NY, Scholastic Book Services, (1963). The first printing of the first book in the 29 book series, the last being published posthumously, 49 years after this one, in 2012. Solving mysteries (or, revealing enough clues so that the reader can solve them) with his dependable sidekick (and bodyguard) Sally Kimball, Encyclopedia Brown was a mainstay of Scholastic Book Services' outreach into schools in the 1960s; a comic strip appeared in the '70s; an HBO series appeared in the '80s. Sobol received a special Edgar Award for the book series from the Mystery Writers of America. Vertical crease to front cover; "Room 20/C Goodman" on title page. Very good in wrappers. Uncommon in the first printing. [#036544] SOLD