Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series from Gargoyle Books

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 1966. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. VG-/Good+. Spina, Paul. Another collection of 11 exciting tales, this time all related to spies & espionage, noted mystery/suspense/horror writers especially adapted for this volume for YA readers. In 206 pages, with illustrations throughout text by Paul Spina. This is the true First Edition,… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 1963. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Banbery, Fred. A different sort of collection from the horror master, this one featuring 5 stories that you must piece together the clues to solve yourself! For YA readers. In 206 pages, with illustrations throughout text by F. Banbery. A First Edition,… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1958. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Breathtakingly well-preserved copy of book #20 in the classic YA series featuring the sleuthing sister pair Louise & Jean Dana, AND it's a FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1958 (listing to self in front & on rear DJ flap. With the blue tweed cover… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1948. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. Doane, Pelagie. Book #19 in the Judy Bolton YA mystery series. First published in 1948, this is a slightly later printing from the early 1950s (though no list of other titles in book). In the wrap-style DJ with the rust tweed cloth-covered… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Volume #8 in the classic series featuring the sleuthing sister pair Louise & Jean Dana. Orig. published in 1939, this is a later printing of that First Edition, listing to DG#16 & ND #32 in front matter & to DG#16 on front… Read more about this item

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman/Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1965. Hardcover. VG-. Frame, Paul. Book #12 in the popular girl's series in the "Deluxe Editions" from the mid-1960s, which were slightly larger, with cameo endpapers & brightly decorated matte paper-covered boards. Illustrated by Paul Frame, in 252 pages. Orig. published in this new format in 1965, listing to Book #15 in… Read more about this item

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman/Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1965. Hardcover. Good+. Frame, Paul. Book #11 in the popular girl's series in the "Deluxe Editions" from the mid-1960s, which were slightly larger, with cameo endpapers & brightly decorated matte paper-covered boards. Illustrated by Paul Frame, iin 252 pages. Orig. published in this new format in 1965, listing to Book #15 in… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1962. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Nappi, Rudy. Book #39 in the classic series featuring girl sleuth, Nancy Drew, & her chums, Bess & George. This is a true FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1962 (1962C-1 per Farah's 11th), listing only to self in front matter &… Read more about this item

Chicago, Illinois: Blue Ribbon Books, 1934. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Denslow, W. W.. Unique entry into the Oz canon, promoted as "the story book with characters that come out and walk," wherein the original "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" tale was brought to life with paper cut-out characters. Unfortunately, these "waddles" are long gone, though directions… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1949. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Fine/VG-. Kuhn, Bob. Another in this popular mid-twentieth-century children's series, each written & illustrated by different authors/artists. This one is about "man's best friend,'' the dog & covers a wide variety of breeds, in 45 pages with decorative endpapers & illustrations… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1957. First Edition Later Printing 4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Waltrip, Mildred. Another in this popular mid-twentieth-century children's series, each written & illustrated by different authors/artists. This one, by a Captain in the US Navy, takes young readers inside the undersea world of submarines, in ed friends, in 60 pages… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1950. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Scott, M. K.. Another in this popular mid-twentieth-century children's series, each written & illustrated by different authors/artists. This one is about our feathered friends, in 93 pages with Index, with decorative endpapers & internal drawings by M. K.… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Cupples & Leon, 1913. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Groundbreaking series about a young orphan girl who eventually comes to head her own motion picture company in the early decades of the 20th century, laying the groundwork for other children's series featuring strong female leads. This was Vol. #5 in… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Collier/Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. First Thus . Boxed Set. Near Fine. Baynes, Pauline. Very crisp & clean set that contains all 7 books of the beloved Narnia saga in a sturdy, brightly colored & illustrated box. First produced in this format in 1970, these are later printings from 1978, but retain the… Read more about this item

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1921. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hayn, Walter. Book #3 of ten in this early-20th-century series featuring adventuresome young Grace Harlowe & her friends as they went from high school to college, overseas to Europe, &, in this final series, back to the US for some adventures on horseback around the… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good+/Very Good+. Book #2 in this classic boys' series featuring the masked rider, a former Texas Ranger now going under the moniker, "the Lone Ranger," & his trusty Indian side-kick, Tonto. A FIRST EDITION (unknown printing) from Grosset & Dunlap from 1938, this… Read more about this item

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1923. First Thus . Hardcover. VG-/No Jacket. Hayn, Walter. Fifth book in the last of the four early-20th-century series featuring adventuresome young Grace Harlowe & her friends as they went from high school to college, overseas to Europe, &, in this final series, back to the US for some adventures on horseback around… Read more about this item

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1924. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Hayn, Walter. Tenth and final book in the last of the four early-20th-century series featuring adventuresome young Grace Harlowe & her friends as they went from high school to college, overseas to Europe, &, in this final series, back to the US for some adventures… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1934. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-. Book #3 in the classic series featuring the sleuthing sister pair Louise & Jean Dana. Orig. published in 1934, this is a much later printing from the late 1950s-early 1960s (listing to DG $20 on front flap & in front matter), with… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1959. First Softcover Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. VG-. Williamosn, Margaret. Another in this popular mid-twentieth-century children's series, each written & illustrated by different authors/artists. This one is about our feathered friends, in 69 pages with Index, written & illustrated lby the author. Orig. published in hardcover in 1951 (see our… Read more about this item