margins in a few spots, but otherwise very clean unmarked. There are 25 chapters. Dust Jacket is unclipped, has '100100' at front top flap. Front flap lists to "The Haunted Showboat'; rear panel of Dana Girls Mystery Stories list to "The Clue of The Black Flower". Jacket has edge chips, largest being 1" at crown of spine paper, impacting "The" in title. Other smaller edge chips, see photo. Mylar protected jacket
Seller: Margins13 Books, Redmond, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover book complete in its original dust jacket (unclipped; 100100). 20 cm. 217 pages. Front flap lists Nancy Drew stories up to The Mystery of the Fire Dragon, the rear flap lists The Vicki Barr Flight Stewardess Series up to The Silver Ring Mystery. The book is in near fine condition. No ownership marks/writing present within. Hinges tight, interior pages bright. Spine lean. Light edge wear/tear, rubbing, soiling, abrading to the dust jacket, which also shows a partially removed supermarket price sticker on the front cover.
Seller: JNBookseller, Palm Harbor, FL, U.S.A.
KEENE, Carolyn. THE CLUE IN THE CRUMBLING WALL. Grosset & Dunlap ( 1945 ), New York, 1945.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Duodecimo, 217 pages, blue cloth, orange lettering; dj chipped, repaired archival 22nd in the Nancy Drew series. Has war-time paper notice on t-p. 21 Nancy titles on front flap, 13 & 12 titles at rear flap. Illustrated by Russell H. Tandy, who was a fashion illustrator who was hired by Stratemeyer Syndicate for this Nancy Drew series and the Hardy Boys series, and a few for Beverly Gray.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall: Nancy Drew #22. NY Grosset & Dunlap (1945)., 1945.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: VG in G DJ. Blue tweed binding, blue & white illus eps. Edge wear. DJ chipped, white spine (taped).
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1945.
Price: US$46.80 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original jacket illustration on jacket with white spine very close to near fine. Very clean attractive book. Jacket pictorial ends at spine which is white. Some minor edgewear around extremities and two very closed tears on rear panel. Blue boards. Price clipped neatly. Jacket lists to "The Clue of the Black Keys" #28 in the series, which was published in 1951. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall. Grosset & Dunlap, 1945.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo hardcover, blue cover with orange lettering, tight binding, clean tho' toned pages, unobtrusive bookplate, faint shelfwear , else VG+ in VG+ DJ, now in clear mylar jacket protector. Last listing on jacket flap is Secret in the Old attic; back flap, Dana Girls : Portrait in the Sand; back cover is B Gray, Beverly Gray's Problem, endpapers show outline of a girl with magnifying glass. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
Seller: Mossback Books, hartland, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A slightly darker blue hardcover than the normal early Drews.Orange Nancy with spy glass and titles on cover and spine. Orange spy glass endpapers. Thisis a 1945-c-3 according to Farrah. Crumbling Wall is the only title on the copyright page. picture facing the title page is printed on the same stock as the book. All pages are War tanned but do not appear brittle. DJ shows wear at edges with small chips and tears. Spine and back cover are lightly foxed/soiled.SEE PHOTOS. Front flap only lists to 21-Old Attic, back flap has 12 Dana Girls and back jacket has 13 Beverly Gray with Beverly Gray's Problem last.
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: General wear: cracked front hinge--otherwise VG Condition B&W illustrations, and bright full color DJ DATE PUBLISHED: 1945 EDITION: 217
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$64.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NANCY DREW MYSTERY STORIES #22 - THE CLUE IN THE CRUMBLING WALL by CAROLYN KEENE (pen name of Mildred Wirt Benson), published by Grosset & Dunlap, copyright 1944 (original 25 chapters), 1945B-2 1st printing book/2nd printing dust jacket (1st print dust jacket is quite scarce as it only had a limited distribution due to paper shortages during WWII) per Farah - Guides for $85 (Format 7) orange "silhouette" (Nancy holding a magnifying glass) illustrated endpapers, blue boards with orange lettering to spine & front cover, poor paper quality & wartimes conditions notice to title page (only found on the first 2 printings), plain frontispiece illustration, original "white spine" cover art by Russell Tandy (as distinguished from the "wraparound" or revised cover art found in later books or in revised books from this series), p.c.j. price on DJ front flap. Note - this book never had revised "wraparound" artwork in a dust jacket so only this artwork with the white spine exists in dust jacket format. Lists: Dust Jacket Front Flap: Old Attic Dust Jacket Rear Flap: Dana Girls - Portrait Sand Dust Jacket Back Cover: Beverly Gray's Problem Book lists: no internal lists Book has no creased page corners, red top stain is nice with no drop spots & no fading, slight age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges (no foxing), endpapers are clean and free from any tape residue, no tearing or splitting of page block from internal hinges, no former owner's markings or used bookseller stamps/stickers inside, no wear to board edges, hint of wear to board corners, slight wear to spine tips, stain spot to front board otherwise no soiling or staining to boards, none of the usual white foxing to boards (commonly found with these Nancy Drews from this era even in dust jackets), no spine sun darkening, no color wear or surface color tears to boards, no bumped board corners. Dust Jacket has nick loss at top of rear flap crease otherwise no chipping, tearing or creasing, hint of wear to spine tips with 'v' loss at couple of spine tip corners, hint of wear to front flap crease (nick loss at flap crease corners), tiny nick along top edge otherwise no edge wear, no soiling or staining, almost no dust rubbing to white rear panel, no color rubbing to rear panel, no spine sun darkening (common defect with the white spine books). Overall a VG+ book in VG+/FINE- condition DJ (partially price clipped) of a Nancy Drew hardcover first printing book with its original dust jacket. I have a number of other hardcover Nancy Drew books up for sale.
