Vintage Bobbsey Twins History

When I was a young girl I loved

reading the Bobbsey Twins.

(This trio can be found in my shop, here.)

 

My older Sister (Hi Sista K!) was

reading Nancy Drew, so the

Bobbsey Twins were a great

start into my reading adventures.

And what adventures they were!

 

Nan and Bert, Freddie and Flossie.

 

Still to this day seeing these

old books brings a smile to my

face and a skip in my heart.

 

I found a web page with

some neat information

here

about how they began

and the order of the

publications.

 

They were written

by Edward Stratemeyer!
Laura Lee Hope

must have been

his pen name.

 

My favorite Bobbsey Twins

books are the Grossett

and Dunlop #1's.

Made in the early 1900's.

My Grandparents gave me

my first antique copy that

looks just like this.

I still have it and cherish it.

They had their own antique

and book store, which

is probably where I started

learning about old things!

 

 

I do remember reading

these...the covers with

the purple spines from the

mid to late sixties.

 

 

This cover, like the

one in my Bella Shop

is from the 1940's

to the early 1960's.

 

 

Something I have never

come across (yet) in my

antiquing adventures are

the original dust

jackets or these

paper dolls found on this

website here.

 

Always fun, always

an adventure

learning about vintage

things. This is why

I enjoy the hunt and

even adding to my own

collections!