Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$6.00 + shipping
Description: cover not as depicted. photo printed directly on boards.
Seller: R Bookmark, Youngtown, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$7.70 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Possible first edition. Some fading and scuffing to the cloth. Some small ticks in pen to reading selection.
Seller: Babushka Books & Framers, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Keene Carolyn.. PASSWORD TO LARSPUR LANE, The.. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1933., 1933.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated by Russell H. Tandy. Nancy Drew Mystery No. 10. Color pictorial boards, yellow numbered spines. 12mo. pp. 220. VG/No jacket. Rubbed edges, internally near fine.
Seller: OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994), West Brookfield, MA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Password to Larkspur Lane. Grosset & Dunlap, 1933.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue tweed cloth. Some edgewear. DJ has white spine; lists to The Haunted Showboat on front flap. DJ has numerous chips and tears at edges with small piece missing at bottom front edge. ; Nancy Drew, Book 10; 7.30 X 5.10 X 0.80 inches
Seller: Books End Bookshop, Syracuse, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bright blue cloth binding with red print on spine and front cover. Red head tint. Red pictoral endpapers. Previous owner name on front flyleaf in ink. Sound and unmarked. 220 pages. See also our number 006181, same series.
Seller: Falls Bookstore, Readsboro, VT, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Password to Larkspur Lane. Grosset and Dunlap Publishers, 1933.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Name of the previous owner. No edition stated. Publication of 220 pages. Blue cloth with orange silhouette. Titles list to itself on the copyright page. Frontispiece. Overall in good condition. The boards are a touch edge worn and minor marks on the back. The pages are slightly 'browned' due to the age. The text remains bright and clear. The binding is strong. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Keene, Carolyn. Password to Larkspur Lane, The: Nancy Drew. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1933.
Price: US$11.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Nancy Drew # 10; originally published in 1933. 220 pp. 5 1/8 x 7 5/8. Blue tweed cloth covered boards, stamped in dark blue on front and spine. No dj. This copy printed between 1951 and 1962. Prev owner's sig on title page. Overall wear.
Seller: Blue Awning Books, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Carolyn Keene. The Password to Larkspur Lane. Grosset & Dunlap, 1933.
Price: US$14.14 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HARDCOVER W/dj; VERT GOOD/poor but intact, several minor flaws, white spine, 220 pp. No markings. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #10: Black Flower is last book listed on back. Digger endpaper. Please email w/questions or to request picture(s); refer to our book inventory number. Free media mail shipping to USA addresses. LOCATION ND
Seller: Streamside Books, Waterville, ME, U.S.A.
Keene Carolyn. The Password to Larkspur Lane. Grosset and Dunlap, 1933.
Price: US$14.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Lists to Old Attic on flap. Orange endpapers. Paper boards. Poor quality paper inside. Former owners name in free endpaper. Jacket has vertical tear down front cover then repaired with cloth tape on back. Bled through to front. Bottom 1/3 of spine missing on jacket. Top 1/4" to 1/2" of spine missing. Front flap fold torn 3" up from bottom. 1" chip at bottom rear panel.
Seller: Indian Hills Books, Blountville, TN, U.S.A.
Carolyn Keene. The Password to Larkspur Lane. Grosset & Dunlap, 1933.
Price: US$16.69 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1933. No Edition Remarks. 220 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Tears to cloth to spine.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Keene, Carolyn. The Password to Lakespur Lane. Grosset & Dunlap, 1933.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue cloth with orange titles. Cover is rather faded. Owner name. Title list in book lists to this title. Content are very good -- clean and tight. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 220 pages
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + 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. 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. Foxing or staining on the top and fore edges. The spine panel is slightly darker than the rear cover. Very good condition. ; Nancy Drew Mystery Stories; Black-and-white illustrations; 12mo.; 220 pages
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc., Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Carolyn Keene. The Password to Larkspur Lane. Grosset & Dunlap, 1933.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Missing DJ. "Digger" endpapers. Pages are clean and free from markings or creases. Binding is tight. KRM/Kids
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Password to Larkspur Lane. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1933.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue tweed hardcover has normal edge wear. 25 chapters and 220 pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Price clipped DJ shows edgewear with nicks at corners and spine ends. Lists to Mystery of Ski Jump on front flap and Connie Blair - The Yellow Warning on back jacket.
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. Password to Larkspur Lane. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1933.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 220 pages. This is No. 10 in the series of 18. Dust jacket has a couple of small chips. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Village Booksmith, Hudson Falls, NY, U.S.A.
