Dreams of Space - Books and Ephemera: Artist-Freeman

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Friday, October 27, 2023

Treasury for Young Readers (1961)

Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books. Occasionally I have saved books for what is inside rather than a great cover.

Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association. (202 p.) 1961. (“First Men to the Moon", Von Braun pp 87-98)

Book blogged about here:

https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2015/03/first-men-to-moon-1960-part-1.html

Friday, June 9, 2023

Wonders of Space Travel (1954)

I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.

Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_%28comics%29 It ran from 1952-1974. Evidently once in a while they would have extra booklets as part of the magazine.

I am fascinated with children's non-fiction about spaceflight. I especially like these early efforts where children were told and shown their brave new future.

Many of the illustrations (Bonestell, Klep, Freeman) were from the Collier's Magazine series of articles about space flight so that may be why they are familiar. There are also a couple of images from R.A. Smith illustrations in a British publication.