Trixie Belden Series Titles and Collecting Information

The Trixie Belden series is a

series of books originally published by the Western Publishing Company

under the divisions of Whitman and Golden from 1948 to 1986. More

recently, Random House has reprinted the earlier titles in the

series. Most of the titles in the series are still out of print.



The series was created by Julie Campbell Tatham, who quit writing the

series after the first six titles. Beginning with volume 7, the

series was written by a variety of authors under the pseudonym of

Kathryn Kenny.



List of titles:



1. The Secret of the Mansion, 1948

2. The Red Trailer Mystery, 1950

3. The Gatehouse Mystery, 1951

4. The Mysterious Visitor, 1954

5. The Mystery Off Glen Road, 1956

6. Mystery in Arizona, 1958

7. The Mysterious Code, 1961

8. The Black Jacket Mystery, 1961

9. The Happy Valley Mystery, 1962

10. The Marshland Mystery, 1962

11. The Mystery at Bob-White Cave, 1963

12. The Mystery of the Blinking Eye, 1963

13. The Mystery on Cobbett's Island, 1964

14. The Mystery of the Emeralds, 1965

15. The Mystery on the Mississippi, 1965

16. The Mystery of the Missing Heiress, 1970

17. The Mystery of the Uninvited Guest, 1977

18. The Mystery of the Phantom Grasshopper, 1977

19. The Secret of the Unseen Treasure, 1977

20. The Mystery Off Old Telegraph Road, 1978

21. The Mystery of the Castaway Children, 1978

22. The Mystery on Mead's Mountain, 1978

23. The Mystery of the Queen's Necklace, 1979

24. The Mystery at Saratoga, 1979

25. The Sasquatch Mystery, 1979

26. The Mystery of the Headless Horseman, 1979

27. The Mystery of the Ghostly Galleon, 1979

28. The Hudson River Mystery, 1979

29. The Mystery of the Velvet Gown, 1980

30. The Mystery of the Midnight Marauder, 1980

31. The Mystery at Maypenny's, 1980

32. The Mystery of the Whispering Witch, 1980

33. The Mystery of the Vanishing Victim, 1980

34. The Mystery of the Missing Millionaire, 1980

35. The Mystery of the Memorial Day Fire, 1984

36. The Mystery of the Antique Doll, 1984

37. The Pet Show Mystery, 1985

38. The Indian Burial Ground Mystery, 1985

39. The Mystery of the Galloping Ghost, 1986

Prices:The purpose of this guide is to provide a starting place for buyers and sellers who are interested in the Trixie Belden series. This guide does not attempt to give the value of the different Trixie Belden books. The values are constantly changing based on supply and demand. If I were to attempt to give values, they would soon be meaningless. There are way too many factors to consider. The only statement that can be made with certainty is that the last few titles in the series are much more difficult to acquire and do consistently sell for higher prices.If you are planning to sell some Trixie Belden books and need to get an idea of the current pricing, search the completed Trixie Belden auctions on eBay to get an idea of the selling prices. If you are planning to buy Trixie Belden books, you should also search the completed auctions to see what the selling prices are.

Formats:Note: There are supposed to be pictures in this section, but I have noticed that eBay doesn't always show them. Sometimes eBay will show some of the pictures and not the rest. I cannot do anything to make eBay show them each time. Try reloading or go to my About Me page, visit my series book website, click on the Trixie Belden section, and look at the pictures there. I am very aware that this section is incomprehensible without the pictures, and I do apologize. The series has been printed in a wide

variety of formats during its

years of publication. The first three books were originally

printed in hardcover with dust jacket from 1948 to 1953. Early

reprints of these books were printed with the same cover art but with

boards protected with cellophane. Unfortunately, the cellophane

is very prone to peeling. Volumes 4 through 10 were also printed

in the Cello Edition.



The next format of Trixie Belden books was printed from 1954 to

1964. These books are known as the Cameo Editions, because a

cameo picture of Trixie appears in the upper left corner of the front

cover. Volumes 1 through 13 were printed in the Cameo Edition.



After

the Cameo Editions come the Deluxe Editions which were printed from

1965 to 1967. The Deluxe Editions are tall books that have

several color pictures scattered throughout the text. Volumes 1

through 15 were printed in the Deluxe Edition.



The Thin

Hardcover Editions were printed during the

early 1970s, and these books were made with cheap materials have have

not lasted well. Volumes 1 through 16 were printed in the Thin



Hardcover Edition.

In 1977, the series changed to paperback with the publication of volume

17. The earlier paperback editions are known as the Oval

editions. Volumes 1 through 34 were printed in the Oval edition.



In 1984, the paperbacks changed style and cover art,

and these paperbacks are known as the Square editions. Volumes 35

through 38, as well as most of the earlier titles in the series, were

printed in the Square edition. Some scattered volumes were never

printed in the Square edition.



Random House is currently reprinting the Trixie Belden series, and the

earlier titles are now back in print. Unfortunately, the majority

of the titles in the series remain out of print. The

high-numbered titles in the series went through fewer print runs and

are much more difficult to acquire than the earlier titles in the

series.

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