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ADVENTURE STORIES FOR GIRLS, Roy J. Snell. Reilly & Lee

• The Blue Envelope - 1922. Reilly & Lee. Orange cover, paper browned; end papers foxed. Lovely artwork (Harrison) on the dj, which is lightly shelfworn, with a scratch on the front fore edge by the fold.  VG in VG dj.  $15.00   [GS813]

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, L.M. Montgomery. Originally published by L.C.Page; Several Grosset & Dunlap hardback printings in various formats; McClelland & Stewart; Bantam paperback.

Grosset & Dunlap Blue "Weave Cover" Book, Pictorial DJ with Silver Weave Background:

• #1. Anne of Green GAbles - 1908/1935. Book has light wear to corners & spine. Price clipped dj has small closed tears to bottom corners, wear at edges. VG+ in VG DJ. $12.00 [GA057]
• #2. Anne of Avonlea - 1911/1936. 1" indentation to bottom of book, corresponding with scrape to dj bottom. DJ has rough edges. NF in VG- dj.   $10.00   [GA049]
• #3. Anne of the Island - 1915. Book shows edge/spine wear, and 2 slight bumps to back cover bottom. DJ edges lightly worn, more to back top, where there is a small 1/4" rubbed patch. VG in VG dj.   $12.00   [GA046]
• #4. Anne of Windy Poplars - 1936. Book with light wear to edges, very lightly soiled spot on top front. Price clipped dj has rough edges, with two small chips at top front and bottom flap fold. VG in GD dj. $10.00   [GA045]
• #7. Chronicles of Avonlea - 1912/1940. Lovely book in a very good dj. DJ has light wear to bottom edges, a bit more at the top with one small and one tiny closed tear. NF in VG+ dj. $15.00  [GA048]
• #8. Further Chronicles of Avonlea - 1953. Very slight wear to book edges, a bit more wear to dj edges, with tiny closed tears; price clipped front flap on dj. NF in VG+ dj.   $15.00  [GA044]

Grosset & Dunlap Pictorial Cover with DJ:

• #1. Anne of Green Gables - Grosset &Dunlap, 1970. Book tight & clean (small binding flaw visible from top page edges); dj shows edge wear. VG+ in GD+ $5.00 [GS370]
• #6. Anne's House of Dreams - G&D, 1970. 1974 printing; pict. cover book in dj with one small closed tear at back top. NF in VG+. $7.00 [GS371]
• #7. Anne of Ingleside - G&D, 1970. 1973 printing; pict. cover book in dj with some edge wear & fold at back bottom. NF in VG. $7.00 [GS372]

AUNT JANE'S NEICES, Edith Van Dyne (pseudonym for L. Frank Baum). Reilly & Britton, reprinted by Reilly & Lee (All gone for now.)

BARBIE, Various Authors, Random House, pub.

• #8. Barbie in Television - Marion Duest, 1964. Pictorial cover, illus. Wear & bumps to corners & edges, o/w very nice; bright & tight.   VG.  $20.00  [GS711]

BEVERLY GRAY, Clair Blank. A.L.Burt, Grosset & Dunlap, Clover

Clover Editions

• #16. Journey - Cello pc with very slight wear at corners of spine. NF  $15.00  [GS750]
• #18. Assignment - (Clover G17) Cello pc. Looks lovely, spine was starting, & has been reglued at frontis. VG  $10.00   [GS752]

BLUE DOMERS, Jean Finley.  A. L. Burt & Co. Cloth covers with color illustration pasted-on. End papers and illustrations in 3-colors on semi-glossy stock; Both cover paste-on and end papers are different for each book.

(Each of the books listed below has wear to corners and spine ends, and each has a small number inked onto the spine, glued-over to keep it there! Each has the previous owner's signature inside on one of the end papers. The cover paste-on illustrations are all bright and lovely. All are in VG-/GD+ condition.)

• #2. The Blue Domers' Alphabet Zoo - 1928.   $5.00   [GB031]
• #3. The Blue Domers in the Deep Woods - 1928.   $5.00   [GB029]
• #5. The Blue Domers under Winter Skies - 1928.   $5.00   [GB032]
• #7. The Blue Domers' Nest - 1930.   $5.00   [GB033]
• #8. The Blue Domers and the Hidden Shanty - 1930.   $5.00   [GB030]

BLYTHE GIRLS, Laura Lee Hope.  Grosset & Dunlap; Whitman reprints

• #2. Margy's Queer Inheritance - 1925.  Prob. 1st Edition. Grey cloth book, glossy frontis, dj. Spine faded on book, light corner wear. Prev. own's name on front free end paper, dated "Christmas, 1925." Dj lightly faded, edge wear, small chips at folds, spine ends.  VG in VG.  $20.00   [GS934]
• #3. Rose's Great Problem - 1925. Prob. 1st Edition. Grey cloth book, glossy frontis, dj. Spine faded, small dark stain to front bottom edge, prev. own's name on front free end paper, dated "Christmas, 1925." Dj lightly faded, with a tear 1/4" x 3" across bottom front (under "Lee Hope" to fold at right), another chip at spine bottom.  VG- in GD+.  $15.00   [GS935]