Seller: Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book #22 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. Orig. published in 1945, this is a slightly later (1945D-4,cover format #8, orange silhouette endpapers, & a white spine DJ, with cover art & plain frontispiece by Russell Tandy; no internals. Orig. text in 217 pages, 25 chapters. Condition is VG+: extremely clean, with mild rubbing to extremities & bumped corners. Orange topstain is bright. Slight indentation from erased name on ffep, else unmarked. Binding strong & straight, hinges intact. Pages significantly tanned, heaviest around edges, commensurate with age & paper quality. The unclipped DJ is VG-, marred by chipping to corners & both ends of spine, moderate rubbing, spine darkening; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated with a frontispiece on plain (text) paper. 8vo, publisher's blue cloth stamped in orange, in pictorial dust jacket. Reprint. Farah 1945 C-3. Text paper tanned as usual; slight use to cloth at edges; tight and sound in a jacket with splitting along the folds and a horizontal break to the backstrip at its center; small chips at extremities, those at the spine affecting the spine lettering. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #22.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue cloth, orange ttiles and silhouette. Lists to #21 (Secret in the Old Attic) on front flap; 12 Dana Girls titles on rear flap; 13 Beverly Gray titles on rear. Pages browned; cloth has light edgewear. DJ has some foxing on spine and rear; a bit of loss at foot of spine (partially obscuring no. 22).
Seller: Books End Bookshop, Syracuse, NY, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. THE CLUE IN THE CRUMBLING WALL. Grosset & Dunlap, 1945.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Grosset & Dunlap, 1945, 8vo, 217 pages, plain paper frontis, number 22 in series. Twenty one titles listed on front inside flaf of jacket, 12 Dana Girls on rear inside flap of jacket, 13 Beverly Gray on rear of jacket. According to Farah's Guide 11th Edition, this is the 1945D-4 printing. Book and jacket in very good+ condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
Seller: Cape Cod Booksellers, Yarmouth, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 217pp Illustratiod by R. H. Tandy Blue "tweed" cover Very colorful dust jacket has very small tears on the edge of the jacket Front flap of dusst jacket lists to The Clue in the Old Stagecoach Removable protective mylar over dust jacket
Seller: First Choice Books, coeurd'Alene, ID, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Stated Wartime edition. Farah 1945B-2. Inside flap lists to The "The Secret in the Old Attic", Back cover lists Beverly Gray Stories to "Beverly Gray's Problem". Inside rear flap Lists Dana Girls Mystery Stories to "The Portrait in the Sand. Dust jacket has some old tape repairs, discoloration, small chips and tears. Dust jacket is protected in mylar cover. Light rubbing and edge wear to cloth covers. Normal tanning to pages due to it being a wartime edition otherwise pages clean. Binding tight. #H3/AB/B
Seller: This Old Book, Inc, Grayslake, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 217pp Titles on front flap list to The Secret in the Old Attic Rear flap lists to Dana Girls Mystery series title The Portrait in the Sand Rear panel lists to Beverly Gray title to Beveryly Gray's Problem This Nancy Drew story written by Mildred Wirt Wartime snnounvrmrny White spine on dust jacket Pages are age-toned Dust jacket has small chips and tears on edges and longer tear on front cover (repaired) Mylar cover over dust jacket
Seller: First Choice Books, coeurd'Alene, ID, U.S.A.
Price: US$139.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Owner name on top of half title page.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$142.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ; 1950 issue. Blue cover has light wear to the extremities and 4 spots of tape residue. NOT ex-library. Pages clean and in very good condition except for former owner's name stamped on front end sheet. From the private collection of Dr. Vera E. Milz, a children's book reviewer for several publishers. Dust jacket has moderate wear and chipping but clean and bright. Publisher's 7575 and 110-150 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); Nancy Drew No. 22; 7.4 X 5.1 X 0.8 inches; 192 pages
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Carolyn Keene. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall (Nancy Drew, #22). Grosset, 1945.
Price: US$159.38 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good
Seller: dsmbooks, liverpool, United Kingdom