Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Carolyn Keene. The Secret in the Old Attic. Grosset & Dunlap, 1944.
Price: US$6.67 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1944. No Edition Remarks. 216 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Illustrated by Russell H. Tandy. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Light thumb-marking present. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Rubbed marking to rear board. Book is forward leaning.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Carolyn Keene. The Secret in the Old Attic. Grosset & Dunlap, 1944.
Price: US$7.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book #21 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. Orig. published in 1944, this is one of the two 1944 printings, per Farah's 11th & an old gift inscription dated 1944 on ffep. Here's the details: plain frontis, by R. Tandy, wartime paper notice, orange silhouette endpapers, orange lettering to front cover on medium blue cover stock with squiggly lines, 25 chapters, 216 pages. Condition is Good: completely clean inside, with heavy page tanning, especially around edges, commensurate with wartime paper quality. Aside from the gift inscription, pages unmarked. Three dark stains to front cover & other smaller lighter stains. Stain to bottom corner of ffep & to bottom outside page edges. NO DJ. 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$8.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: NOT an ex library book. Picture cover book with beige spine. Prior owner information on inside front cover. This is book #13 of 25 titles listed on rear cover.
Seller: Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in the Old Well: Dana Girls Mystery. Grosset & Dunlap, NY, 1944.
Price: US$9.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pictorial cover. The cover shows lightedgewear with a little bumping to the edges.
Seller: Dogwood Books, Rome, GA, U.S.A.
Carolyn Keene. The Secret in the Old Well. Grosset & Dunlap, 1944.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: #13 in series. VG+ condition picture-cover book, clean and tight, lists 23 titles. [2101]
Seller: Old Friends Used Books, Manchester, CT, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. Secret in the Old Attic, The: Nancy Drew. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1944.
Price: US$10.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Nancy Drew # 21; originally published in 1944. 216 pp. 5 1/8 x 7 5/8. Mostly yellow pictorial boards with no dj. This copy printed between 1962 and 1968. Prev owner's sig on title page. Overall wear.
Seller: Blue Awning Books, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in The Old Attic. Grosset & Dunlap, New York , New York, 1944.
Price: US$13.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 216pp. edge wear to dj. text is clean with good binding, no marks or tears. illustrated. The Nancy Drew Mystery Stories. youth fiction. 12mo.
Seller: Jay's Basement Books, Sonora, CA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in the Old Well - Dana Girls Mystery Stories #13. Grosset & Dunlap, 1944.
Price: US$13.95 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: front picture cover has very minor corner wear - otherwise crisp & clean, gist inscription on ffep & previous owner's name on 1st title page - otherwise pages clean, binding tight, ship by MediaMail
Seller: Bill's Book Shed, Waterville, ME, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in the Old Attic: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories. Grosset & Dunlap, 1944.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Pages are very dark from age but are clean apart from a dedication written on the front end page. Dust jacket has moderate edge wear with some small tears and missing chips. Booksavers receives donated books and recycles them in a variety of ways. Proceeds benefit the work of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in the U.S. and around the world.
Seller: Booksavers of MD, Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in the Attic. Grosset & Dunlap, NY, 1944.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: 216 pgs. Printed on fragile war paper in 1944 . Nancy Drew mystery Blue cloth, no d.j., minor wear on spine, small mark on back cvr.
Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG/no dust jacket. Blue boards with orange lettering and silhouette on front board and spine. Former owners inscription on free front endpaper, with red staining--orange silhouettes on white paper. Normal browning to pages with light edgewear. Hardcover book. Nice copy.