ENID BLYTON BOOKS

Hard Cover Editions

• Brer Rabbit Again. Dean & Son, 1963. Blue boards; copiously illus. by Grace Lodge; 184 pp; clean & tight, sm. stain on top of back cover, & paper edges faded. VG. $7.50. [JF043]
• The Naughtiest Girl in the School. Dean's Int'l, 1940. Cello-covered pictorial boards, 184 pp, illus. Corner bumps and mild shelf wear; ep loose at back cover; bright & clean. GD+. $4.00. [JF044]
• The Rat-a-Tat Mystery. Collins,. 1969 ed; 5th in "Mystery" series; 153 pp, illus by Anyon Cook; pict. cover, paper browned; minor edge wear. VG. $10.00. [JF042] 

Paperbacks

• Five Go to Demon's Rocks. Athenium, 1972. Trade paperback (this 1st Alladin ed. 1972), 184 pp; illus by Betty Maxey; Cover bright, book clean but front pages warped from damp. GD+. $3.00. [JF045]

BOBBSEY TWINS, Laura Lee Hope.  Grosset & Dunlap, pub. Various editions in green hard-cover books with dj, and later, pictorial covers in lavender-spine, no dj.

Thick, Lt. Green Cloth / Thelma Gooch Color Cover Insert, with dj:

• #8. At Home - 1916. Glossy frontis +3 (Rogers); corners bumped, clean & tight; dj has large triangular rip off botom. VG+ in Gd- dj.  $20.00  [GS560]
• #10. On Blueberry Island - 1917. Gl.front +3; bk w/lite edgewear, corners; dj chip through 'The" on top, lighter chips at folds, 2 closed tears. VG in Gd- dj.   $20.00    [GS558]

Thick, Green Cloth, orange end papers, glossy frontis, no dj:

• #17. Keeping House - 1925. Edge wear, some soiling, title page loose.  Gd.  $4.00  [GS890]
• #24. At the Circus - 1932. Edge, corner wear, light damp stain to bottom/spine corner; spine slushy. GD+ $4.00 [GS889]
• #26. Solve A Mystery - 1934. Edge, corner wear, cover soil, light damp stain at cover fore-edges.  GD+4.00 [GS893]
• #26. Solve A Mystery - 1934. Reading copy, with scribbles on the end papers, front spine weak. RC   $2.00   [GS806]

Medium-thick, Light Green Composition binding, orange end papers (unless noted); no dj:

• #22. At Spruce Lake - 1930.  These orange & white end papers are newer, mostly white, and show the boys in striped shirts, the girls in very 50's dresses. Light corners, spine ends. VG. $5.00 [GS897]

Medium-thick, Dark Green Composition Binding, orange end papers, no dj:

• #23. Wonderful Secret - 1931. War printing. Damp stain to bottom front & rear fore-corners, else v.nice.  GD.  $4.00   [GS895]
• #28. On a Ranch - 1935.  War printing, internals. Edge, corner wear. VG-.  $5.00
• #29. In Eskimo Land - 1936.  Line-drawn frontis. War paper, light corners, shelf wear. VG.  $5.00  [GS892]
• #38. At Mystery Mansion - 1945.  War printing. Edge wear, light shelf wear.  VG.  $5.00  [GS894]
• #39. At Sugar Maple Hill - 1946. Lighter orange/white end papers.  Corner wear on bk.  VG $5.00  [GS919]

Green Composition Binding with Diamond Pattern, no dj:

• #35. In the Land of Cotton - 1942.  White & reddish-brown endpapers - slide & swings. Corners & spine ends.  VG.  $5.00 [GS898]

Cello PC Edition

• #4. Mystery at School - G&D, 1989. New, revised by N. Axlerad; hardcover cello pc; 1st. VG+ $2.00 [GS 225]

Paperbacks

• #2 . Case of the Runaway Money - 1987. Minstrel PB FIRST, illus. by George Tsui. VG $1.00 [GS 200]
• #3. Clue that Flew Away - 1987 Minstrel PB, illus. by George Tsui VG+ $1.00 [GS 201]
• #13. Mystery of the Hindu Temple - 1985. Wanderer PB, illus. by R. Williams; fold on cover, own's name. GD+ $1.00 [GS 199]

THE BROWNIE SCOUTS, Mildred Wirt. Cupples & Leon

• #2. In the Circus - 1949. Orange boards. Light wear, corners. VG.  $8.00   [GS590]
• #2. In the Circus - 1949. Red boards. Light wear, corners. VG.  $8.00   [GS930]
• #6. At Windmill Farm - 1953. Orange boards. Bottom of book and back of dj have water stains, as do the bottom right corners of the pages; otherwise okay.  Gd/Fr in Gd dj. $8.00  [GS931]

CAMPFIRE GIRLS

by Jane L. Stewart. Saalfield Publishers

• #2. On the Farm; or Bessie King's New Chum - 1914. Red pictorial cloth cover is worn at the edges, prev. own's inscript, o/w clean. VG-   $6.00    [GS691]

THE CARTER GIRLS, by Nell Speed (pseud of Emma Speed Sampson) Hurst & Co, reprinted by A.L. Burt  (4 titles)

