During the 1970s, Grosset and Dunlap printed some Nancy Drew books in a rather thin picture cover edition. Collectors often mistake these books for the pirated editions from Taiwan.
Taiwanese Nancy Drew Books
The first photo seen below shows some Nancy Drew picture cover books, which are all the actual Grosset and Dunlap books. Some of the rather thin Grosset and Dunlap books were placed in the middle of the group. The thin books are #6, 34, 52, and 52 in about the middle of the photo. These four books are about the thickness of the most thick of the pirated books.
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This next photo shows the pirated books from Taiwan. Most of them are noticeably different in appearance from the Grosset and Dunlap books.
Some are close in appearance to the Grosset and Dunlap books.
The following photo shows the four thin Grosset and Dunlap books to the left followed by the five thickest of the pirated books, which are the ones that look the most like Grosset and Dunlap books.
The thickness is about the same, but the yellow on the pirated spines looks to be a bit washed-out. Most notably, the spine symbols of the pirated editions are a good bit smaller. All of the print is smaller on the spines. The vertical edges of the spines of the pirated editions are more flat and less rounded than the Grosset and Dunlap editions.
Being aware of these differences will help those searching for the pirated editions from being tricked by thin regular editions seen in online listings.
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