Seller: Blue Moon Books, Stevens Point, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Volume #13 in the classic series featuring the sleuthing sister pair Louise & Jean Dana. Orig. published in 1944, this is a slightly (c. mid-1950s) printing of that First Edition, listing to DG#21 & ND#37 in front matter & to DG#21 on front flap, JB#31 on rear flap, ND#36 on back DJ. With the blue tweed cover design, this hardcover book has 25 chapters, 215 pages, flashlight endpapers, & plain frontispiece. Condition is Good+: generally very clean, binding strong & square but rear hinge is cracked. Pages slightly off-white, modest tanning. Rubbing to extremities & mildly bumped corners. The unclipped DJ is VG-, with light-moderate rubbing, heaviest at both ends of spine, some short tears & creases, chipping to corners. NO fading. Looks nice 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 on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in the Old Attic. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1944.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. Pictorial boards. 216 p. Illustrated. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. Blue and white scenes of Nancy's adventures on endpapers. Exlibrary marks include labels, stamps. Some shelfwear. Otherwise remarkably clean and tight. Very good.
Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. Nancy Drew #21: The Secret in the Old Attic. Grosset & Dunlap, NY, 1944.
Price: US$23.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: dj w/lite chippng, unclipped price, in mylar; lists to Old Stagecoarch on dj flap; decorative end papers; 216 clean, unmarked pages Size: 12 vo
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in the Old Attic. Grosset & Dunlap, NY, 1944.
Price: US$24.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nancy Drew # 21. 1948C-14 printing according to Farrah. Blue silhouette endpapers. The text is clean with no markings. The binding is sound. The dustjacket shows some edgewear with chipping at the spine ends and is protected in a mylar cover.
Seller: Dogwood Books, Rome, GA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in the Old Attic. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1944.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Last title of a 22-title list on front dust jacket flap. Frontispiece by Russell H. Tandy. Orange silhouette end papers. Blue boards with orange lettering and orange stamped logo. Top edge tinted orange. Very good plus condition in good only dust jacket. Pages are age-browned; owners last name in ink on front free end paper. Corners and edges of dust jacket are chipped with pieces missing; several 1/2" to 1" edge tears; tears on rear panel have old tape or tape stains; overall light soil.
Seller: Shirley K. Mapes, Books, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in the Old Well; Dana Girls Mystery.. NY: Grosset and Dunlap., 1944.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Reprint. Green pictorial end papers. Frontispiece. Green pictorial tweed cover. Very good condition in barely good only dust jacket. Former owner ink name. Cover edges faded. Dj has tattered edges, tears, a scrape in center of front joint.
Seller: Shirley K. Mapes, Books, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1944, 215 pages, b&w frontis, green decorated endpapers (showing Louise and Jean walking away from an old house, under trees, Jean holding a flashlight), 5 in. x 7.5 in., hardcover, green boards with dark green titles and decorations, top page edges tinted green, corners and spine ends slightly worn, very slight shelf wear, top page edges very mildly speckled with faint spots, good+ price-clipped dust jacket has illustration wrapping onto spine with spine symbol present, jacket shows slight bumping and wear to corners and spine ends as well as faint edge wear, jacket panels show slight scuffing and soil, dust jacket protected in new archival plastic cover, former ownerÕs homemade ÒDueÓ slip neatly pasted to front free endpaper (with ÒKeep me clean and niceÓ written on it in a child's hand, and there are no names entered so apparently it was never lent out), otherwise contents clean and tight, book very good- (VG-/G+) 4245 [Ahs0111MY]
Seller: Librarium, East Chatham, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Volume #13 (the original beige picture cover edition, NOT the white spine reprint!) of this classic YA girls series featuring the sleuthing sister pair Louise & Jean Dana. Orig. published in a different format in 1944, this beige spine edition is from c. the early1960s, listing to DG#24 & ND#40 in front matter, DG#23 on rear cover. Hardcover with pictorial paper-covered boards has the original text, flashlight endpapers, plain frontis, 25 chapters, 215 pages. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, pages creamy white & unmarked. Binding strong & straight, slight splitting to rear hinge. Corners crisp, but mild rubbing to bottom edge of front board. Colors bright, no fading. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No names, clean text. Usual age-toned paper, small worm hole lowertext block, age-toned silhouette orange endpapers. Russell H. Tandy artwork. very good, good++ dj w/ stain back panel, navy bds. Tight 216 pgs
Seller: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG in VG dw. 8vo, viii+216pp, green cloth stamped in darker green, printed dustwrapper. Solid copy of a ca. 1952 printing of this Stratemeyer Syndicate series title. (Series page lists Nancy Drew titles up through The Mystery at the Ski Jump and Dana Girls through The Clue in the Ivy.) Unmarked copy; jacket is price-clipped and has closed tear at base of spine.
