tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post5109697703524821897..comments2024-03-21T21:37:03.772-05:00Comments on Series Books for Girls: A Dana Girls Book with a Different Color of InkJennifer Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405593758228423001noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-51404760537459292672014-04-30T14:33:13.404-05:002014-04-30T14:33:13.404-05:00Thanks, you have given me some great starting poin...Thanks, you have given me some great starting points. A Candle to Read Byhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03581762892452867756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-75419676779004004572014-04-29T17:58:13.324-05:002014-04-29T17:58:13.324-05:00One great thing about the Dana Girls series is tha...One great thing about the Dana Girls series is that you don't have to worry much about original text versus revised text. The only book that was revised down from 25 chapters to 20 chapters is <i>The Ghost in the Gallery</i>. Otherwise, you don't have to worry about it. <br /><br />There are some very minor edits with the white spine books, explained better <a href="http://series-books.blogspot.com/2011/09/dana-girls-original-and-revised-texts.html" rel="nofollow">in this post</a>.<br /><br />As to what to collect, decide on a format and run with it. Or, you could go with a mismatched set if you don't care if they all match. I really like the beige spine picture cover books from the 1960s. The tweed books with jackets are also very nice. Both of these formats look very nice and have good quality paper, unlike some of the older books from the 1940s.Jennifer Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10405593758228423001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-28534428495595013682014-04-29T11:18:14.212-05:002014-04-29T11:18:14.212-05:00Jennifer, I would like to start a real collection ...Jennifer, I would like to start a real collection of Dana Girls books. I have the first and a couple of others. I think I will try to purchase from your Bonanza site; do you have any recommendations about the best way to get started? Thanks. Janis Justus <br />www.athometogether.blogspot.comA Candle to Read Byhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03581762892452867756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-28896146607219257262011-11-24T22:47:03.534-06:002011-11-24T22:47:03.534-06:00I couldn't remember one that I had found awhil...I couldn't remember one that I had found awhile back, but I was pretty sure I had a blog post on it. I found it.<br /><br /><a href="http://series-books.blogspot.com/2010/05/dana-girls-picture-cover-editions.html" rel="nofollow">Dana Girls Picture Cover Editions</a><br /><br />I showed a picture of a Mysterious Fireplace that I had found with the blue ink. Take a look at the comments as well. I notice that someone else has also found a Crossroads with the blue ink.<br /><br />I also have a Circle of Footprints with the blue ink on the top. It lists to Sierra Gold on the back cover. It lists Nancy Drew to Moonstone Castle and Dana Girls to Lost Lake on the inside.<br /><br />It sounds like the books that have different colors on the top tend to be very early PCs rather than first PCs. According to the Hardy Boys guide, a different bindery was used for some of the very early PCs, and I assume that this information holds true for all Grosset and Dunlap PCs.<br /><br />If so, perhaps the other bindery wasn't as careful with the colors of ink for the Dana Girls books. <br /><br />If anyone can think of a Grosset and Dunlap picture cover edition that has lavender ink on the top edge, let me know. I know that Judy Bolton, Connie Blair, Biff Brewster, and Tom Swift do not have lavender ink. If I remember right, I'm pretty sure that Rick Brant has red ink. Peggy Lane has pink. Vicki Barr has blue.Jennifer Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10405593758228423001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-13618741145683545902011-11-24T20:49:17.217-06:002011-11-24T20:49:17.217-06:00Jennifer,
Happy Thanksgiving! I just read this ...Jennifer,<br /> Happy Thanksgiving! I just read this post and dragged myself away from the football game to check my Dana Girls collection. I found two books that I'm sure you will find interesting. The first is my copy of The Secret of the Gatehouse, which lists on the back to Sierra Gold Mystery and on the inside list to Lost Lake. It has an identical "lavender" color as yours, and doesn't seem to be faded down to this color.<br /><br />The second interesting book is my copy of Mystery at the Crossroads. It has a dark blue top just like your Mystery of the Stone Tiger does. It lists to Sierra Gold on the back cover and Lost Lake on the inside listing (with the Nancy Drew list to Moonstone Castle). Have you found or heard of any other Dana Girls books which have the dark blue top other than Stone Tiger and my Crossroads book? My Crossroads book certainly appears to be a first printing of the picture cover, and the spine similarly reminds me of some of the first printings of the Hardy Boys picture cover books (where the spine appears more flattened rather than rounded, if that makes sense to you.). <br /><br />MikeMike Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11516873962690415281noreply@blogger.com