Garmin Nancy Drew #19 The Quest Of The Missing Map w/Dust Jacket 1942A-1 True 1st/1st Carolyn Keene [Near Fine] [Hardcover]

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NANCY DREW MYSTERY STORIES #19 - THE QUEST OF THE MISSING MAP by CAROLYN KEENE (pen name of Mildred Wirt Benson), published by Grosset & Dunlap, copyright 1942 (original 25 chapters), 1942A-1 True 1st printing book/1st printing dust jacket per Farah - Guides for $230 (Format 5) orange ""silhouette"" (Nancy holding a magnifying glass) illustrated endpapers, blue boards with orange lettering to spine & front cover, thick book with good paper quality (1st printing issue point), 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). 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: Missing Map Dust Jacket Rear Flap: Dana Girls - Mysterious Fireplace (1st printing issue point) Dust Jacket Back Cover: Judy Bolton - Mark Mirror Book rear lists: Moss Covered Mansion, Books For Girls Book has no creased page corners, red top stain is nice with one tiny drop spot but no fading, hint of age darkening/dust soiling/foxing to outer page edges, 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, board corners, or to spine tips, no soiling or staining to boards, almost 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 sliver loss at top spine tip otherwise no chipping, tearing or creasing, slight wear to spine tips with 'v' loss at bottom left spine tip corner, almost no wear to front flap crease (nick loss to top right flap crease corner), almost no edge wear, no soiling or staining, hint of dust rubbing to white rear panel & spine, no color rubbing to rear panel, no spine sun darkening (common defect with the white spine books). Overall a FINE-/N-FINE book in VG+/FINE- condition DJ (price clipped) of a Nancy Drew hardcover first printing with its original dust jacket. I have a number of other hardcover Nancy Drew books up for sale.