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The 4th book published by Bantam Publications is Everybody's Dream Book by anonymous. This is a paperback original.
In common with all but one of LA Bantam's books Everybody's Dream Book 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,
2-100 Everybody's Dream Book.
There is no copyright date.
In common with most LA Bantams there are two variant covers - strong yellowish green/light green and strong blue/light green. The former is below.
The 1st book published by Bantam Publications is The Spanish Cape Mystery by Ellery Queen. First seen in the April 1935 issue of Redbook Magazine the first book publication is New York: Frederick Stokes, 1935.
In common with all but one of LA Bantam's books The Spanish Cape Mystery 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] Forward,
[4] List of Chapters,
5-100 The Spanish Cape Mystery.
The copyright date is 1935.
In common with most LA Bantams there are two variant covers - strong yellowish green/vivid yellow and strong blue/vivid yellow.
The twelfth book published by Red Arrow Books is Pirate's Purchase by Ben Ames Williams, first published New York: E. P. Dutton, 1931.
Pirate's Purchase is 288 pages long and is 111 mm (4 3/8") wide by 179 mm (7 1/16") tall, the same size as the early Penguins. The page collation is:
[1] half-title,
[2] BY THE SAME AUTHOR [list of 14 books],
[3] title page,
[4] copyright page,
[5] about Red Arrow Books,
[6] blank,
7-281 Pirate's Purchase,
[282-288] blank.
The copyright date is 1931.
There are three variant covers: one text, an illustrated one and a "Book Club" edition. The first two are below.
