Just as soon as she hangs up the phone, a strange man visits Nancy's house to warn her and her father that they are in danger because of a case he is working on buying property for a railroad company. They have heard music, thumps, and creaking noises at night, and seen eerie shadows on the walls.
Helen's Aunt Rosemary has been living with her mother at the old family mansion, and they have noticed many strange things. Nancy investigates and discovers a hidden staircase and secret passageway, leading to the solution of the mystery.ĭescription of current edition from : After receiving a call from her friend Helen Corning, Nancy agrees to help solve a baffling mystery. Carson is threatened and then disappears. Mysterious goings on and thefts of personal items at an old mansion leads Nancy to investigate. Revised Text (182 pages): 1959 Harriet S. Original Text (206 pages): 1930 Mildred A. Nancy searches for a hidden will in order to help restore inheritances to the rightful heirs.ĭescription of current edition from : Nancy Drew solves her first mystery when the accidental rescue of a little girl who lives with her two great-aunts leads on an adventurous search for a missing will.Ĭover Art: 1930 Russell Tandy 1950 Bill Gillies 1965 Rudy Nappi 2014 Sabrina Gabrielli Revised Text (180 pages): 1959 Harriet S. Original Text (210 pages): 1930 Mildred A. Jump To Volume: 10 - 20 - 30 - 40 - 50 - 60Ĭover Art: 1930 Russell Tandy 1950 Bill Gillies 1966 Rudy Nappi 2014 Sabrina Gabrielli The Books - Twin Thrillers - Title Check List - Major Formatsįor Sale Titles Available From Ĭlick on Vintage & Collectible Editions to see vintage collectable andįoreign editions of the original and revised text stories. These were published in the so-called "Flashlight" laminated picture cover binding using a modified version of the original Digest art.Īpplewood Books published facsimile editions of the early, unrevised editions of the Nancy Drew volumes 1 through 21 from 1991 to 2005. G&D did, however, retain the right to continue publishing the first 56 tales (known as the "canon") and continues to publish them to this day.įrom the Spring of 2005 until circa 2013, G&D had Simon & Schuster's permission to reprint the first 8 volumes of the Digests.
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In a 1979 court decision, Grosset & Dunlap lost the right to publish new stories in the series to Simon & Schuster. Grosset & Dunlap is the publisher for the original series and revisions. Most Drew fans agree that the Original Text versions of the story are superior to their revised counterparts.
Revisions ranged from a light edit to a totally new story. The revised tales and stories published since 1959 have a more or less uniform length to lower publishing costs.
The revisions eliminated obsolete prose and, in some cases, racial stereotypes that would today be considered offensive. Over the years the books have had new cover art and, from 1959 to 1977, the first 34 stories have been revised. The series starred Tracy Leah Ryan as the titular young sleuth Nancy Drew and also starred Joy Tanner, Jhene Erwin and Conrad Bergshneider.Since her introduction in April of 1930, the Nancy Drew books have never been out of print. The TV series was produced by France 2, Marathon Productions, Nelvana Limited and Westcom Entertainment and aired in syndication from September 23rd, 1995 to December 16th, 1995, totalling only thirteen episodes. It was created by Mildred Wirt Benson and was based on the junior reader novels Nancy Drew Mysteries created by Edward Stratemeyer in 1930. Nancy Drew is an American television series of the Mystery subgenre. Tracy Leah Ryan Joy Tanner Jhene Erwin Conrad Bergshneider Pascal Breton Olivier Brémond Michael Hirsch Marathon Productions Nelvana Limited Westcom Entertainment Group