PACKARD, Edward "Choose Your Own Adventure" [Bantam Books, 1981]

PACKARD, Edward; MONTGOMERY, R.A. Choose Your Own Adventure Boxed Set No. 1.

New York: Bantam Books, 1981. Early boxed set containing five volumes: The Cave of Time (10th printing), Journey Under the Sea (7th printing), By Balloon to the Sahara (7th printing), Space and Beyond (7th printing), and The Mystery of Chimney Rock (9th printing). Publisher’s original illustrated paperbacks housed in the original printed slipcase box. Box measures approximately 7" x 4.25". Light rubbing and shelf wear to box with minor toning and a few small edge bumps; books remain clean and bright with light handling wear, uncreased spines, and no ownership markings noted. A notably well-preserved set. Very Good+.

An appealing early boxed set from the foundational years of the immensely influential Choose Your Own Adventure series, which helped define interactive children’s reading for an entire generation. Early sets like this are increasingly difficult to find intact, as the books were heavily read, frequently separated, and rarely preserved with the original box. Particularly attractive for collectors of children’s series fiction, gamebooks, and 1980s popular culture.