Carolyn Keene. Nancy Drew The Password to Larkspur Lane. Grosset and Dunlap, US, 1933.
Price: US$21.04 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book is late 1930s, early 1940s printing. Glossy frontispiece. Does not have 4 illustrations. There is no list inside and no jacket so it is very hard to date. Medium blue boards, orange lettering and eps, Nancy silhouette on cover in orange. Spine ends have softened with a light crease down middle, old tape marks in the gutter of pages 2/3, with a small piece showing on bottom of page 1. There is also a mark between pages 4/5. P.o. name of FFEP, the textblock edge stain has bled onto pages 156/7, and the boards have discoloration/water damage? to side edges about 1" inwards. Number 9 in the series. None of my books are ex-lib., remainders or bce unless specified.
Seller: WBookBear, Woodlawn, ON, Canada
Carolyn Keene. The Password to Larkspur Lane. Grosset and Dunlap, 1933.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Nancy Drew Mystery.
Seller: Book ReViews, Newton, KS, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Password to Larkspur Lane. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1933.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated lst printing of revised and enlarged edition. Illustrated by Russell H. Tandy. Orange pictorial end papers. Blue cloth with orange lettering & orange stamped logo. Top edge painted orange. Very good condition. Spine slightly faded; couple small brown spots to rear paste-down and free end paper; some minor brown stains to upper fore edge; corners & edges rubbed. Lacks a dust jacket.
Seller: Shirley K. Mapes, Books, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. THE PASSWORD TO LARKSPUR LANE. Grosset & Dunlap, NEW YORK, 1933.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Blue "tweed" covers, blue vignette endpapers. A very crisp and clean copy, covered in a facsimile of a reprint jacket.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book #10 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. (1959B or C, per Farah's 11th). Orig. published in 1933, this edition is from 1959 (per Farah's 11th), retaining the orig Frontis. art by Russell Tandy, no internals. Orig. text in 25 chpts, 220 pages. Blue tweed cover stock, multipic endpapers. This is an Ex-lib copy, with card pocket & the usual stamps & markings. Generally clean, with the occasional smudge or spot. Rubbing to extremities. NO writing or underlining or highlighting or coloring.The unclipped white spine DJ is Near Fine, having been protected under library mylar all these years! Only flaw is slight sticker pull & discoloration on lower spine where call number was removed. 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.
Keene, Carolyn. The Password to Larkspur Lane. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1933.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No writing. Text is clean. Cover is sharp with light wear at ends of spine. DJ is lightly bumped at ends of spine.
Seller: Grandma Betty's Books, West Salem, OH, U.S.A.
Carolyn Keene. The Password to Larkspur Lane. Grosset & Dunlap, 1933.
Price: US$29.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue boards with an orange icon good plus, darkened pages, dust jacket fair has a large tear taped on the inside with brown tape. Orange endpapers, number at the top of the inside flap 5050, numbers at the bottom of the inside flap 110-150. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 220 pages
Seller: Jans Collectibles: Vintage Books, Bethany, MO, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Password to Larkspur Lane (Nancy Drew #10). Grosset & Dunlap, NY, 1933.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: dj w/white spine, in mylar (price unclipped); "digger" end papers; blue tweed c.; 220 clean, unmarked pages. lists to Witch Tree Symbol on dj flap Size: 12 Vo; 1 Pound
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
KEENE, Carolyn. The Password to Larkspur Lane. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1933.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, listing to this title on the Copyright Page. Octavo. Original blue cloth over boards, orange lettering and decorations at front cover and spine orange top edge, orange illustrated end pages, illustrations by Russell H. Tandy. Good, no dust jacket, spine darkened, spine ends chipped, wear to edges, top edge faded, front hinge starting, bookplate at front pastedown, pages agetoned.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Carolyn Keene. The Password To Larkspur Lane. Grosset & Dunlap, 1933.
Price: US$33.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: blue boards with orange print last listed title on copyright page vg+
Seller: Hook's Book Nook, Pottstown, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Blue "tweed" hardcover, blue "digger" endpapers. Book is about fine, with owner's signature, covered in a gently worn dust jacket with no major chips.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Password to Larkspur Lane. Grosset & Dunlap, NY, 1933.
Price: US$39.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nancy Drew # 10. 1946B-28 printing according to Farrah. Blue boards with orange lettering and silhouette of Nancy looking through spyglass. Orange and white end-papers. The dustjacket shows some edgewear and is protected in a mylar cover.
