How and Why Wonder Book of Guns

The How And Why Wonder Book of Guns

Trade paperback. Zustand: Good. Leonard Vosburgh (illustrator). Sixth Printing [stated]. 48 pages, plus covers. Illustrations (some with color). Decorative front and back covers. The cover has some wear and soiling. Some page discoloration noted. Introduction by Paul E. Blackwood (a noted Office of Education Federal official). Among the topics addressed are Black Powder, Wu Ching, Gunpowder, Rifles, Pistols, Shotguns, Buffalo Bill, Shooting, Riflery, Gun Safety, Gun Barrel, Matchlock, Wheellock, Caliber, Firearms, Bullet, Loading, Breech-loading, Winchester, Rim-fire, Pepperbox, Colt, Semi-Automatic, and the Sharp's Rifle. How and Why Wonder Books were a series of American illustrated books published in the 1960s and 1970s that were designed to teach science and history to children and young teenagers. The series began in 1960 and was edited under the supervision of Paul E. Blackwood of the Office of Education at the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The series was published by Wonder Books, Inc., a division of Grosset & Dunlap. There were 74 unique titles in the series, each one starting with the phrase The How and Why Wonder Book of. as a key component of the book's name. All 74 volumes were published in a softcover format, with pages measuring 81 2 × 11 inches (21.6 × 27.9 cm) in size. A number of the titles were also produced in hardcover versions, too; these being referred to as either the "Trade Editions" or the "Library Editions." Each How and Why Wonder Book uniformly contained a total of 48 pages, with the only exception being The Environment and You, which contained 64 pages. When publication of the How and Why Wonder Book series first commenced in 1960, only the initial six titles in the series were produced. As time went by, and as the series proved to be highly successful, more new titles were added to expand its scope. Although some of the titles were not altered from earlier versions, both the cover artwork and the interior content were changed. Thus, it is easy to distinguish between the early versions and the latter issues by the cover art alone. The first 69 books in the series were issued with illustrated cover art, otherwise referred to as Painted Covers, during the 1960s. Later reprints in the 1970s, however, switched to Photo Covers. In fact, four of the last five volumes in the series were only produced in a photo cover version (Ecology, Extinct Animals, Snakes, and Fossils). In an unexplained departure, one of the final five titles (The Environment and You) was only issued in a painted cover, even though it was not released until the 1970s. Artikel-Nr. 88557

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