(All gone for now)

CHERRY AMES, Helen Wells/Julie Tatham. Grosset & Dunlap

(All gone for now)

CLEO KIMBALL, by Lilian Garis. Grosset & Dunlap

• #1. Cleo's Misty Rainbow - 1927. Grey cloth dec.cover w/glossy frontis +3 internals by Thelma Gooch. Corners & spine ends frayed; slight fading, o/w clean & tight. GD+  $8.00   [GS626]

CONNIE BLAIR by Betsy Allen. Grosset & Dunlap

• #1. Clue in Blue - 1948. Beige book, grey eps (bookplate on ep), wrap dj. has a few small fold marks at bottom at top near spine. VG in VG- dj $10.00 [GS 007]
• #1. Clue in Blue - 1948. Green spine pc, very bright, clean & tight, plain grey eps, (remainder dot on bottom page edges) VG++ $6.00 [GS146]

CONNIE CARL, Joan Clark (Mildred Wirt).  Goldsmith (Strictly speaking, not a 'series' as it's only one title!)

• Connie Carl at Rainbow Ranch - 1939. Orange book in dust jacket. Bk. lightly stained at the top front - 1/2 inch, corners, prev. own's name on ffep; dj is ragged at edges, but still bright and nice. VG in VG-  $20.00  [GS694]

CONNIE LORING, Lilian Garis. Grosset & Dunlap

(All gone for now)

THE CURLYTOPS, Howard Garis. Cupples & Leon

Thick, white-spine dust jacket:

• #11. In A Summer Camp - 1927. Grey cloth picture cover in dj; book tight & clean (somewhat faded), glossy frontis & 3 internals; dj has edge wear, some soil & chips & 2-in. closed tear at spine. VG in G+ $10.00 [GS374]

Wrap dust jacket:

• #1. At Cherry Farm -1918.  Blue pict. boards, plain frontis, wrap dj. Light corners to book, dj w/closed tears, rough edges, prev. own's stamp to top and front flap.  VG in GD+ dj.  $10.00 [GC998]
• #2. On Star Island - 1918. Blue pictorial boards, plain frontis, wrap-around dust jacket. Light edge, corner wear to book, prev. own's name stamp on front end papers; dj has wear at edges & spine ends, w/some chipping at bottom, most to back near fold, also some very light crayon marks to back.  VG in GD+ dj.  $10.00  [GS942]

DANA GIRLS, Carolyn Keene, Grosset & Dunlap

Thick Blue Covers in Turquoise DJ:

• #3. In the Shadow of the Tower - 1934.  Wartime, gl.frontis, green & white eps. Corners, spine ends worn, bookplate on pastedown.  DJ with 1" chip at top, fold mark bottom front, spine faded.  VG- in Gd+ dj.  $25.00   [GS867]

Green Tweed without dj:

• #6.   Circle of Footprints - 1937. Rough copy, with spine splitting inside.  RC.  $2.00  [GS824]

Beige Spine Picture Cover:

White Spine Picture Cover:

• #9. Mystery of the Bamboo Bird - 1973. Back cover lists 10. Fine. $12.00 [GD037]

DICK AND DOLLY'S ADVENTURES - Wells, Carolyn. G&D, 1910. FIRST, grey cloth cover, glossy frontis + illus; general overall wear. FR/GD $6.00 [GS 195]

DONNA PARKER, Marcia Martin. (pseud. for Marcia Levin) Whitman.

• #1. At Cherrydale - 1957. Cello pc; 1st cover art (Square dance). Cello peel just starting at front hinge, lower front corner bump. Nice book.  VG+  $15.00  [GD050]
• #3. On Her Own - 1957. Cello pc; 1st cover art. Shows overall light wear.  VG-  $10.00 [GS633]

ELSIE DINSMORE, Martha Finley.  Dodd, Mead & Co.

• #4. Elsie's Womanhood - 1875.  Early. Dark red cloth, embossed with black, gilt spine, tissue after frontis on coated paper. Corners, spine ends show wear, 1/2 inch of fading on front top cover. Inside clean & tight.  GD+   $12.00   [GS780]
• #5.  Elsie's Motherhood - 1877.  Early printing; dark red cloth, embossed with black, gilt spine, tissue after frontis on coated paper. Smaller-than-dime sized spot on front cover, 1/2 inch nick on backstrip, fading and light soil otherwise, contents clean; tight.  GD+   $12.00   [GS781]
• #7.  Elsie's Widowhood - 1880.  Early printing; dark red cloth, embossed w/black, gilt spine, tissue after frontis on coated paper. Corners, spine ends, light soil and backstrip faded; clean & tight.  GD+   $12.00   [GS782]

ETHEL MORTON, Mabell S.C. Smith

• #3. Holidays - World, 1915. Grey boards, tight & clean, paper fading.  VG+ in VG- dj.  $8.00   [GS494]
• #4. At Rose House - Goldsmith, 1915. Red textured cloth book, good paper. Dj is tattered & chipped at edges. VG in Gd- dj.   $8.00   [GS491]
• #4. At Rose House - World, 1915. Blue boards, illus. Book shows wear; backstrip faded, w/tears at top & bottom, paper browned, pencilled inscrip. on f.f.ep. Dj ragged at edges w/tape repair. Gd+ in Gd dj. $8.00   [GS478]
• #6. At Sweetbriar Lodge - Goldsmith, 1915. Green textured cl. book, good paper. Bk shows v. light egdge wear; dj has edge wear & some chips.   VG in Gd+ dj.  $8.00   [GS490]

FIVE LITLE PEPPERS, Margaret Sidney (pseud. for Margaret "Mrs. Daniel" Lothrop). Lothrop & Lee, then Lothrop, Lee & Shepherd Co. Reprinted by Grosset & Dunlap, later by Whitman.

