Deluxe Editions

The fourth edition published by Whitman are known as deluxe editions probably because of the linen cover and full colour and two colour illustrations that appear in the books.  There were only fifteen books published in this format, and two of them are first editions.

1.    The Secret of the Mansion            8.    The Black Jacket Mystery
2.    The Red Trailer Mystery              9.    The Happy Valley Mystery
3.    The Gatehouse Mystery               10.   The Marshland Mystery
4.    The Mysterious Visitor                11.   The Mystery at Bob-White Cave
5.    The Mystery Off Glen Road        12.   The Mystery of the Blinking Eye
6.    The Mystery in Arizona               13.  The Mystery on Cobbett's Island
7.    The Mysterious Code                   14.  The Mystery of the Emeralds
                                                                 15.  The Mystery on the Mississippi

Some editions were published by Whitman and others were published by Golden Press.

The front and back inside covers contain colour pictures of Trixie and Honey.

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            1965                                  258 pages           2318

Cover and internal illustrations by Paul Frame.

Unique features:   
Inside cover is red.
The two colour illustrations featured in the book are black and blue tones.
Chapter openings are very plain with no illustrations.
The spine is labelled one.
This is the first edition where the author's name appears on the cover and spine.  Kathryn Kenny's name appeared on the last four books of the cello editions but not the spine.
Book listing appears in the front of the book as "Your Trixie Belden Library" and lists to fifteen, all numbered and in correct order.
There is no end matter, just three blank pages.

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Trixie Belden and the Red Trailer Mystery

Author :                        Published :                     Extent:                Spine No. :
Julie Campbell            1965                                  258 pages           2361

Cover and internal illustrations by Paul Frame.

Unique features:   
Inside cover is green.
The two colour illustrations featured in the book are black and green tones.
Chapter openings are very plain with no illustrations.
The spine is labelled two.
The author's name appears on the cover and spine.
Book listing appears in the front of the book as "Your Trixie Belden Library" and lists to fifteen, all numbered and in correct order.
There is no end matter, just three blank pages.

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Trixie Belden and the Gatehouse Mystery

Author :                        Published :                     Extent:                Spine No. :
Julie Campbell            1965                                  258 pages           2369

Cover illustrations by Paul Frame
Internal illustrations by Marvin Besunder

Unique features:   
Inside cover is blue.
The two colour illustrations featured in the book are black and blue tones.
This is the first book in this edition to use a different illustrator for internal illustrations.
Chapter openings are very plain with no illustrations.
The spine is labelled three.
The author's name appears on the cover and spine.
Book listing appears in the front of the book as "Your Trixie Belden Library" and lists to fifteen, all numbered and in correct order.
There is no end matter, just three blank pages.

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Trixie Belden and the Mysterious Visitor

Author :                        First Published :        Extent:                Spine No. :
Julie Campbell            1965                              258 pages           2368

Illustrated by Mary Stevens.

Cover illustrations by Paul Frame
Internal illustrations by Marvin Besunder

Unique features:   
Inside cover is blue.
The two colour illustrations featured in the book are black and blue, and black and red tones.
Chapter openings are very plain with no illustrations.
The spine is labelled four.
The author's name appears on the cover and spine.
Book listing appears in the front of the book as "Your Trixie Belden Library" and lists to fifteen, all numbered and in correct order.
There is no end matter, just three blank pages.   

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Trixie Belden and the Mystery off Glen Road

Author :                        First Published :        Extent:                Spine No. :
Julie Campbell            1965                              258 pages           2370

Cover and internal illustrations by Paul Frame.

Unique features:   
Inside cover is green.
The two colour illustrations featured in the book are black and blue, and black and red tones.
Chapter openings are very plain with no illustrations.
The spine is labelled five.
The author's name appears on the cover and spine.
Book listing appears in the front of the book as "Your Trixie Belden Library" and lists to fifteen, all numbered and in correct order.
There is no end matter, just five blank pages.

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Trixie Belden and the Mystery in Arizona

Author :                        First Published :        Extent:                Spine No. :
Julie Campbell            1965                              286 pages           2371

Cover and internal illustrations by Paul Frame.

Unique features:   
Inside cover is red.
The two colour illustrations featured in the book are brown, black and red tones.
Chapter openings are very plain with no illustrations.
The spine is labelled six.
The author's name appears on the cover and spine.
Book listing appears in the front of the book as "Your Trixie Belden Library" and lists to fifteen, all numbered and in correct order.
There is no end matter, just five blank pages.

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Trixie Belden and the Mysterious Code

Author :                        First Published :        Extent:                Spine No. :
Kathryn Kenny            1966                              258 pages           2354

Cover illustrations by Paul Frame
Internal illustrations by Haris Petrie

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 in this edition to use Haris Petrie as an illustrator for internal illustrations.
This edition published by Golden Press, New York.
Inside cover is green.
The two colour illustrations featured in the book are black and blue, and black and red tones.
Chapter openings are very plain with no illustrations.
The spine is labelled seven.
The author's name appears on the cover and spine.
Book listing appears in the front of the book as "Your Trixie Belden Library" and lists to fifteen, all numbered and in correct order.
There is no end matter, just three blank pages.   

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Trixie Belden and the Black Jacket Mystery

Author :                        First Published :        Extent:                Spine No. :
Kathryn Kenny            1967                              258 pages           2364

Cover and internal illustrations by Paul Frame.

