Friday, May 28, 2010

LA Bantam - How to Win and Hold a Husband

The 11th book published by Bantam Publications is How to Win and Hold a Husband by Lucille Martin, a pseudonym for Eleanor Packer. See here for more on Packer. This is a paperback original.

In common with all but one of LA Bantam's books How to Win and Hold a Husband is 100 pages long and is 110 mm (4 5/16") wide by 152 mm (6") tall. Cover and pages are made from high acid pulp paper. The page collation is:

[1] title page,
[2] copyright page,
[3] CONTENTS,
[4] blank,
5-6 INTRODUCTION,
[7] half-title page,
[8] blank,
9-99 HOW TO WIN AND HOLD A HUSBAND,
[100] advertisement.

The copyright date is 1940. The back cover has an advertisement for Bantam Books. The advertisement on page 100 lists books 1-4 and 6-12.

The strong yellowish green/vivid yellow cover below is the only one I've seen. In common with other Bantam books there may be variant covers.


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