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80s Universal Monsters book from school book fair
Inspired by drquest's post about looking for a 70s horror series he vaguely recalls, I was wondering if any of you might help me find a Universal Monsters book I owned as a kid.
Here's what I remember of it:
• I bought it at the Scholastic Book Fair we have every year at school. It was probably 1983-85 when I bought it.
• I seem to remember it being branded as a trivia book. It had sections on each of the major monster films (Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolf Man, etc.) and then questions on the films.
• I recall the Wolf Man section containing the word "antiques" (referencing Gwen Conliffe's family antique shop), and I famously (among my family) pronounced it "anti-cues", which some of my family still recalls.
• It had black and white photos from the movies throughout.
• I seem to recall the cover being primarily blue, and having painted vignettes of the monsters heads running from top to bottom. This is really foggy for me though.
I do know it's not any of these books, which always turn up in my searches for it:
And it's not the orange Crestwood House books either. I have many of those now, thanks to my wife rescuing them from the local library.
Any help would be appreciated!
Chris
Here's what I remember of it:
• I bought it at the Scholastic Book Fair we have every year at school. It was probably 1983-85 when I bought it.
• I seem to remember it being branded as a trivia book. It had sections on each of the major monster films (Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolf Man, etc.) and then questions on the films.
• I recall the Wolf Man section containing the word "antiques" (referencing Gwen Conliffe's family antique shop), and I famously (among my family) pronounced it "anti-cues", which some of my family still recalls.
• It had black and white photos from the movies throughout.
• I seem to recall the cover being primarily blue, and having painted vignettes of the monsters heads running from top to bottom. This is really foggy for me though.
I do know it's not any of these books, which always turn up in my searches for it:
And it's not the orange Crestwood House books either. I have many of those now, thanks to my wife rescuing them from the local library.
Any help would be appreciated!
Chris
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