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The 10th book published by Bantam Publications is 1000 Facts Worth Knowing. This is a paperback original.
In common with all but one of LA Bantam's books 1000 Facts Worth Knowing 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-[3] index,
4-100 1000 Facts Worth Knowing.
There is no copyright date.
The strong yellowish green/light blue cover below is one of two of which I'm aware. The other is strong yellowish green/light green.
As readers of this blog know there are many colour and textual variants of the 28 Bantam Publications books with text covers. I keep finding new ones every few months. The latest is book 23 - Tarzan in the Forbidden City. I knew of two variants, now a third, strong blue/light yellowish green has been added.
In part I of this series I discussed the colour system that I use - ISCC-NSB. Below is the description and number of the seven colours used in the Bantam books. The colours are used in all the possible (ten) combinations.
primary secondary
strong blue 178 vivid yellow 82
strong yellowish green 131 light blue 181
light grey 264
light orange yellow 70
light yellowish green 135
The current count of the ten colour combinations is 56:
strong blue/light blue 8
strong blue/light gray 5
strong blue/light yellowish green 3
strong blue/light orange yellow 6
strong blue/vivid yellow 5
strong yellowish green/light blue 10
strong yellowish green/light gray 3
strong yellowish green/light yellowish green 5
strong yellowish green/light orange yellow 8
strong yellowish green/vivid yellow 3
Here are examples of the three most popular.