Lothrop, Lee & Shepherd Dollar Editions:

• #3. Five Little Peppers Grown Up - 1892 (1920). Blue cloth book; DJ with yellow "silhouette" spine. Glossy frontis by Hermann Heyer.  Bookplate on pastedown; dj has chip out at top spine (1/2"), light edge wear.  VG in VG- dj  $20.00   [GS843]

GINNY GORDON, Julie Campbell, Whitman

• #5. The Broadcast Mystery - 1956. Cello picture cover. This is a very good reading copy, as the front free end paper is missing, and there is considerable cello peel at the hinges. Contents good, and binding tight. RC $5.00 [GG010]

GIRL AVIATORS SERIES, Margaret Burnham. 4 book series. Original pub: Hurst. Reprints: 2 from Donohue (all gone for now)

GIRLS' ADVENTURE SERIES  (All gone for now)

GIRL SCOUTS, Katherine Keene Galt, Saalfield, publisher. 3 titles in series.

• #2. Girl Scouts Rally - 1921. Orange pictorial cover. DJ has some chipping at folds, spine ends.  VG in VG- dj.  $15.00
• #3. Girl Scouts Triumph - 1921. Orange pict. cover, no dj. Cover faded at edges.  VG-  $6.00

GIRL SCOUTS, Edith Lavell, A.L. Burt, pub. (All gone for now)

GIRL SCOUTS, Margaret Vandercook, John C. Winston, pub. (All gone for now)

GIRL SCOUTS MYSTERY SERIES, Virginia Fairfax (All gone for now)

GRACE HARLOWE, Jesse Graham Flower (All gone for now)

HAPPY HOLLISTERS, Jerry West. Doubleday

• #16. The Ice Carnival Mystery - 1958. Red covered book in dj. Both bright & clean; dj with very mild edge wear. NF in VG dj.   $10.00  [GH0260]
• #22. The Secret of the Lucky Coins - 1962. Red covers in dj. Lovely. NF in NF dj. $12.00 [GH0270]

HELEN BLAIR, Ruthe S. Wheeler. Goldsmith

• Helen in the Editor's Chair - 1932. Blue boards w/light edge, corner wear. DJ (nice art by Marie Schubert) with chips and edge wear at bottom & folds.  VG in GD dj.  $10.00   [GS864]

HILL, GRACE LIVINGSTON. Inspirational romances. Originally published by J. Lippincott. Grosset & Dunlap reprints.

• Blue Ruin - 1927. Grosset & Dunlap. Blue tweed in dj. Book has edge fading, corner bump. DJ missing two and a half inches of bottom spine portion.  VG in GD- dj.  $10.00 [GS797]
• Mary Arden - [with Ruth Livingston Hill] 1948. Grosset & Dunlap. Blue tweed in dj. Light fading at edges of book, light wear at spine ends. DJ has fold marks on bottom, w/ chips at bottom, folds, and top of spine. VG in GD. $10.00  [GS795]
• Patricia - 1939. Grosset & Dunlap. Red tweed in dj.  Book has light edge wear. DJ has a two and a half inch piece out of bottom spine, cover art nice & bright.  VG in GD- dj.  $10.00  [GS790]
• Red Signal - 1919. Grosset & Dunlap. Beige tweed in dj. Lightly worn book. DJ has tear at front fold w/wear, and two inches out of bottom spine. VG in GD- dj.  $10.00  [GS796]
• Rose Galbraith - 1940. Grosset & Dunlap. Green tweed in dj. Book shows edge wear & fading. DJ ragged with a small sticker right on the front, where there is also a sticker removal patch. VG- in FR dj.  $10.00   [GS792]
• The Search - 1919. Grosset & Dunlap. Red tweed book w/light edge wear, corner bump. DJ has light corner wear, sm.fold mark at bottom front, 1" closed tear at top front.  VG in VG dj. $15.00 [GS791]
• Stranger Within the Gates - 1939. Grosset & Dunlap. Blue tweed book has a corner bump & bump to bottom front. DJ shows light wear at folds, 3 small chips at top front.  VG in VG dj. $12.00   [GS794]
• Substitute Guest - 1936. Grosset & Dunlap. Green tweed in dj. Book has a corner bump, faded and worn at the edges. DJ with corner wear, folds at top & 1" closed tear.  VG in GD dj.  $12.00   [GS793]
• White Orchids - 1935. Grosset & Dunlap. Beige tweed in dj. Book lightly worn at edges, w/light stain spots on bottom page edges. DJ has a small sticker patch on front, white against the beige background.  VG in VG- dj.  $15.00   [GS798]

HONEY BUNCH, Helen Louise Thorndyke. Grosset & Dunlap

• #30. Her First Tour of Toy Town - 1051. Brown dec. boards; edge wear, corners. GD. $3.00 [GS592]

JANE, Ruthe S. Wheeler. Goldsmith

(All gone for now)

JANET LAMBERT BOOKS, E.P. Dutton, Grosset & Dunlap reprints.

