Books published by publisher The John C. Winston

Very Good Plus; Dust Jacket - Very Good; Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1953. First Edition [stated], with first-state jacket showing twenty other titles from the series. Jacket illustration by Paul Calle, and the iconic endpaper art is of course by Alex Schomburg. Octavo, 212 pp. Black cloth, yellow spine imprinting, pictorial jacket. A Very Good Plus book showing adhesive traces on two endpapers and a bit of dustiness on page edges, else very sharp. The jacket is price clipped and has one noticeable scratch on the front (see scan), is otherwise bright with less rubbing than usually found; also Very Good plus. If you're here - and you are - you know well the nostalgic (for many of us, anyway) Winston series of juvenile sci-fi novels, a 37-title series issued between 1952 and 1961. The first editions are not common. The Star Seekers is one of the most interesting stories from the series, being the tale of the end weeks of a six-generation interstellar starship flight - the first ever. Lesser (real name: Stephen Marlowe), who in addition to science fiction also wrote mysteries and fictional autobiographies, wrote under several names; he was one of the authors allowed to use the "house" pseudonym Ellery Queen by its creators, Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee. - L102

I read it when I was 7 years old. The best birthday present I ever got. I couldn't put it down because it was so interesting. It taught me the chronological order of all the patriarchs and prophets of the Old Testament in a way that made it go into long term memory. Years later, I took an "Introduction to the Old Testament" course my freshman year of college. Ninety-five percent of what I needed to learn for that course I already knew because of reading "Hurlbut's Story of the Bible"when I was 7. I got an A in the course! When my two children came along, I let them read "Hurlbut's Story of the Bible", and they have both gotten A's in freshman Bible class at their colleges. In summary, it is easy to read, is interesting to read, is written in chronological order, goes into long term memory,and is my top recommendation for the best Bible story book to give to children. (Amazon customer)