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Half a century ago (and more) books were usually first published in hard cover editions and after a year or so would be re-published in paperback. Those paperback editions were called "pocket books". I usually waited for a book to come out in the "pocket book edition" to buy it.
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Half a century ago (and more) books were usually first published in hard cover editions and after a year or so would be re-published in paperback. Those paperback editions were called "pocket books". I usually waited for a book to come out in the "pocket book edition" to buy it.
I don't know where your from. But in Michigan the name "pocket Book" was used for small purses and wallets.
I don't know where your from. But in Michigan the name "pocket Book" was used for small purses and wallets.
The US. "Pocket book" also referred to wallets as well as paperback books at that time but we usually said "the pocket book edition" when referring to a book.
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The US. "Pocket book" also referred to wallets as well as paperback books at that time but we usually said "the pocket book edition" when referring to a book.
I'm not doubting you. I'm just saying, in my neck of the woods, I recall hearing
any book being called pocket books.
Some things had different (unofficial) names, different states.
Now that I think of it.......maybe that's more a European phrase for "paperback book". I spent the second half of my childhood years in Aruba and there were a lot of Brits and Dutch people there. Could be that's where I picked up that phrase. Nevertheless, seems to me this phrase was also used in Texas and California, where I have also lived.
In a box of children's books that I bought at auction for my granddaughter, I found a learn-to-read book that features children named Ted and Sally and their dog's name was Boots. It was from the early 1960's. Does anyone else remember an early reader with this cast?
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