• PENNY PARRISH (all gone for now)
• TIPPY PARRISH (all gone for now)
• JORDAN FAMILY (all gone for now)

JEAN CRAIG, Kay Littleton (pseud. for Mary Anne Amsbary). World. 5 titles.

• #3. Finds Romance - 1948. Glossy pc is quite nice; wear to spine ends only.  VG++  $10.00 [GS939]

JOAN MARSH SERIES, Lillian Garis. Grosset & Dunlap

• #2. Joan's Garden of Adventure - 1924. Blue cloth, pict. cover book shows general wear; dj is faded and has small chips on the edges. VG- in VG-   $15.00   [GS704]

JUDY BOLTON, Margaret Sutton. Grosset & Dunlap (unless o/w noted)

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JUDY JORDAN, Lilian Garis. Grosset & Dunlap, Whitman, pub.

• #1. Judy Jordan - 1931. Orange watered-silk type cover, very light corners.  Nice dj, with light edge wear, more at spine ends, "F" pencilled on dj spine.  VG+ in VG dj.  $12.00
• #2. Judy Jordan's Discovery - 1931. In dj. Orange watered-silk type cover with wear at corners. Prev. own's inscription on front free ep. Dj with closed tears and chips at edges, bright.  VG in GD+ dj.  $12.00 [GS723]

KATHY MARTIN, Josephine James

KAY TRACEY, Frances K. Judd

Cupples & Leon Editions (All gone for now)

Books, Inc. Hard-Cover Editions

• # 5. When the Key Turned. 1951. Green boards, worn -- corner wear, bkplate on f.f.end paper, prev. own's name on title page. GD.  $6.00   [GS873]
• # 5. When the Key Turned. 1951. Picture cover ed. Wear to corners, light edge wear, prev. own's name on front free endpaper. VG.  $8.00 [GS923]
• #10. Murmuring Portrait. 1952. Turquoise boards w/ light corner wear, end papers show some foxing; dj has v.light chipping at folds, nice & bright. VG in VG+ dj.  $18.00
• #14. Strange Echo - 1941-52. Turquoise boards have some edge wear, paper is browned; DJ is worn at all edges, somewhat faded.  VG- in GD+ dj.   $10.00   [GS701]

Books, Inc. Paperback Editions

• #9.  Murmuring Portrait - 1952. V. small corner bend at top front, nice.  VG+   $10.00   [GS829]
• #13. Green Cameo Mystery - 1952. Lists to self.  Light edge wear, bend at foredges, with 1/4" closed tear.  VG-   $8.00   [GS831]

Bantam Editions

• #2. In the Sunken Garden - (revised) c. 1980. 1st Bantam printing. Light wear. VG.  $3.00 [GS646]
• #6. The Message in the Sand Dunes - (revised) c.1980. 1st Bantam printing. Light wear, fold on front cover. VG-  $3.00 [GS647]

KIM ALDRICH, Jinny McDonnell.  Whitman

• #1. Miscalculated Risk - 1972. Pic. Cov. (Archie Kohn) is nice and bright; v.minor wear at bottom corners & spine ends, price sticker. VG. $3.50 [GS 076]

LINDA CARLTON, Edith Lavell. A.L. Burt, Saalfield reprints.

• #3. Island Adventure - 1931. Green cloth book. Cover soil, rough edges & corners, paper browned.  GD.  $5.00   [GS888]

LINDA CRAIG, Ann Sheldon [All gone for now]

THE LINGER-NOTS, Agnes Miller.  Cupples & Leon

• #1. And the Mystery House (or The Story of Nine Adventurous Girls) - 1923. Grey cloth pict.cover; glossy Thelma Gooch frontis. Light wear, pencil inscript on paste-down.  VG   $7.00 [GS615]
• #4. And the Whispering Charm (or The Secret from Old Alaska) - 1925. Grey cl. pict. cover; glossy Ernest Townsend frontis, ink inscript. on front free ep. Corners, spine ends, some foxing.  GD+   $6.00   [GS627]

LITTLE COLONEL, Annie Fellows Johnston. L.C. Page & Co. (Illus. by Etheldred B. Barry, Frank T. Merrill, John Goss)

• #8. Little Colonel in Arizona - 1904. Red cloth w/gilt, glossy frontis. Book is just lovely; dj w/a few closed tears & tiny chips at folds. FINE in VG++  $20.00   [GS739]
• #13. Mary Ware in Texas - 1910. Red cloth w/gilt, glossy frontis. Very light corners on bk; same on dj, w/small chip 1/4" at bottom, 2 tiny closed tears. NF in VG+ dj.  $20.00   [GS734]

LORING, EMILIE. Romantic Adventures. Penn Publishing, Little Brown. Reprints by Grosset & Dunlap; all in hard cover w/dj.