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. Dana Girls #13: The Secret in the Old Well. Grosset & Dunlap, NY, 1944.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: dj w/small piece missing at lower edge, rubbing at folds, unclipped price, in mylar; green tweed c w/green titles; "flashlight" end papers; 215 clean, unmarked pages;( lists to Clue in the Ivy on dj flap) Size: 12 vo
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret In The Old Attic. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1944.
Price: US$26.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with dust jacket. Very light bumping to spine heel of blue tweed boards. Couple tiny spots to page edges. Blue multi-picture endpapers. DJ has a white spine which is slightly sun-toned. DJ has light bumping and rubbing to the corners, spine extremeties and flap folds. Else DJ is very clean & bright . Nice c opy. (#21) ; 21D; 216 pages
Seller: Crossroad Books, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$28.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dust jacket condition: Very Good. Later pr. Light edge wear and tear and to jacket. Lists to "Clue of the Leaning Chimney" at front flap. Text free of highlighting and writing. Tightly bound. 218 pages.
Seller: CorgiPack, Fulton, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: hard cover, seems first edition, faded lettering, Nancy in black inside the covers and on the end papers, navy print, 216 pages, 5 x 7 5/8 inches, good + book condition, no dust jacket, juvenile fiction,
Seller: Alf Books, Menomonie, WI, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn (Wirt, Mildred A. ). The Secret In The Old Well. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1944.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Text is clean. Green tweed like cover shows normal wear. Head/base of spine gently bumped. Dust jacket shows wear, some chipping along top & bottom edges. Half of bottom inch of DJ spine missing. Some soiling to side text edge. Title list on dust jacket and on reverse of half title page list 17 titles in series. Previous owner gift inscription on reverse of front free endpaper. ; The original Dana Girls Series consisted of 30 titles. In the 1970's a Revised Dana Girls series was published that consisted of 17 titles. ; Dana Girls Mystery Stories; Vol. 13; 215 pages
Seller: Dan Glaeser Books, Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Carolyn Keene. The Secret in the Old Attic. Grosset & Dunlap, 1944.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Scratch to front cover. 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.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo. vii, [1], 215, [1] pp. Frontisp., text illustrations. Green tweed boards, flashlight endpapers (minor rubbing, slight bumping to corners), w/ d.j. wraparound cover (minor chipping head of spine, couple minor closed tears), still VG/G copy, w/ former ownership signature on verso of ffep. Later printing of No. 13 in the Dana Girls Mystery series. From 1949-1952 the first thirteen titles of the Dana Girls were reissued with wraparound dustjackets as they had been out-of-print since 1944. This copy lists to Crossroads on front flap of dustjacket, Black flower on verso of half-title, and 25 Judy Bolton mysteries on back cover. This title was written by Harriet Adams.
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in the Old Well (Dana Girls Mystery Stories, 13). Grosset & Dunlap, 1944.
Price: US$31.34 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Ships quickly. BONUS! Includes Ghost in the Gallery. Both books: Binding cracked at front. No loose pages. NO DJ. Cover faded/yellowed. Pages unmarked and without creases. Moderate wear overall. Orphans Treasure Box sells books to raise money for orphans and vulnerable kids.
Seller: Orphans Treasure Box, Champaign, IL, U.S.A.
Carolyn Keene. The Secret in the Old Attic ( No. 21). Grosset & Dunlap, 1944.
Price: US$34.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1944. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Russell H. Tandy (illustrator) dj illustrations. BRIGHT COLORED DUST JACKET with a few small chips/tears. Hardcover book blue cloth NOT TWEED, with title and silhouette of Nancy Drew with spyglass on the cover in darder blue. Pages are tight and clean with previous owners name on FEP. End papers are silhouette of Nancy Drew with spyglass with friends.
