Grosset & Dunlap. 218 pages. Original copyright 1944. There were no text revisions/updates in this series, although there were later cover art updates for some volumes and revisions in the style of board colors, lettering and art. Dust-jacketed Cherry Ames books published after 1950 initially had reddish tweed board covers, not the solid red or maroon boards of the earlier printings.

#2 in the series.

Tweed boards with black lettering and Cherry pictured in a box outline on the cover. Printing run estimated at 1954 or 1955 because the rear cover lists to Vicki Barr Missing Twin (1954), the front flap lists to Country Doctor's Nurse (1955), which may have been an anticipated title, and the rear flap lists to Connie Blair Peril in Pink (1954); no pre-text titles list.

Plain gray endpapers. Technically classifiable as a "good" book because the binding and hinges ares firm, no loose pages, no writing/markings. However, the spine bottom of the book is worn, and there's a spine slant.  Corners are moderately worn  Plain line frontispiece.

Fair dust jacket: intact but quite worn, with serious chipping and ripping.  The worst flaws are a large chip out of the rear jacket bottom and a large sticker removal scar at the spine bottom. Now protected in mylar covering. "9595" designation at right of front flap. Early "Serious Cherry" spine symbol.

About Cherry: Cherry was developed by "Helen Wells" (actually Helen Weinstock, a social worker) who wrote about Cherry learning her nursing skills in the first two volumes, and serving during the World War II years in further early volumes. The first eight volumes were written by Wells. Julie Campbell Tatham wrote volumes 9 and 10, which were preplanned and carried Wells' name as author. Tatham wrote and was credited with volumes 11 through 16, which moved Cherry from transitional post-war service, returning her to the civilian nursing world. Then Helen Wells resumed the series writing again with volume 17, through to the final book, volume 27, in 1968.

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