Grosset & Dunlap Editions:

• A Certain Crossroad - 1925. This 2nd printing, July, 1925, features a frontis on coated paper. Green composition binding. Very light overall wear on book; DJ bright, with wear to edges, some chipping at folds.  VG+ in VG dj.  $8.00  [GS820]
• It's A Great World - 1935. Blue cloth book has a few small white dots on the cover; dj has edge wear, chips at corners, fold mark.  VG- in Gd dj.  $7.00   [GS819]
• Stars in Your Eyes - 1941. Green cloth book w/corner bumped, o/w nice. Dj bright, w/some tiny closed tears and v.light chipping at folds.  VG+ in VG+ dj.  $8.00    [GS818]
• Today Is Yours - 1938. Beige composition binding; book w/very light wear at spine ends; dj has closed tear & fold mark on front near spine, small scrape, small chips at folds. NF in VG dj. $8.00 [GS816]

MADGE MORTON, Amy D. V. Chalmers. 4 titles. Altemus, Saalfield reprints.

Saalfield Editions:

• #3. Madge Morton's Trust - 1914. Red composition pictorial binding. Light corners. VG+  $5.00 [GS913]
• #4. Madge Morton's Victory - 1914. Blue comp. pict. binding. Corners.  VG.  $5.00 [GS912]

MADGE STERLING, Ann Wirt (pseud. for Mildred Wirt)

• #2. The Deserted Yacht. Goldsmith, 1932. Blue cloth cover is mildew stained on the bottom; paper browned; tight, no writing; dj is somewhat faded, and shows some chips at edges & folds. Gd+ in VG dj. $12.00 [GS 460]

MAIDA, Inez Haynes Irwin

(All gone for now)

MARY JANE, Clara Ingram Judson.

(All gone for now)

MARY LOUISE, Edith Van Dyne (pseud. for L.Frank Baum [#s 1-5]and Emma Speed Sampson [#s 6-8]

• #4. Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls - Reilly & Lee, 1918. Blue dec. cloth, gl. frontis. Minor edge wear, fading, prev. own's name. GD++   $20.00   [GS606]

MEG, Holly Beth Walker. Whitman (large & standard hardback pc formats); Golden (digest-sized pb)

• #1. The Disappearing Diamonds - 1967. Standard hb pc. Small machine-made cuts to spine/front hinge, prev. own's name on pastedown.  VG-  $4.00   [GS938]

MELODY LANE, Lilian Garis. Grosset & Dunlap

(All gone for now)

MERRIWEATHER GIRLS, Lizette Edholm. Goldsmith. 4 titles in series.

(All gone for now)

MOLLY BROWN, by Nell Speed (Books 5-8 were actually written by Emma Speed Sampson, who continued the series after her sister Nell's death). Hurst and Co. (reprinted by A.L.Burt)

Hurst Editions:

• #3. Molly Brown's Junior Days - 1912. Light brown, white & blue textured pictorial cover. 4 glossy illustrations by Charles L. Wrenn. Wear to spine ends & corners, light fading and soil; tight, with clean pages; frontis is foxed.  VG-  $15.00   [GM028]

MOTOR MAIDS , Katherine Stokes, Illus. by Charles L. Wrenn. Hurst and Co., reprinted by Donohue. 6 titles.

Hurst Editions:

• #5. Motor Maids in Japan - 1913. No dust jacket. Light brown pictorial cover, glossy frontis and 3 line drawn internals. Top right quadrant of the book's front cover has been stained, with a loosening and pulling of the cloth to this area; same type of staining to the back top cover. Pages good, save for light staining to top and sides of the frontis. GD Reading Copy. $5.00 [GM040]

MYSTERY STORIES FOR GIRLS, Various Authors, Cupples & Leon.

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MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE STORIES FOR GIRLS, Various Authors.  A.L. Burt

• The Strange Likeness - Harriet Pyne Grove. 1929. Olive green pict. cloth cover, glossy frontis. Inscript on front free ep, o/w clean, bright, tight; light fading at hinges. VG  $6.00  [GS636]

• MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE STORIES FOR GIRLS (Compilation) Cupples & Leon. Includes: Two Girls and a Mystery, May Hollis Barton; Betty Gordon at Bramble Farm, Alice B. Emerson; Maxie, An Adorable Girl,Elsie Bell Gardner; and Jane Allen of the Sub-Team, Edith Bancroft. Red cloth cover is worn, front hinge starting. GD.   $5.00   [GS599]

NAN SHERWOOD, Annie Roe Carr (Stratemeyer Syndicate pseudonym). Sully, World, Saalfield, & Goldsmith, publishers.

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NANCY BRANDON, Lillian C. Garis.  2 titles.  Grosset & Dunlap, Whitman reprints.