Seller: Dogwood Books, Rome, GA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. THE PASSWORD TO LARKSPUR LANE. Grosset & Dunlap. NY., 1933.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book size about 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches with some 220 pages. Bound in blue cloth with orange lettering plus orange silhouette on front cover. Double page illustrated end papers in orange silhouette (Same for front and rear). Top edge with a publisher applied pale orange stain. Number ten in the series. The wrapper front flap lists titles in the series to 'The Clue Of The Tapping Heels' identifying this book as a 1939 printing. Book with slight wear, clean and unmarked. Wrapper with a scuff at the front cover top left else light wear. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD
Seller: The Book Scot, mansfield, MO, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Password to Larkspur Lane. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1933.
Price: US$41.40 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Very Nice copy in medium blue boards with silhouette endpapers. Unmarked, tight and square. Price intact jacket 7575 lists to Wooden Lady which makes this a 1950 printing. Illustrated wrap around DJ with white spine illustrated by Gillies has short closed tear on rear panel. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover - Early printing. Glossy frontispiece and three glossy internal illustrations by Russell Tandy, in the uncommon original thick blue format. One of the 3 titles written by Walter Karig using the 'house name' of Carolyn Keene (all of the earlier titles had been written by Mildred Wirt Benson, but she refused to accept a reduction in the amount paid per manuscript - from $125 to $75) . This was originally #9 in the series (in 1932) but was issued in a revised edition in 1933 and re-numbered as #10 in the series. 220 pp. Very good condition in blue covers with orange lettering and an orange silhouette of Nancy looking through a magnifying glass, orange and white illustrated endpapers. (minor shelfwear to the covers).
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Password to Larkspur Lane. Grosset & Dunlap, 1933.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Blue cloth boards. Orange title and silhouette of Nancy with magnifying glass. Four white dots on cover. Corners bumped and rubbed. Top and bottom of spine pulled. Large white spot on spine. Spine faded. Orange endpapers with four girls in silhouette with one with a magnifying glass. Calendered frontis. Top edge stained orange. On copyright page, this is the last title. Pages are slightly age toned. Page edges are slightly soiled.
Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. THE PASSWORD TO LARKSPUR LANE. Grosset & Dunlap, NEW YORK, 1933.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very early printing that lists to self on the copyright page, with no subsequent titles listed, but with no black and white glossy illustrated plates, except for the frontispiece. With thick blue spine, orange and cream magnifying glass endpapers, and orange topstain. Boards are modestly worn but square, and webbing shows at the inside rear hinge but not in front. . Covered in a gently worn jacket with chipping spine ends. Basically crisp and clean.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Keene, CAROLYN. THE PASSWORD TO LARKSPUR LANE. GROSSET, 1933.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A VERY GOOD 14 TH PRINTING IN PRICE 50 CENTS FLAP DJ. blue cloth, orange titling, orange 'silhouette' endsheets. frontspiece.WHITE SPINE 8 DG THICK
Seller: Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A., PASADENA, CA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Password to Larkspur Lane: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories. Grosset & Dunlap, 1933.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Description: Early printing, very good + blue cloth hardcover with orange letter and nancy illustration to cover shows foxing to page edges, touch of foxing at endpapers, touch of soil to covers and age tanning to pages, in very good + dust jacket (5050 at flap) that shows touch of soil and light edgewear that includes some small closed tears. 220 pages with red top edge and black & white frontispiece and illustrated endpapers in orange. Still a pleasing copy in jacket of this early printing of the 10th installment in the Nancy Drew series that lists other titles to inner flap up to The Quest of the Missing Map and with Judy Bolton titles to rear panel.
Seller: Barker Books & Vintage, Helena, MT, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Password to Larkspur Lane. Grosset and Dunlap, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1933.
Price: US$67.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Light blue boards with orange titling. In near fine shape. First edition, printing not stated. Illustrated by Russell Tandy
Seller: The Book Lovers, Philo, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pub by Grosset & Dunlap, 1933, lists through itself on on copyright page, presumed 1st Edition. No listings in rear. NOT exLib. VG or better cond. hardcover, no dustjacket. Blue cloth over bds w/ orange Nancy w/ spyglass & heels on front cover, & orange lettering on spine. Very slightest of spine-lean, almost unnoticeable. Orange top edge & orange spyglass pict eps. Book is complete, intact & unmarked. Frontis + 3 b&w semi-glossy illustrations by Russell Tandy. 220pp. Square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall VG or better cond. Same or next day shipping. We have a fairly large number of Nancy Drew titles, some with dustjackets, some without, & we'd be happy to discount for multiple purchase and to combine shipping. Please email any questions.