Unique features:   
The author of this book is unknown.
Inside cover is red.
The two colour illustrations featured in the book are black and blue, and black and red tones.
Chapter openings are very plain with no illustrations.
The spine is labelled eight.
The author's name appears on the cover and spine.
Book listing appears in the front of the book as "Your Trixie Belden Library" and lists to fifteen, all numbered and in correct order.
There is no end matter, just five blank pages.

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Trixie Belden and the Happy Valley Mystery

Author :                        First Published :        Extent:                Spine No. :
Kathryn Kenny            1966                              258 pages           2357

Cover illustrations by Paul Frame
Internal illustrations by Haris Petrie

Unique features:   
The author of this book is thought to be Nicolete Meredith Stack.
Inside cover is blue.
The two colour illustrations featured in the book are brown, black and red tones.
This edition published by Golden Press, New York and before the Whitman edition of #8 The Black Jacket Mystery.
Chapter openings are very plain with no illustrations.
The spine is labelled nine.
The author's name appears on the cover and spine.
Book listing appears in the front of the book as "Your Trixie Belden Library" and lists to fifteen, all numbered and in correct order.
There is no end matter, just three blank pages.

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Trixie Belden and the Marshland Mystery

Author :                        First Published :        Extent:                Spine No. :
Kathryn Kenny            1967                              258 pages           2358

Illustrated by Paul Frame.

Unique features:   
The author of this book is unknown.
Inside cover is pink.
The two colour illustrations featured in the book are black and blue, and black and yellow tones.
This edition published by Golden Press, New York.
Chapter openings are very plain with no illustrations.
The spine is labelled ten.
The author's name appears on the cover and spine.
Book listing appears in the front of the book as "Your Trixie Belden Library" and lists to fifteen, all numbered and in correct order.
There is no end matter, just three blank pages.

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Trixie Belden and the Mystery at Bob-White Cave

Author :                        First Published :        Extent:                Spine No. :
Kathryn Kenny            1966                              258 pages           2355

Illustrated by Paul Frame.

Unique features:   
The author of this book is unknown.
Inside cover is blue.
The two colour illustrations featured in the book are black and blue tones.
This edition published by Whitman, but before the Whitman edition of #8 The Black Jacket Mystery.
This edition does not contain the bibliography that was in the cameo edition.
Chapter openings are very plain with no illustrations.
The spine is labelled eleven.
The author's name appears on the cover and spine.
Book listing appears in the front of the book as "Your Trixie Belden Library" and lists to fifteen, all numbered and in correct order.
There is no end matter, just three blank pages.

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Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Blinking Eye

Author :                        First Published :        Extent:                Spine No. :
Kathryn Kenny            1966                              258 pages           2359

Illustrated by Paul Frame.

Unique features:   
The author of this book is unknown.
Inside cover is brown.
The two colour illustrations featured in the book are blue and black, and brown, black and red tones.
This edition published by Golden Press, New York and before the Whitman edition of #8 The Black Jacket Mystery.
Chapter openings are very plain with no illustrations.
The spine is labelled twelve.
The author's name appears on the cover and spine.
Book listing appears in the front of the book as "Your Trixie Belden Library" and lists to fifteen, all numbered and in correct order.
There is no end matter, just five blank pages.

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Trixie Belden and the Mystery on Cobbett's Island

Author :                        First Published :        Extent:                Spine No. :
Kathryn Kenny            1966                              258 pages           2356

Cover illustrations by Paul Frame
Internal illustrations by Haris Petrie

Unique features:   
The author of this book is thought to be Virginia McDonnell.
Inside cover is blue.
The two colour illustrations featured in the book are blue and black, and black and red tones.
This edition published by Golden Press, New York and before the Whitman edition of #8 The Black Jacket Mystery.
Chapter openings are very plain with no illustrations.
The spine is labelled thirteen.
The author's name appears on the cover and spine.
Book listing appears in the front of the book as "Your Trixie Belden Library" and lists to fifteen, all numbered and in correct order.
There is no end matter, just three blank pages.

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Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Emeralds

Author :                        First Published :        Extent:                Spine No. :
Kathryn Kenny            1965                              258 pages           2359

Illustrated by Paul Frame.

Unique features:   
This is a first edition and publication date is in numbers, not roman numerals.
The author of this book is thought to be Virginia McDonnell.
Contents list starts further down the page than other editions and goes to two pages.
Inside cover is yellow.
The two colour illustrations featured in the book are blue and black, and black and green tones.
This edition published by Whitman, before the Whitman edition of #8 The Black Jacket Mystery.
Chapter openings are very plain with no illustrations.
The spine is labelled fourteen.
The author's name appears on the cover and spine.
Book listing appears in the front of the book as "Your Trixie Belden Library" and lists to fifteen, all numbered and in correct order.
There is no end matter, just three blank pages.

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Trixie Belden and the Mystery on the Mississippi

Author :                        First Published :        Extent:                Spine No. :
Kathryn Kenny            1965                              258 pages           2367

Cover illustrations by Paul Frame
Internal illustrations by Haris Petrie

Unique features:   
This is a first edition and publication date is in numbers, not roman numerals.
The author of this book is unknown.
Inside cover is pink.
The two colour illustrations featured in the book are blue and black, and black and brown tones.
This edition published by Whitman, before the Whitman edition of #8 The Black Jacket Mystery.
Chapter openings are very plain with no illustrations.
The spine is labelled fifteen.
The author's name appears on the cover and spine.
Book listing appears in the front of the book as "Your Trixie Belden Library" and lists to fifteen, all numbered and in correct order.
There is no end matter, just three blank pages.

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