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NANCY DREW    (click here to see the Nancy Drew Listings)

NURSES THREE, J. Kirby

• #8. Olympic Duty, (Penny Scott) - Whitman, 1965. PC, bright but scratched on back, back free ep has triangular rip, owners name sticker on fr ep. FR.  $2.50 [GS 100]

ORIOLE PUTNAM, Amy Bell Marlowe. Grosset & Dunlap (3 titles only. #4 "When Oriole Camped Out" was a phantom title) Illustrated by Walter S. Rogers

• #3. When Oriole Went to Boarding School - 1927. Blue embossed cover, 4 glossy illustrations, dj.  Prev. own's gift inscription on front free ep, dated 1928. Light soil to page edges; corners; dj w/edge wear, sm. chips at spine ends, corners, v. small closed tear at top.  VG+ in VG-  $25.00 [GS943]

OUTDOOR GIRLS

• #2. At Rainbow Lake - G&D, 1913. Grey cl. pic. cover, glossy fr and line drawn internals; cover shows overall wear, spine cocked, own's inscript. Gd+ $4.00 [GS 280]

PAGE TWINS - see THE TWINS, by Dorothy Whitehill

PATTY DUKE - All gone for now

PEGGY LANE THEATER STORIES, Virginia Hughes. Grosset & Dunlap

• #3. Peggy Goes Straw Hat - 1963. Mild wear to the top spine; rem. mark. NF. $8.00  [GP024]

PEGGY OWEN, Lucy Foster Madison. Penn Publishing Co. 4 titles. Blue cloth pictorial covers, each with a different picture, in 3 colors. 7 glossy plates by H.J. Peck.

• #2. Peggy Owen, Patriot - 1910. 1917 reprint; spine lightly cocked, corners.  VG $20.00   [GS945]
• #3. Peggy Owen at Yorktown - 1911. 1917 reprint, as above, with fold to backstrip. VG  $20.00 [GS946]
• #4. Peggy Owen and Liberty - 1912.  1917 printing, some soil to page edges; corners, some peeling at the front hinge, back hinge starting.  GD+  $12.00 On reserve, 10/27/01

PENNY NICHOLS, Joan Clark (Mildred Wirt)

• #4. Knob Hill Mystery - Goldsmith, 1939. Larger, dark orange cl. cover. Poor paper, some edges bent. Gd++. $5.00 [GS421]

PENNY PARKER, Mildred Wirt, Cupples & Leon

Thin Blue Revised Editions in Wrap DJ:

• #2. The Vanishing Houseboat - 1958.  Light corner wear to book; dj with closed tears and wear at folds & corners.  VG in GD+ dj.  $12.00   [GS992] On reserve, 7/20/01
• #3. Danger at the Drawbridge - 1958. V. light corners to book; dj corners, small chips at spine ends.  VG in VG dj.  $15.00   [GS993] On reserve, 7/20/01

PENNY OF PAINTROCK , J. & P. Annixter

• #1. Phantom Stallion - Annixter, J and P. Golden Press, 1961. Diamond-sp pc, diam eps, fr hinge stg, cover worn, edges bumped. GD $2.50 [GS 106]

POLLYANNA (THE GLAD BOOKS)

• #1. Pollyanna - Eleanor H. Porter. Page, 1913; this ed, 45th, 1919. Green cloth "watered silk" cover, gilt dec, with glossy illustrations. Light corner wear and light soiling at page corners.  VG.  $10.00   [GS803]
• #3. Pollyanna Grows Up - Eleanor H. Porter. c. 1914. G&D. Blue dec.bds; lite edge wear. VG $5.00    [GS582]
• #5. Pollyanna's Jewels - H. L. Smith. c.1925. G&D. Blue dec.bds. Tight & clean, corners, edgewear. VG-   $5.00   [GS584]
• #6. Pollyanna's Western Adventure - H. L. Smith. c. 1925. G&D. Blue boards show edge wear, and pages are browned; 10 pages in back have small folds & closed tears at top edges. GD+.   $4.00   [GS480]

POLLY BREWSTER, Lillian Elizabeth Roy

• #13. Polly & Carola - G&D, 1930. [1st Ed.] sans dj. Blue cl.cov. w/edge wear & lite soil. glossy Barbour illus.   GD    $6.00   [GS617]

POLLY FRENCH, Francine Lewis (pseud. For Helen Wells). Whitman

• #2. Takes Charge - 1954. Cello pc is tight & clean, with bookplate on paste-down; mild wear at spine edges. VG. $5.00. [GS415]

POLLY PENDLETON, Dorothy Whitehill.  Barse & Hopkins

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ROBIN KANE, Eileen Hill. Whitman

• #1. Mystery of the Blue Pelican - 1966. Tall PC, shelf wear, corners bumped; illustrated by S. Haggander. Gd. $3.00 [GS 157]
• #1. Mystery of the Blue Pelican - 1966. Tall PC. Edge wear.  VG Ex.Lib.  $3.00   [GS869]
• #2. Mysteryof the Phantom - 1966. Small pc, light edge wear, split end papers, spine ok.  VG- $4.00   [GS940]
• #2. Mystery of the Phantom - 1966. Small pc, blue & white illus. Edge wear and corners. Gd+ $3.00    [GS644]
• #2. Mystery of the Phantom - 1966. Tall PC, blue & white illus. Edge wear and corners. GD Ex. Lib.  $3.00 [GS870]

