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NANCY CRAIG AND THE MYSTERY OF THE FIRE OPAL, by Matilda Bailey, was issued by the Whitman Publishing Company in 1948. It featured illustrations by Hedwig Jo Meixner. Introduced the same year as TRIXIE BELDEN, GINNY GORDON, TOM STETSON and the WALTON BOYS, this may have been the first book in a projected series that failed to materialize. |
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THE NANCY DREW MYSTERY STORIES, a Stratemeyer Syndicate product, marketed under the "Carolyn Keene" house name, has been in print since 1930. The first 56 titles were issued in hardcover by Grosset & Dunlap in a variety of fomats. Ghostwriters for this series include Mildred A. Wirt, Walter Karig, George Waller Jr., Margaret Scherf, Wilhelmina Rankin, Alma Sasse and Harriet Adams. |
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The NANCY DREW & HARDY BOYS SUPERMYSTERY series consisted of 36 paperback titles issued by Simon & Schuster under the Archway imprint from 1988 through 1998. The series was marketed under the "Carolyn Keene" house name. |
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The NANCY DREW FILES, written by ghostwriters using the "Carolyn Keene" house name, consisted of 124 titles published in paperback by Simon & Schuster between 1986 and 1997 under the Archway imprint. |
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The NANCY DREW ON CAMPUS series, written by ghostwriters using the "Carolyn Keene" house name, consisted of 25 titles published in paperback by Simon & Schuster under the Archway imprint between 1995 and 1998. |
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The NICK AND DICK READERS, written by Arthur I. Gates, Jean Y. Ayer, Franklin T. Baker, Celeste Comegys Peardon and Miriam Blanton Huber, were published by The Macmillan Company in the 1930's and 1940's as THE GOOD-COMPANION BOOKS. Titles in the series include NICK AND DICK, FUN WITH NICK AND DICK, THE STORY BOOK OF NICK AND DICK and THE CARAVAN OF NICK AND DICK. |
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The NORTH STAR BOOKS collection, similar in content to the LANDMARK BOOKS, were published by the Houghton Mifflin Company in the late 1950's and early 1960's. There were at least 35 titles in this series. Authors contributing to this series include Mary Ellen Chase, William O. Douglas, Henry B. Hough, Bernardine Kielty, Bruce Lancaster, David Lavender, Ralph Moody, Sterling North, Paul I. Wellman and others. |
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The NORTHWEST SERIES consisted of nine titles published by Cupples & Leon in the 1930's. LeRoy W. Snell wrote seven titles and J.G. Rowe and Billy L. Bennett each penned one volume. Howard L. Hastings illustrated the entire series. The titles are: THE LEAD DISK, THE SHADOW PATROL, THE WOLF CRY, THE SPIRIT OF THE NORTH, THE CHALLENGE OF THE YUKON, THE PHANTOM OF THE RIVERS, SERGEANT DCK, THE CARCAJOU and DANGER TRAILS NORTH. |
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The NURSES THREE series, by Jean Kirby, consisted of seven titles published by Whitman in pictorial cover format from 1963 through 1965. Titles in the series are: A CAREER FOR KELLY, FIRST ASSIGNMENT, A VERY SPECIAL GIRL, ON CALL FOR TROUBLE, DANGER ISLAND, TRACY'S LITTLE PEOPLE and OLYMPIC DUTY. |
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