Dust Jackets

There were only three Trixie Belden books released in the dust jacket format.  These are all first editions and were published by Whitman between 1948 and 1951.

1.    The Secret of the Mansion           
2.    The Red Trailer Mystery              
3.    The Gatehouse Mystery 

The cover and internal illustrations are by Mary Stevens.

There was also a diamond dust jacket edition printed by Golden Press in the late 50s of The Secret of the Mansion.

Trixie Belden and the Secret of the Mansion

Author :                        First Published :            Extent:                Spine No. :
Julie Campbell            1948                                  254 pages           2337

Unique features:   
Pages are edged with red ink.
The contents page is followed by a list of the thirteen line drawn illustrations that feature in the book.
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 the first three books of the series although at this stage, the next two books had not been published.

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Trixie Belden and the Red Trailer Mystery

Author :                        First Published :            Extent:                Spine No. :
Julie Campbell            1950                                  254 pages           2353

Unique features:   
Pages are edged with red ink.
The book contains line drawings, but there is no list of illustrations at the front of the book.
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 the first three books of the series although at this stage, the Gatehouse Mystery had not been published.

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Trixie Belden and the Gatehouse Mystery

Author :                        First Published :            Extent:                Spine No. :
Julie Campbell            1951                                  254 pages           2360

Unique features:   
Pages are edged with red ink.
The book contains line drawings, but there is no list of illustrations at the front of the book.
Honey's hair now appears as lighter brown on the front of the book.
The book is not numbered as being #3 of a series.
End pages list the first three books of the series but no further books.

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Trixie Belden and the Secret of the Mansion

Author :                        First Published :            Extent:                Spine No. :
Julie Campbell            1958                                  286 pages           None

Unique features:   
Jacket illustration by Herbert Tauss and internal illustrations by Mary Stevens.
Imprint page shows copyright of 1958 but the dust jacket shows 1959.
Information about the author and artist are featured on the inside back cover of the dust jacket.
The book is otherwise identical to the earlier dust jacket. 
Known as "the diamond dust jacket" because of the distinctive diamond pattern on the spine of the dust jacket and the cover and inside cover of the book.

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