RUTH FIELDING, Alice B. Emerson. Cupples & Leon

• #12. In the Saddle - 1917. Beige pict.cov. cloth; shows general overall wear, mild stains & fading. GD+ $4.00 [GR270]

SIX LITTLE BUNKERS, Laura Lee Hope.  Grosset & Dunlap

• #9.  At Farmre Joel's - 1923. Grey cloth, applique. 4 b/w glossy Rogers illustrations; light water stains on the first illus., title page loosening, prev. own's inscript on the front free end paper, 1928.  GD   $8.00   [GS944]
• #12. At Happy Jim's - 1928.  1st Ed. (no dj) Grey cl. w/pasted on pic, W.Rogers color gl.frontis + 3 b&w gl. illus. (1 loose). Overall shelf & edge wear, loose hinges.   GD   $14.00   [GS614]

SHIRLEY TEMPLE AUTHORIZED SERIES:

• The Littlest Rebel - Peple, Edward. Random House, 1911. Glossy pc with some edgewear at spine ends & corners; copious illustrations from the movie; dj edges & folds show some wear. VG in VG-. $18.00. [GS410]
• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - Wiggin, Kate Douglas. Random House. Illustrated with scenes from the Shirley Temple movie; glossy pic.cov.bk. has edge wear, cover is bright; dj bright with wear at edges & front fold, chip at spine and top back. VG- in VG- $18.00 [GS287]

SUE BARTON, Helen Dore Boylston.  Little, Brown, & Co.

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TIMBER TRAIL RIDERS, Michael Murray. Whitman.  (All gone for now)

TRIXIE BELDEN, Julie Campbell or Kathryn Kenny. Whitman (Hard covers w/dj, various other hard cover formats) Golden paperbacks, digest sized, first in tan, then yellow covers. Note: #s 17-39 were only issued in the paperback format.)

Whitman Cello Picture Cover Editions:

• #1. The Secret of the Mansion - 1948. Green checked end papers. Much cello peel at the front hinge of the spine. VG-  $10.00   [GT041]
• #4. The Mysterious Visitor - 1954. Cello peel & tape repair to spine, mushy corners, pasted on bookplate to front free end paper.  GD.  $5.00   [GT042]
• #5. Mystery off Glen Road - 1956. "Photo album" end papers. Prev. own's name on pastedown, wear and cello peel at bottom spine end.  VG.  $15.00   [GS914]

Whitman Deluxe Picture Cover Editions:

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Whitman Later Picture Cover Editions:

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Golden Tan-Cover paperbacks:

• #2.  Red Trailer Mystery - 1977. Lists 22. Light corner wear, sm. fold bottom back cover.  VG.   $6.00   [GS885]
• #6.  Mystery in Arizona - 1977.  Lists 19. Overall wear & soiling.  GD-  $4.00  [GS969]
• #10. Marshland Mystery - 1977. Lists 19. Corners.  VG+  $8.00   [GS976]
• #11. Mystery at Bob-White Cave - 1977. Lists 19. Light corners, sm. fold to back bottom. VG- $8.00 [GS977]
• #12. Mystery of the Blinking Eye - 1977. Lists 19. Some wear to covers & small sticker patch on front near title.  GD+  $6.00  [GS977]
• #13. Mystery on Cobbett's Island - 1977. Lists 19. Small closed tear to bottom spine.  VG-  $8.00 [GS978]
• #14. Mystery of the Emeralds - 1977. Lists 34. Edge wear & tiny closed tear to bottom front cover.  VG-  $8.00  [GS979]
• #15. Mystery on the Mississippi - 1977. Lists 19. Edge wear, corners; sm. closed tear to top spine. VG- $8.00  [GS980]
• #16. Mystery of the Missing Heiress - 1977. Lists 19.  Light corners, edges.  VG  $8.00  [GS981]
• #21. Mystery of the Castaway Children - 1978. First Ed. Light edge wear, sm. erasure to blank page.  VG+  $15.00  [GS984]

Golden Yellow-Cover paperbacks:

• #15. Mystery on the Mississippi - 1985. Very light wear to corners, front cover, price sticker on top right corner.  VG   $12.00  [GS900]

TUCKER TWINS, Nell Speed (pseudonym of Emma Speed Sampson) pub. A.L. Burt Co.

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THE TWINS SERIES by Lucy Fitch Perkins (All gone for now)

THE [PAGE] TWINS SERIES - Dorothy Whitehill. (All gone for now)

TWO LITTLE WOMEN - Carolyn Wells. Grosset & Dunlap, pub.

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VICKI BARR, Helen Wells [#s 1-4 and 8-15]; Julie Tatham [#s 5-7]; Walter Gibson [#16]

• #2. Vicki Finds the Answer - 1947. Tweed; water flecks on up.pg.edges, edge wear, prev. own's name on ep; dj missing front flap. VG- in Gd-- dj. $7.00. [GS409]
• #3. Hidden Valley Mystery - 1948. Book is very nice, own's name on front free ep, minor wear at sp.ends; dj has a few closed tears (worst is 1 in. at bottom front fold), slight chipping at spine ends. VG+ in VG- dj. $15.00 [GS 339]

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