How To Tell If A Nancy Drew Book Is A First Edition. Both the carolyn keene pseudonym and the hardy boys' franklin w. The outside of the book, the interior lists if present, and the endpapers will reveal the age of the book.
Super sleuths book was published in 1981, after switching over to simon & schuster. For nancy drew, the writers used the pseudonym carolyn keene to assure anonymity of the creator. Each book is identified as a book club edition on the front flap of the dust jacket.
The outside of the book, the interior lists if present, and the endpapers will reveal the age of the book.
Both the carolyn keene pseudonym and the hardy boys' franklin w. The first nancy drew and the hardy boys: Nancy drew #1, 2, and 3 were issued in a book club edition in 1976. You can take any nancy drew book and quickly glance down through the page to get a good idea of how old the book is.