Nancy Drew Book Club Picture Covers

Circa 1962, the yellow spine picture covers were also issued as book club editions. As shown above with volume 27, The Secret of the Wooden Lady, the back cover was solid yellow with no images or title lists and the spine had no volume number. Inside it was noted as a book club edition. Another identifying feature is that the top closed page edges were not inked, they were plain. Only the first 32 volumes were issued as book club editions and the higher numbered volumes are much harder to find than the lower numbered volumes. All the editions were the original texts except for volumes 1-4, 6, and 7 which were the revised texts. Volume 32, The Scarlet Slipper Mystery, is the hardest to find. Volume 11, The Clue in the Broken Locket, is also a nice find--not only as a book club edition but especially as it features the harder to find third cover art featuring the pipe smoking man. Both are shown below.

Volumes that are available as yellow spine picture book club editions:

1 The Secret of the Old Clock 1959

2 The Hidden Staircase 1959

4 The Mystery at Lilac Inn 1961

7 The Clue in the Diary 1962

8 Nancy's Mysterious Letter 1932

21 The Secret in the Old Attic 1944