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Cello Editions
The second edition published by Whitman are known
as "cellos" or "glossies" because of the cellophane covering
these hardback books. There were only ten books published in this format,
and seven of them are first editions.
1. The
Secret of the Mansion
6. The
Mystery in Arizona
2. The
Red Trailer Mystery
7. The
Mysterious Code
3. The
Gatehouse Mystery
8. The
Black Jacket Mystery
4. The
Mysterious Visitor
9. The
Happy Valley Mystery
5. The
Mystery Off Glen Road
10. The Marshland
Mystery
There were obviously different editions printed and
published of each book with slightly different inside cover illustrations or
different titles listed in the end pages.
A cover was designed for
The
Mystery at Bob-White Cave but was never used.
 First
printing of books one to five from 1954 to 1962
This is the second printing published in 1958 and
books one through to six were published with these end pages.
First printing of books seven and eight had zig zag
end pages and only these two books were published with these end pages in 1961.
All ten books were printed with these end pages in
1961. It is a first print run for books nine and ten.
This was the first print run to have the numbers of
the books on the spine.
The information provided here covers the books from
my own collection and is not representative of all the books produced at this
time.
Trixie
Belden and the Secret of the Mansion
Author
:
Published
:
Extent:
Spine No. :
Julie
Campbell
1954
286 pages 1556
Illustrated by Mary Stevens.
Unique features:
Pages are edged with red ink.
The line drawings featured in the book do not have captions, but the dust jacket
version did. They also contain a second colour of either red or green.
Small illustrations are used to introduce chapters and they use a second colour
that changes between red and green from chapter to chapter.
Honey is described in the book as having light brown hair, but the cover clearly
depicts her as having dark brown/black hair.
The book is not numbered as being #1 of a series.
End pages list only two other Trixie Belden books: The Mysterious Visitor and
Mystery in Arizona in that order.
Inside cover has illustrations in the style of photos and two of them feature
Di, who has not yet made an appearance in the series.
The inside cover below is from the second print run
done for covers 1-6 in 1958.
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Trixie
Belden and the Red Trailer Mystery
Author
:
Published
:
Extent:
Spine No. :
Julie
Campbell
1954
286 pages 1561:49
Illustrated by Mary Stevens.
Unique features:
Pages are edged with green ink.
The line drawings featured in the book do not have captions, but the dust jacket
version did. They also contain a second colour of green.
Small illustrations are used to introduce chapters and they use a second colour
of green.
Honey's hair now appears as lighter brown on the front of the book.
The book is not numbered as being #2 of a series.
End pages list itself, the Gatehouse Mystery, the Mysterious Visitor and the
Mystery Off Glen Road in that order.
The inside cover below is from the first print run.
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Trixie
Belden and the Gatehouse Mystery
Author
:
Published
:
Extent:
Spine No. :
Julie
Campbell
1954
286 pages 1562:49
Illustrated by Mary Stevens.
Unique features:
Pages are edged with green ink.
The line drawings featured in the book do not have captions, but the dust jacket
version did. They also contain a second colour of either red or green.
Small illustrations are used to introduce chapters and they use a second colour
that changes between red and green from chapter to chapter.
The book is not numbered as being #3 of a series.
End pages list the Mysterious Visitor, the Secret of the Mansion, the Red
Trailer Mystery and the Gatehouse Mystery in that order.
The inside cover below is from the first print run.
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Trixie
Belden and the Mysterious Visitor
Author
:
First Published :
Extent:
Spine No. :
Julie
Campbell
1954
286 pages 1560
Illustrated by Mary Stevens.
Unique features:
Pages are edged with blue ink.
The line drawings featured in the book do not have captions, and contain a
second colour of either red or blue.
Small illustrations are used to introduce chapters and they use a second colour
that changes between red and blue from chapter to chapter.
The book is not numbered as being #4 of a series.
End pages list the Gatehouse Mystery, the Red Trailer Mystery, the Mystery off
Glen Road, the Mysterious Visitor and the Mystery in Arizona in that order.
The inside cover below is from the second print run
done for covers 1-6 in 1958.
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Trixie
Belden and the Mystery off Glen Road
Author
:
First Published :
Extent:
Spine No. :
Julie
Campbell
1956
286 pages 1563
Illustrated by Mary Stevens.
Unique features:
Pages are edged with khaki ink.
The line drawings featured in the book do not have captions, and contain a
second colour of either khaki or blue.
Small illustrations are used to introduce chapters and they use a second colour
that changes between khaki and blue from chapter to chapter.
The book is not numbered as being #5 of a series.
