Nancy Drew Mystery Stories : The Whispering Statue by Keene, Carolyn

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Early reprint. Hardcover, 217 pages. A VG+ to Near Fine copy in original mid-blue boards, lettered in black. Pictorial endpapers in white and dark blue (moonlight silhouette of four girls in front of house, one with magnifying glass), black and white frontispiece illustration, top edge of pages coloured dark blue. In a VG+ dustjacket with 8585 pricing code at top corner of front flap, which lists Nancy Drew titles to 'The Clue of the Black Keys'. Old-style colour illustration on front panel, white spine strip, back panel lists 'Cherry Ames' titles, back flap lists 'Dana Girls' titles. No inscription or book-plate, a lovely tight, bright, unworn copy. Dustjacket has slight edgewear and tiny erosion at corner tips, otherwise very nice indeed. A far nicer copy than usually found and scarce thus.. Illus. by Russell H. Tandy.