The New Bobbsey Twins series
For reviews of these New Bobbsey Twins, and many of the illustrations Paul Jennis created for these books, check out Sean's Blog page; and for original working photographs from which Jennis created his interior artwork for the series, check out Sean's Flickr page. Jim McNamara also has contributed some of Paul Jennis' working photographs to this webpage, and they are seen in the Artwork section.
Both Sean and Jim McNamara have been kind enough to let me use their scans of these illustrations and photographs here.
There were at least (2) boxed 'Gift Sets' available, pictured below. Has anyone seen any others?
Both Sean and Jim McNamara have been kind enough to let me use their scans of these illustrations and photographs here.
There were at least (2) boxed 'Gift Sets' available, pictured below. Has anyone seen any others?
Scan courtesy of Jim McNamara
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Scan courtesy of Jim McNamara
Scan courtesy of Jim McNamara
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Library bindings
There were (unfortunately) no official library bindings issued by Simon & Schuster for these New Bobbsey Twins. However you can find copies that were bound for library use by various binderies, in various formats, unofficially. Some were made by laminating the cover to board, and then gluing in the text block. Others were made using photocopies of the original cover applied to board, with the text block glued in.
If you want a huge challenge, try finding these unofficial library bindings *not* used by libraries =) They do exist, but very rarely, as they were bound at libraries' requests.
If you want a huge challenge, try finding these unofficial library bindings *not* used by libraries =) They do exist, but very rarely, as they were bound at libraries' requests.
This copy was bound by CoverCraft, one of the main companies which rebinds books for institutional use.
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Norwegian editions
Although I do cover Norwegian printings of the Bobbsey Twins books here, the New Bobbsey Twins are interesting, only in that in Norway, they retained the US cover artwork. The original series, as well as the Wanderer titles, all had new artwork, only used in Norway.
Another interesting difference with the series is that in Norway, they continued the numbering from the original series, to the Wanderer titles, to the New Bobbsey Twins titles, all in sequence.
Another interesting difference with the series is that in Norway, they continued the numbering from the original series, to the Wanderer titles, to the New Bobbsey Twins titles, all in sequence.