Seller: Memphrebooks, Magog, QC, Canada
Price: US$34.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1944. Copyright 1944, this copy likely from that time period. Blue hardcover with spyglass silhouette on front cover, spyglass endpapers printed in dark blue, black and white frontis illustration, color illustrated dustjacket. Edges rubbed, good hinges, sound text block, age-browned but clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [7575] and has some shelfwear and creasing, a few minor chips, relatively little paper loss. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
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 Russell 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 or staining. The spine 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.; 216 pages
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc., Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. THE SECRET IN THE OLD ATTIC. Grosset & Dunlap, NEW YORK, 1944.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Excellent copy in blue "tweed" boards, blue "multi-scene" endpapers, plain frontis. Covered in a bright barely worn jacket. A crisp, clean copy.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Early reprint. Hardcover. Blue boards stamped in orange. Orange silhouette eps. 21 ND titles on front flap (last is 'The Secret in the Old Attic); 12 Dana Girls titles on back flap & 13 Beverly Gray titles on back panel (last is Beverly Gray's Problem). G-VG wi/owners dated insc in pen at top of fep; init's at top of ffep; light-mod spine slant/crnr wear & leaf edge browning in G+ DW wi/small (around 1/4 in.) open crnr tears/closed edge tears; creases & a little loss on spine ends; cv creasing that detracts lightly+. Tight. Bright. DW not price-clipped.
Seller: BRIAN MCMILLAN, BOOKS, Traer, IA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in the Old Attic. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1944.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue "tweed" cloth with blue lettering and sleuth silhouette to front board.
Seller: Gyre & Gimble, Holden, ME, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in the Old Attic Nancy Drew Mystery Stories. Grosset & Dunlap, 1944.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dustjacket has some rubbing and minor edgetears. No marks or highlighting on pages though discolored from age.
Seller: Hammonds Antiques & Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Later printing. Green woven cloth stamped in green. Illustrated green and white endpapers. Light wear to the edges, small water drop on top page fine edges, else near fine in a very good dustwrapper with nicks and creases to extremities. Last title listed on front flap and page is *The Mystery of the Bamboo Bird*, Judy Bolton on rear flap, last title listed on rear dustwrapper is Nancy Drew's *The Mystery of the Fire Dragon*.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in the Old Attic. Grosset and Dunlap 1944, 1944.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: First edition with this book the last listed dust jacket flap; ed. hardback very good condition in dust jacket a bit of wear and rubbing. there is some paper tanning. shipping via USPS
Seller: Wonderland Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Carolyn Keene. Nancy Drew - The Secret in the Old Attic. Grosset & Dunlap, 1944.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Wartime Edition. 1944. Later edition. Dust Jacket has chips and tears. Blue covers have rubbing and edge wear. Spine cocked. Previous owners bookplate on front free endpaper. Binding cracked but still intact. Pages browning from age. All proceeds go to the Friends of the WNPL. #A4/AB/B
Seller: This Old Book, Inc, Grayslake, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with illustrated cover. Yellow spine, 216 pages.
Seller: the good news resource, Park Forest, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book #21 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. Orig. published in 1944, this is a Very Early Printing (1945B-4, per Farah's 11th), with cover format #8 (deep blue/orange--the first 4 printings are identical except for different cover formats), orange silhouette endpapers, & a white spine DJ, with cover art & plain frontispiece by Russell Tandy; no internals. Orig. text in 216 pages, 25 chapters, wartime paper notice. Condition is VG+: very clean, with mild rubbing to extremities & bumping to all corners & both ends of spine. Binding strong & straight, hinges intact. Orange topstain is bright. Pages heavily tanned around edges, less so inside, commensurate with age & paper quality. Succession of little girls who were previous owners on ffep (we always leave these intact to honor these young readers); else unmarked. The unclipped DJ is VG-: generally clean & bright, but with creases to both top & bottom edges & small chips, spine darkening; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in the Old Attic. Grosset & Dunlap, NY, 1944.