Seller: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue hardcover with Nancy with holding a magnifying glass on cover and orange title on spine. Covers have some very small white spots, spine is slightly faded .Orange silhouettes on endpapers. List of titles facing the contents shows Password to Larkspur Lane last. 220 pages are clean, tight and unmarked with tanning to edges.There are 4 slick, black and white drawings. DJ is worn and torn with taping. Back cover has tape , soil and a small red ink mark. The front flap lists Judy Bolton Mystery Stories listing to The Mysterious Half Cat with a 50 cent price. Back flap lists secret at Hermitage/Dana Girls, back cover shows Margaret Sutton picture with the Mysterious Half Cat as the last title
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: 220pp FARAH 1933 to 1937 - without a dustjacket this book cannot be pinpointed as to printing, can be from 1933B-3 through 1937A-12. This book was with others gifted at Christmas 1937, so guessing most likely of that year or 1936. No Dustjacket, slight fading to spine, owner's address label and name and Xmas 1937 written on front free endpaper. Frontis and three internal plates opposite pages: 52, 92, and 196. IMAGES AVAILABLE. I have had packed away over 25 years good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, slight fade to spine
Seller: Ray Boas, Bookseller - Established 1980, Walpole, NH, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Password to Larkspur Lane: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories. Grosset & Dunlap, 1933.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with original DJ, (1939A-15 per Farrah) [Format 4] (Dust Jacket A, Format II per AXE) 1931 Grosset & Dunlap 203 pages. Very Good, in a Good+ DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear and a couple of smudges to original blue cloth boards with orange silhouette of Nancy Drew on front cover and orange titles on spine - one corner bumped. Slight shelf lean. Orange silhouette endpapers and glossy frontispiece. Orange topstain. Minor shelf/edge wear, a few small chips and dust soiling to original DJ that still has vibrant colors. DJ now in mylar. Previous owner name/address on FFEP. 25 chapters. This is the 10th title in a series of 56. Dust Jacket A, Format II per AXE. (1939A-15 per Farrah) [Format 4] See my photos to come. Nancy Drew is a fictional character who appears in several mystery book series as a teenage amateur sleuth. The books are ghostwritten by a number of authors and published under the collective pseudonym Carolyn Keene. Created by publisher Edward Stratemeyer as the female counterpart to his Hardy Boys series, the character first appeared in 1930 in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series, which lasted until 2003 and consists of 175 novels. (1939A-15 per Farrah) [Format 4] per Farrah. Very handsome thick pre-war hardcover in the original DJ. LOC SSS-12
Seller: Eyebrowse Books, MWABA, Dearborn, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$144.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Small stain at spine heel.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Carolyn Keene. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories the Password to Larkspur Lane. Grosset & Dunlap, 1933.
Price: US$149.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Early printing. DJ in poor condition, taped, stained, but still charming. The Quest for the Missing Map is listed on the front flap with The Mark of the Mirror on the rear panel. Boards are blue w/orange titles and figure. Endpapers are orange silhouette of Nancy w/scarf and magnifying glass. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with compressed spine ends.
Seller: Penn and Ink Used and Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
KEENE, Carolyn [KARIG, Walter]. The Password to Larkspur Lane.. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1933.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated with a frontispiece on glossy paper by Russell H. Tandy. 8vo, publisher's blue cloth stamped in orange, in pictorial dust jacket. Early reprint. Farah 1938 A-12. A bright unworn copy with very slight use; tight and sound in a dust jacket with very slight use at the extremities. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #10.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. Nancy Drew - The Password to Larkspur Lane. Grosset & Dunlap, 1933., 1933.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. G/- This meets all the requirements for the rare first edition of this title: four glossy illustrations (including the frontis) by Russell Tandy, the odd copyright statement (see picture), no list of titles at the rear, top edge red. Blue cloth, orange lettering and Nancy illustration on front, orange spyglass endpapers. Rubbed at extremities, board exposed all corners, a whitish stain bottom edge both covers, spine faded and fraying at edges. Owner's name front free endpaper, bookseller sticker bottom rear fixed endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked, binding and hinges sound. All four illustrations are present and are perfect. A little shabby on the outside, internally very clean.
