Text is clean. Pages tanning. Pictorial composite cover shows normal wear, ends of spine gently bumped. ; It would appear that the Nancy Drew's Favorite Classics is a repackaging of Grosset & Dunlap's Companion Library. This particular series is the same text, but includes an introduction by Carolyn Keene on why reading was important to Nancy Drew, and this title in particular. [Kilpatrick & Wolfe, Books that Build Character (Historical Fiction - Middle Readers) pg. 150 (Title listed, not this edition) ] [Wilson, Books Children Love, pp. 192 (Literature Level II - Fantasies) ]; Nancy Drew's Favorite Classics; Vol. 1; 276 pages