Price: US$74.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: lists to self on the front flap, usual brown war time pages, spine of the jacket is just a touch darker
Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. Nancy Drew The Secret in the Old Attic (#21). Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1944.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue cover, orange titling. , paper age browned but still supple. Orange & white endpapers with wrinkling on front pastedown (publisher's flaw) , frontispiece drawing only. P. C. J. In upper corner of DJ, 110-150 in lower DJ flap. The Secret in the Old Attic last title listed on flap, with 12 Dana Girls titles listed on rear flap, 15 Judy Bolton mystery titles on rear of DJ. Now protected in a mylar jacket. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 216 pages; Dj was reinforced on underside with tape, with adhesive staining outside of cover. Judy Bolton ad on rear of dj.
Seller: Liberty Book Shop, Avis, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 216pp Illustrated by Russell H. Tandy Blue "tweed" cover Beautiful colorful dust jacket has tears on the edge of the jacket and signs of moisture on jacket spine and rear cover near spine
Seller: First Choice Books, coeurd'Alene, ID, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in the Old Attic: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories. Grosset & Dunlap, 1944.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. True first edition with all points (blue cover with an orange silhouette, orange silhouette endpapers, plain paper frontispiece with no additional illustrations, dust jacket with white spine and blue symbol, front flap lists to this title, rear flap with 12 Dana Girls titles, rear panel with 15 Judy Bolton titles, wartime-quality paper). Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic (Brodart) protector and has loss/chipping on the edges and spine, rubbing and minor tears. Cover with minor wear and edgewear, initials written on the spine. Gift inscription of former owner, old price sticker, and minor bookseller writing on the front free endpaper. Pages are heavily tanned but clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: G+ in G DJ. 1st edition, 1st printing (Farah 1944A-1). Light to moderate signs of wear to exterior, binding solid and straight, previous owner's name and date "July 17, 1945" penciled on front endpaper, else interior clean and unmarked, tanned paper (wartime conditions statement), orange endpapers, plain frontispiece. Unclipped (P.C.J.,110-150) jacket has moderate chipping at edges and spine, titles on front flap checked off (as read), and signs of general wear, else intact and in good shape. Clearly read, but a nice copy. Front jacket flap lists to this title, back flap Dana Girls 1-12, and back panel Judy Bolton 1-15. 1st edition, 1st printing (Farah 1944A-1).
Seller: Nick of All Trades, Penn Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Carolyn Keene. THE SECRET IN THE OLD ATTIC. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1944.
Price: US$109.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Owner name on half title page. Few small open tears throughout. Chipping on bottom of rear panel.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$124.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. Dana Girls Mystery Stories lists to Portrait in the Sand, one short of this title, on inside front flap, w/ 110-150 code at bottom. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories on rear inside flap lists to Secret in the Old Attic.
