Between the Covers

Hardcover. Two volumes. Large quartos. Typewriter generated sheets bound in red calf gilt. A bit of wear on the raised bands, else near fine in near fine custom slipcases. They contain 26 episodes (of the 39 produced) of the little known Swayze-narrated travelogue that ran from 1960 thru 1962. For this program Swayze reported on Hong Kong, Australia, Hawaii, Phillipines, Puerto Rico, Finland, Spain, Fiji, West Germany, Singapore, Turkey, Caribbean, New Zealand, Britain, Italy, France, Switzerland, Greece, Ireland, the Orient, Ceylon, Bali, India, Egypt, Europe, the South Pacific, and New Zealand (again). Swayze, was NBC's first news anchor from 1948-1955 and popular television host, best-known for his Timex commercials with the catch phrase "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking." Conceivably, this is the only retained record of the the contents of this series contents.

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