Seller: The BookChase, Wiscasset, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: 220pp FARAH 1933A-2 - An Uncommon Edition. A copy that has been read a number of times, no dustjacket and edgewear to cloth, some spotting on cloth, and light soiling on foreedge of book block. Frontis, and three internal glossy illustrations opposite pages 53, 92, and 196. Owner's name and address written on both the front and rear pastedowns. Along with name and address on front pastedown is date - Jan 20, 1934. The copyright page is unique, and identifies this edition, reading: COPYRIGHT, 1932, 1933, BY GROSSET & DUNLAP, iNC. First Printing, August, 1932 Second Printing, September, 1932 Revised and Enlarged Edition First Printing, September 1933 All Rights Reserved. IMAGES AVAILABLE - I have had packed away over 25 years. good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket - light wear/spotting
Seller: Ray Boas, Bookseller - Established 1980, Walpole, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is the extremely rare true first printing of the revised and enlarged edition. Copyright page states "Revised and Enlarged Edition, First Printing, September, 1933".With the thicker spine and all the glossy black and white plates. The blue boards have light discoloration and edgewear along bottom, but binding sturdy and square and contents clean and unmarked. Covered in a larely worn later jacket that lists to The Witch Tree Symbol on the flap. A treasure!
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. THE PASSWORD TO LARKSPUR LANE. Grossert & Dunlap, 1933.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Grosset & Dunlap, 1933, 8vo, 220 pages, glossy frontis with 3 glossy internals. Number 10 in series, 11 Nancy Drew's listed on inside front flap, 4 Dana Girls listed on rear inside flap, 8 Judy Bolten on back of jacket. Small inscription front endpage. According to Farah's Guide 11th edition, this is the 1935A-6 edition. Book and jacket in very good+ condition. Photos upon request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Cape Cod Booksellers, Yarmouth, MA, U.S.A.
Carolyn Keene. THE PASSWORD TO LARKSPUR LANE. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1933.
Price: US$524.95 + shipping
Description: Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. THE PASSWORD TO LARKSPUR LANE. Grosset & Dunlap, 1933.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Grosset & Dunlap, 1933, 8vo, 220 pages, glossy frontis with 3 glossy internals, number 10 in series. Ten titles listed on inside front flap, 6 Mystery Stories for Girls on inside rear flap, 6 Judy Bolten on back of jacket, all other issue points present. According to Farah's Guide 11 Edition, this is the 1933C-3 edition. Small scuff mark to middle spine of jacket, light edgewear, name and date on front endpage, else book near fine and jacket in very good+ condition. Photos upon request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Cape Cod Booksellers, Yarmouth, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$799.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NANCY DREW MYSTERY STORIES #10 - THE PASSWORD TO LARKSPUR LANE by CAROLYN KEENE (pen name of Mildred Wirt), published by Grosset & Dunlap, copyright 1933 (original 25 chapters), 1933A-1 1st Printing Book/1st Printing Dust Jacket per Farah's (Guides for $1,000), orange "silhouette" (Nancy holding a magnifying glass) illustrated endpapers, thick blue boards with orange lettering to spine & front cover - early 1930s edition with "good" paperstock (format 3), printing state history on copyright page (1st printing issue point), glossy frontispiece illustration with three glossy internal illustrations, no price on DJ front flap, 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). Lists: Dust Jacket Front Flap: Larkspur Lane with G&D listings on reverse of DJ (1st printing issue point) Dust Jacket Rear Flap: Mystery Stories For Girls - Judy Jordan's Discovery Dust Jacket Back Cover: Judy Bolton - Yellow Phantom Book front list: Lists to itself on Copyright page Book has no creased page corners (few insect burr holes to right outer page edge - no text affected), no age darkening/drop spots to redish orange top stain and no fading, slight age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges (no foxing), endpapers are clean and free from any soiling or discoloration, 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, wear to bottom left corner on rear board, hint of wear to spine tips, no age darkening/sun fading to outer page edges, no color wear or surface color tears to boards, spine sun fading (found even with books in dust jackets), just a hint of white foxing to boards (common defect with Nancy Drew books of this vintage), no bumped board corners. Dust Jacket has 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 with 'v' losses to flap crease corners, hint of edge wear, tion y spot to rear panel otherwise no soiling or staining, slight dust rubbing to white rear panel & spine, no color rubbing to front panel, no spine sun darkening (spine was published slightly yellow rather than the white of the rear panel). Overall a VG+ book in VG+ condition DJ (not price clipped) of a Nancy Drew hardcover very rare 1st printing book with 1st printing 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.