Seller: Happy Heroes, Monroe, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pub by Grosset & Dunlap, 1944, lists to Portrait in the Sand on front flap, presumed 1st Edition. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories lists to Secret in the Old Attic on rear flap. 110-150 code at bottom of front flap, P.C.J. at top. NOT exLib. VG or better cond hardcover w/ VG or better pict dustjacket now in archival grade Brodart. Blue textured bds w/ black reverse pict dec & lettering on cover & spine, top edge publisher's deep burgundy. Burgundy & white "letter" eps. Wartime paper, pages toned as always. Frontis illustration by R. H. Tandy in flat b&w. Spine of dj slightly faded, o/w only light edgewear, still 98% intact & displays well. 215pp. Square, straight, tight, clean & unmarked except as noted, overall VG/VG or better cond. We have a large number of these Dana Girls titles in stock -- some listed online, some not -- & we'd be happy to discount for multiple purchase and to combine postage. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
Seller: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in the Old Attic. Grosset And Dunlap, New York, 1944.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with dustjacket. First edition; probable later printing. Blue boards, red text, orange silhouette illustration, clean with mild shelf wear to edges, spine ends. Protected dustjacket, bright and clean, with missing chips to spine ends and corners. Book is firm in binding, age toning to interior, orange on white illustrated endpapers with mild general age toning; previous owner's info pasted to front endpaper. 1944 copywright. A wartime edition. Price code of 110-150 on front flap. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 216 pages
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$158.00 + shipping
Description: HBDJ, 1944, 1st edition, LATER printing, Front Inner Flap DJ lists 21 Nancy Drew Titles thru this Title & has price code of 110-150 & P.C. J. code, not price clipped, White Spine DJ with all spine area DJ MISSING, Back Flap DJ Dana Girls 12 Titles ending with Portrait Sand, Back Panel DJ minor Soil, VG-/G-, AS-IS, Small piece missing,tears & Judy Bolton 15 Titles ends Mark Mirror , Blue Cloth with orange lettering & decoration of Nancy with Spyglass cover rub, wear & tiny chip Extremities, DJ has tiny chips & Small mended Tears Creases , Otherwise colors are bright and clean, , , Pages darkened fox,216 pages, Nice, tight Clean,
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$159.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light rubbing along panel edges. 1/2 inch open tear at top of front panel. Faint soiling at top of front/rear flaps.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. THE SECRET IN THE ATTIC. Grosset & Dunlap, NY, 1944.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition book and first edition dust jacket.
Seller: Feldman's Books, Menlo Park, CA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. THE SECRET IN THE OLD ATTIC. Grosset & Dunlap, 1944.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Grosset & Dunlap, 1944, 8vo, 216 pages, plain paper frontis, number21 in series. Twenty one titles listed on inside front flap of jacket, 12 Dana Girls on inside rear flap, 13 Beverly Gray on back of jacket. According to Farah's Guide 11th Printing, this is the 1944B-2 edition. Book and jacket in very good+ condition.Photos available upon request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
Seller: Cape Cod Booksellers, Yarmouth, MA, U.S.A.
Carolyn Keene. The Secret In The Old Attic. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1944.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition of this book. Red letters on spine are beginning to fade as well as the letters on the front cover. Colorful dust jacket is worn around the edges with some small tears, none bigger than a fingernail, minor wear at the extremities, Jacket has been re[aired long ago with tape in an amateur way.
Seller: Pleasant Street Books, woodstock, VT, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in the Old Attic. Grosset & Dunlap [1944], New York, 1944.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. [3], v, [3], 216 pp. Blue cloth with orange lettering on the front board and spine, orange and white endpapers and pastedowns; orange topstain. Illustrated by a frontispiece. Farah 1944A-1. The twenty-first book in the Nancy Drew mystery series. Very Good book slightly askew with pages toned and two owner's marks on the free front endpaper; Very Good dust jacket with a few tiny chips and just a bit of of light edge wear, but generally bright and clean, much nicer than usually found for this title.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
KEENE (Carolyn) Pseudonym. The Secret in the Old Attic.. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1944.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The 21st book in the series. 8vo; (viii), 216 pages; light blue finely pebbled cloth, titled in orange on spine, title, silhouette of Nancy Drew with magnifying glass below, and author all in orange on front cover; top edge stained bright orange. Orange pictorial endpapers (Nancy with magnifying glass and three friends on her left). Text block evenly and lightly browned. In a very near fine, bright dust jacket. Front panel in colour of Nancy holding a candle in the crowded attic, creepy skeleton face peeking around the door. Spine and back cover printed on white paper. Spine lettered in black, small blue Nancy silhouette in middle. '21' at bottom. Front turn-in flap lists 21 titles ending with this one, Small 'P.C.J'. at top - '110-150' at bottom of flap. Back turn-in lists 12 Dana Girls Mystery Stories, the last being Portrait in the Sand. Back panel printed in red and black advertising Margaret Sutton's Judy Bolton Mysteries: 15 of them, ending with Mark on the Mirror.
