SCHWARTZ, ALVIN, 1927 to 1992

Alvin Schwartz

Books
7
Editions tracked
10
First editions
6

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Earliest first editionCross Your Fingers, Spit in Your HatLippincott, 1974 Most editions trackedCross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat3 editions
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First editions, year by year

  1. 1974Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your HatLippincott
  2. 1981Scary Stories to Tell in the DarkScholastic
  3. 1984In a Dark, Dark RoomHarper & Row
  4. 1984More Scary Stories to Tell in the DarkLippincott
  5. 1990Ghosts!HarperTrophy
  6. 1991Scary Stories 3Harper Collins
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When was Alvin Schwartz born?

Alvin Schwartz was born in 1927 and died in 1992.

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We track 7 books by Alvin Schwartz across 10 editions, 6 of them first editions.

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