Lot of 3 Books from mid-1960’s: The Bells of Freedom – ’63; Gull Number 737 – ’64, and Tomas Takes Charge – ‘66 (Young America Book Club Editions)

Dorothy Gilman Butters;Jean Craighead George;Charlene Joy Talbot

Verlag: Macrae Smith Company;Thomas Y. Crowell Company;Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company, Inc., U.S.A., 1966

Beschreibung

Upper grade school plus fiction from the 1960s. These titles were sold through the Young America Book Club. The Bells of Freedom (1963 ? Macrae Smith Company no ISBN, LCCN: 63-19672) Jeb Crane was kidnapped, then sold into indentured servitude in colonial Boston to a cruel owner. However, a kind Mr. Box bought his contract to teach him the printer?s trade. As a larger portion of the colonists defied British rule, Jeb made friends with some of the rebels while Mr. Box remained a confirmed Tory. 191pp. Gull Number 737 (1964 ? Thomas Y. Crowell Company No ISBN. LCCN: 64-16531) Luke Rivers was with his father, the head of Sea Bird Lab, holding a sea gull egg. The egg hatched in his hand and ?Spacecraft? (Gull number 737) was looking at Luke as his mother. 208pp. Tomas Takes Charge (1966 ? Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company, Inc. No ISBN. LCCN: 66-14611) This is a very engaging story about what might happen if two kids' father never returned home. They lived in the city on Manhattan, and are afraid of Welfare, which is going to take charge of them if they are found without parents. They pretend they are going to their "godmother's" house in Brooklyn. But, they move into the upper story of a building of which only the ground floor is used. How can they survive and stay together? 191pp. Hardcovers with illustrated cloth boards, but no DJs. Prior Owner?s name in front pages (Bells has an Ex-Libris sticker), adds no value. Square corners with minor edge-wear. Interiors are otherwise tight, clean, and text unmarked. ? Size: 8vo ? over 7¾ - 9¾? tall, 590pp. ? Condition: 3 separate Very Good Hardcovers, no Dust Jackets ? Prior Ownership markings add no value. Young America Book Club Edition. Always Privately Owned. Copyrights given above. All printed in U.S.A. All are Book Club Editions. No Print-run info found. LCCNs given above. No ISBN nor MSR. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 008253

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Lot of 3 Books from mid-1960?s: The Bells of...

Verlag: Macrae Smith Company;Thomas Y. Crowell Company;Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company, Inc., U.S.A.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1966

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Jean Craighead George;Carol Wilde;Reisie Lonette

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Signiert: Prior Owner Name No Value

Auflage: Book Club Edition