Seller: Richard Cady Rare Books, Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in the Old Attic. Grosset & Dunlap, 1944.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 25 Chapters. Blue boards, silhouette of Nancy with magnifying glass on front board in orange. White and orange magnifying glass endpapers. Pages are age toned. Clean throughout. DJ bumped with a little chipping on corners with some loss on corners and bottom edge of spine. Not price clipped. Front flap of DJ has this as the last title.
Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: HBDJ, 1944, 1st edition, 8th printing,Front Inner Flap DJ lists 21 Nancy Drew Titles thru this Title & has price code of 110-150 & P.C. J. code, not price clipped, White Spine DJ, Back Flap DJ Dana Gi rls 12 Titles ending with Portrait Sand, Back Panel DJ minor Soil & Judy Bolton 15 Titles ends Mark Mirror , Blue Cloth with orange lettering & decoration of Nancy with Spyglass, DJ has tiny chips & S mall mended Tears,None removes any of the jacket and are not immediately distracting. Otherwise colors are bright and clean, minor rub & Scuff DJ primarily edges, small spot back Cloth Cvr, Pages yell owed,216 pages, Nice, tight Clean,
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
KEENE, Carolyn.. The Secret in the Old Attic.. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1944.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 216 pp. Illustrated by Russell H. Tandy. 8vo, publisher's blue boards stamped in red in pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Ink ownership signature on front free endpaper. Very tiny areas of rubbing at the extremities of the binding; generally unworn. The text block is uniformly lightly tanned but not brittle. The jacket is beautiful: almost entirely unworn. The front flap lists to The Secret in the Old Attic; the rear flap to The Portrait in the Sand; and the rear panel to The Mark on the Mirror. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Carolyn Keene. The Secret in the Old Attic. Grosset and Dunlap, U S. A., 1944.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 216pp Blue cover with orange lettering and silhouette of Naney with her magnifying glass White and orange endpapers Book looks like new, but pages are age-toned This title is the last one listed on front flap of dust jacket Rear cover of jajcket is slightly wrinkled Revovable protective mylar cover over jacket Photos available upon request
Seller: First Choice Books, coeurd'Alene, ID, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in the Old Attic. Grosset & Dunlap, 1944.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing edition of Carolyn Keenes The Secret In The Old Attic. Published in New York by Grosset & Dunlap in 1944. 1944A-1 according to the Farah Guide. Hardback. Book near fine with slight wear on corners, front free end paper personalized. Very good dust jacket, worn on corners and edges. Chips on front edges and top and bottom of spine.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in The Old Attic. Grosset & Dunlap, 1944.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine first edition per Farrah, light edgewear. In near fine dust jacket with small closed tears and chipping at head and tail of spine, wear at hinges. Front Inner Flap DJ lists 21 Nancy Drew Titles thru this Title & has price code of 110-150 & P.C.J. indicating first edition DJ.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Keene, Carolyn. The Secret in the Old Attic. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1944.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine first edition in a fine dust jacket 1944-A1, Farah Guide.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Carolyn Keene. THE SECRET IN THE OLD ATTIC Nancy Drew, Book 21. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1944.
Price: US$1049.95 + shipping
Description: Near Fine in a in a Very Good dust jacket. Corners very slightly bumped and worn. Pages heavily toned. Jacket chipped, missing 1/4" top of spine. Points: Front inner flap lists 21 Nancy Drew titles through this title and has price code of 110-150 and P. C. J. Code, Judy Bolton 1-15 (to Mark on the Mirror) on rear panel and Dana Girls 1-12 on rear flap (ending with "Sand"). ; 7.4 X 5.0 X 0.8 inches; 192 pages.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Carolyn Keene. THE SECRET IN THE OLD ATTIC. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1944.
Price: US$1049.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. 1 inch open tear at bottom of front panel. Text lightly toned throughout. Rear page tearing. Points: Front inner flap lists 21 Nancy Drew titles through this title and has price code of 110-150 and P. C. J. Code and Dana Girls 1-12 on rear flap (ending with "Sand").
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.