brownie: girl scout handbook

chock full of good information for brownies and non-brownies everywhere!

brownie: girl scout handbook
second impression, 1963, girl scouts of the united states of america
illustrators not credited

peter pauper's book of fun

another peter pauper press book for my collection. another with silkscreen illustrations!

peter pauper's book of fun
1963, peter pauper press, mount vernon
illustrated by albert eisler

bride of pendorric

bride of pendorric by victoria holt a.k.a. eleanor hibbert

book club edition, 1963, doubleday & co., new york

jacket painting by arthur shilstone

i'm becoming really enamored of these book club edition covers. they fit the gothic theme so well. of course it's set on the cliffs of cornwall as all good (revival) gothic romances are (cough, rebecca, cough). and her husband "roc" may be trying to kill her! dun, dun, dun...i might have to put this next on my 'to read' list.

arabian nights

arabian nights

the companion library of classics, 1963, grosset & dunlap, new york

illustrated by mamoru funai

i love this edition of arabian nights, the illustrations by mamoru funai are amazing. i've always loved sinbad. you know the patrick wayne sinbad, eye of the tiger and all that. there was a philadelphia premiere back in the day which i attended. patrick wayne was there, and it was wonderful, except i don't remember any of it except for what my parents have shared with me. although i must've seen this movie a million times. well, i digress. the book itself is a wonderful collection of (abridged) stories, including the aforementioned "the story of sinbad the sailor," as well as, "scheherazade" and more of the popular tales. not only did mamoru funai do a wonderful job illustrating this book, but i really feel that the illustrations capture the spirit of the stories remarkably well. the type on the cover is also pretty snazzy nifty. i'm definitely going to search out more companion library copies...there are quite a few...hopefully they're all designed as well as this one is.