New York. Scholastic Book Services, 1976. Scholastic TK 3194. 16mo. (4" x 7") MMPB with blue pictorial wraps. YA book about a teen dealing with alcoholic parents. Oppenheimer, known for screenwriting, has inscribed the title page: "For my dear Dinker, who has listened to all the books..."
New York, NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1942. Illustrated by Pelagie Doane. Hardcover 12mo. (5" x 8") Bright green boards with mauve title and decoration, and pictorial dust jacket. #12 in the Judy Bolton Series. Judy and Peter investigate a haunted house.
Boston: Lee and Shepard Piblishers, 1890. illustrated by H. P. Barnes. 12mo. (5"x6.5") in red cloth boards with black titles, and dark green, olive and tan decoration. A late 19th century juvenile written by John Townsend Trowbridge.
New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1969. Jacket by Jim Tormey. Harper Crest Library Edition. 8vo. (5.75" x 8.25") Pictorial Library Binding with DJ. For people of a certain age, Paul Zindel is the quintessential YA author. Writing realistically about teenagers, this book deals with teen sexuality, pregnancy and abortion.....