End pages list the Gatehouse Mystery, the Red Trailer Mystery, the Mystery off
Glen Road, the Mysterious Visitor and the Mystery in Arizona in that order.
The inside cover below is from the second print run
done for covers 1-6 in 1958.
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Trixie
Belden and the Mystery in Arizona
Author
:
First Published :
Extent:
Spine No. :
Julie
Campbell
1958
286 pages 1565
Illustrated by Mary Stevens.
Unique features:
Pages are edged with pink ink.
The line drawings featured in the book do not have captions, and contain a
second colour of either pink or blue.
Small illustrations are used to introduce chapters and they use a second colour
that changes between pink and blue from chapter to chapter.
The book is not numbered as being #6 of a series.
End pages list the Red Trailer Mystery, the Mysterious Visitor and the Mystery
off Glen Road.
The inside cover below is from the second print run
done for covers 1-6 in 1958.
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Trixie
Belden and the Mysterious Code
Author
:
First Published :
Extent:
Spine No. :
Kathryn
Kenny
1961
286 pages 1558
Illustrated by Paul Frame.
Unique features:
The first book not written by Julie Campbell. All future books in this
series were written under the pen name of Kathryn Kenny. This book is
believed to have been written by Nicolete Meredith Stack.
This is the first book where the "author's" name appears on the front
cover of the book
This is the first book illustrated by Paul Frame.
Pages are edged with green ink.
The line drawings featured in the book do not have captions, and contain a
second colour in apricot.
Small illustrations are used to introduce chapters and they use a second colour
of apricot.
The book is not numbered as being #7 of a series.
End pages list the Gatehouse Mystery, the Red Trailer Mystery, the Mystery off
Glen Road, the Mysterious Visitor and the Mystery in Arizona in that order.
The inside cover below is from the first print run
done for covers 7 and 8 in 1961.
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Trixie
Belden and the Black Jacket Mystery
Author
:
First Published :
Extent:
Spine No. :
Kathryn
Kenny
1961
286 pages 1578
Illustrated by Paul Frame.
Unique features:
The author of this book is unknown
Pages are edged with blue ink.
The line drawings featured in the book do not have captions, and contain a
second colour in blue.
Small illustrations are used to introduce chapters and they use a second colour
of blue.
The book is not numbered as being #8 of a series.
End pages list the Gatehouse Mystery, the Red Trailer Mystery, the Mystery off
Glen Road, the Mysterious Visitor and the Mystery in Arizona in that order.
The inside cover below is from the first print run
done for covers 7 and 8 in 1961.
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Trixie
Belden and the Happy Valley Mystery
Author
:
First Published :
Extent:
Spine No. :
Kathryn
Kenny
1962
286 pages 1543
Illustrated by Paul Frame.
Unique features:
The author of this book is believed to be Nicolete Meredith Stack.
This is the first book that does not have pages are edged with ink.
The line drawings featured in the book do not have captions, and contain a
second colour in grey.
Small illustrations are used to introduce chapters and they use a second colour
of grey.
This is the first book that is numbered as part of a series and a 9 appears on
the spine.
End pages list the Secret of the Mansion, the Mysterious Visitor, the Red
Trailer Mystery, the Gatehouse Mystery, the Mystery off Glen Road, and the
Mystery in Arizona in that order.
The inside cover below is from the third print run
done for covers 1-10 in 1961.
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Trixie
Belden and the Marshland Mystery
Author
:
First Published :
Extent:
Spine No. :
Kathryn
Kenny
1962
286 pages 1535
Illustrated by Paul Frame.
Unique features:
The author of this book is unknown
Pages are edged with blue ink.
The line drawings featured in the book do not have captions, and contain a
second colour in blue.
Small illustrations are used to introduce chapters and they use a second colour
of blue.
The spine carries a number 10, indicating it is book 10 of the series.
The cover features a "red-headed" Brian tending to the hurt little
girl while the real red-head, Jim Frayne, looks on.
End pages list the Secret of the Mansion, the Mysterious Visitor, the Red
Trailer Mystery, the Gatehouse Mystery, the Mystery off Glen Road, the Mystery
in Arizona, the Happy Valley Mystery, the Marshland Mystery, the Black Jacket
Mystery and the Mysterious Code in that order.
The inside cover below is from the third print run
done for covers 1-10 in 1961.
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Trixie
Belden and the Mystery at Bob-white Cave
This is an unreleased 1962 cover
which was designed in the same series as the rest of the
Cello covers. This rare artwork was purchased off eBay
and kindly shared with me by Daniel Summers.
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