Jerry Todd

Author:  Leo Edwards (Pen Name)

Written By: Edward Edson Lee
Artists:  Bert Salg, Myrtle Sheldon & Herman Bachrach

16 Volumes (1923 to 1940)

Brief Bibliography & Dustjacket Gallery [View]

 

 

1     Jerry Todd and the Whispering Mummy                                      1923

2     Jerry Todd and the Rose-Colored Cat                                          1924

3     Jerry Todd and the Oak Island Treasure                                      1925

4     Jerry Todd and the Waltzing Hen                                                   1924

5     Jerry Todd and the Talking Frog                                                    1925

6     Jerry Todd and the Purring Egg                                                     1925

7     Jerry Todd In the Whispering Cave                                               1927

8     Jerry Todd, Pirate                                                                               1928

9     Jerry Todd and the Bob-Tailed Elephant                                     1929

10   Jerry Todd, Editor-In-Grief                                                                1930

11   Jerry Todd, Caveman                                                                        1932

12   Jerry Todd and the Flying Flapdoodle                                          1934

13   Jerry Todd and the Buffalo Bill Bathtub                                       1936

14   Jerry Todd's Up-the-Ladder Club                                                  1937

15   Jerry Todd's Poodle Parlor                                                              1938

16   Jerry Todd and the Cuckoo Camp                                                 1938

 

Jerry Todd Stories Inspired by Edward Edson Lee

17   Jerry Todd, Detective                                                                        1988

18   Jerry Todd’s Troubles in Doubles                                                 1996

19   Jerry Todd and the Water Wizard                                                   1996

20   Jerry Todd Gold Bug                                                                         1998

 

Format 1: (Volumes 1 to 11) – Published by Grosset & Dunlap (G&D) circa 1923-32 View

Red Cloth Binding with Gold Lettering outlined in Black on front and Black Lettering on spine. 

Endpages are plain white. 

Illustrations include a Frontispiece with three internal plates on glossy coated paper.

Dustjacket is White Coated paper with White Spine with unique spine emblem and different multi-color illustrations for each book.

Dustjackets printed prior to 1933 typically lack G&D logo at spine bottom and have title listings in Green Ink on reverse/inside.

 

Format 2: (Volumes 1 to 15) – Published by Grosset & Dunlap (G&D) circa 1933-37 View

Red Cloth Binding with Dark Navy Blue Lettering on front and spine.  Front board has “Freckled Goldfish” wearing Top Hat. 

Endpages are decorated with map of Tutter, Illinois in Red ink.

Edgecoloring (Top Page Edges) in Dark Navy Blue Ink.

Illustrations include a Frontispiece with three internal plates on glossy coated paper. Vol. 14 & 15 on plain paper.

Dustjacket is White Coated paper with White Spine with unique spine emblem and different multi-color illustrations for each book.

Dustjackets printed after 1933 typically have G&D logo at spine bottom and have title listings in Black Ink on reverse/inside.

 

Format 3: (Volumes 1 to 16) – Published by Grosset & Dunlap (G&D) circa 1938-1940s View

Red Cloth Binding with Dark Navy Blue Lettering on front and spine.  Front board does NOT have “Freckled Goldfish”. 

Endpages are decorated with delightful parade scene in Red ink.

Edgecoloring (Top Page Edges) in Dark Navy Blue Ink.

Illustrations include a Frontispiece only on glossy coated paper.

Dustjacket is White Coated paper with White Spine with unique spine emblem and different multi-color illustrations for each book.

 

Leo Edwards