Nancy Drew Mirror Bay Black Print Back Cover

I recently posted that I had found two copies of The Secret of Mirror Bay with all of the print on the back cover in black. Normally, "Solve these Thrilling Mystery Stories with NANCY DREW" and "By CAROLYN KEENE" are in red ink.

I had also found one copy of The Whispering Statue with all of the print in black on the back cover. Both copies of The Secret of Mirror Bay plus the one copy of The Whispering Statue all list to Parchment on the back cover and on the order form inside the book.

I have now found a third copy of The Secret of Mirror Bay with all of the print in black on the back cover. This copy does not have the gray overstamp of the price on the back cover.


This third example of The Secret of Mirror Bay also lists to Parchment on the back cover and on the order form. Of the three Mirror Bays, two have the original price of $2.50 on the back cover while one has the gray overstamp of the price.

It is beginning to look like these books are not that hard to find. There must be more of them, because I now have found three copies of Mirror Bay without even trying. All of these books have turned up in complete sets or near complete sets of Nancy Drew picture cover editions from the 1970s that I bought on eBay.