The hidden staircase by Carolyn Keene

The Hidden Staircase is the second volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series written under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, published in 1930 and revised in 1959. The original text was written by Mildred Wirt Benson, who said that it was her personal favorite of the Nancy Drew Books she wrote. The novel was adapted as a Warner Bros. film, Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase, in 1939. Another adaptation of the book from Warner Bros. was released on March 15, 2019. (This summary is from Wikipedia.)

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Author Keene, Carolyn
Illustrator Tandy, Russell H., 1891-1963
LoC No. 30012385
Title The hidden staircase
Original Publication New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930.
Series Title Nancy Drew mystery stories ; 2
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hidden_Staircase
Credits Alex White, Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at www.pgdpcanada.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by Internet Archive/India.
Summary The Hidden Staircase is the second volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series written under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, published in 1930 and revised in 1959. The original text was written by Mildred Wirt Benson, who said that it was her personal favorite of the Nancy Drew Books she wrote.
The novel was adapted as a Warner Bros. film, Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase, in 1939. Another adaptation of the book from Warner Bros. was released on March 15, 2019.
(This summary is from Wikipedia.)
Language English
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject Teenage girls -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Mystery and detective stories
Subject Theft -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Women detectives -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Drew, Nancy (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
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EBook-No. 77602
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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