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The 17th book published by Bantam Publications is Private Lives of Movie Stars by Eleanor Packer. This is a paperback original.
In common with all but one of LA Bantam's books Private Lives of Movie Stars 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 Private Lives of Movie Stars.
The copyright date of 1940 is on the title page. The back cover is an ad for Bantam books.
In common with most LA Bantams there are likely variant covers but the strong yellowish green/light orange yellow one below is the only one of which I'm aware. This copy has a red "10c" sticker at the top right corner. I know of four other LA Bantam copies with an identical "10c". It clearly was added by the publisher to some of their books.
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.
The 24th book published by Bantam Publications is Humorous Anecdotes and Funny Stories compiled and retold by Eleanor Packer. This is a paperback original.
In common with all but one of LA Bantam's books Humorous Anecdotes and Funny Stories 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 Humorous Anecdotes and Funny Stories.
The copyright date, 1940, is on the title page. The back cover of the text variant lists 12 of the books from 1, The Spanish Cape Murder to 28, Strangers in Flight. The illustrated version lists books 21 through 28, excluding 24.
In common with most LA Bantams there are variant covers. The strong yellowish green/light blue text and illustrated variants are shown below. There is also a strong yellowish green/light orange yellow version.
Text variant back
Illustrated variant back
Eleanor Lewis Packer was an early editor at Whitman Publishing Company which, until 1962, had the exclusive rights to reproduce the Walt Disney characters for juveniles, colouring books and comic books. One web site has her instrumental in the early success of WD comic books. Packer was also an author of Big Little Books for Whitman which was owned by Western Publishing and Lithographing Company of Racine, Wisconsin. Western also owned Bantam Publications, Inc. of Los Angeles (LA Bantam) and here we'll look at her LA Bantam books.
Packer's name is on three LA Bantams but she was also responsible for four others.
5 How to Make Friends Easily S. Currie
11 How to Win and Hold a Husband Lucille Martin
12 The World's Great Love Affairs Eleanor Packer
13 Children's Favorite Stories Ellen Lewis
16 Grimms' Fairy Tales Emily Wayne, Ellen Lewis
17 Private Lives of Movie Stars Eleanor Packer
24 Humorous Anecdotes and Funny Stories Eleanor Packer
Lucille Martin, Emily Wayne and Ellen Lewis are pseudonyms for Packer and the Currie book has new material by Packer. The source for this information is the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries. Books 5,11 and 12 are copyright July 1, 1940, books 13 and 17 are August 8, 1940, book 16 is September 26, 1940 and book 24 is August 11, 1941. Below are the covers for two of her books.
Bantam Publications 12
Bantam Publications 24
