Paul Winchell book

From Connie Ray (Sweden):

I just read your blog and about the book of Paul Winchell.

In 1958 I bought the book in a bookshop here in Sweden (right). If you note in the upper right corner, the price in USA was $1 which was printed on the cover. This original book has 221 pages.

Some years later I bought the same book on a magic convention (below)
and this book has a green cover, the font size is larger and it has 190 pages.

When I compare the book the green one looks much as a cheaper copy.
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From Mr. D: 

Thanks for the pictures and your comments. Yes, I've seen both of the books. In fact, we sold the book with green covers for a while. I purchased them direct from Paul, himself, and he signed all the copies. I wish I still had some of them, but I do not.

Like most books I believe the first edition was hardcover, then the reprint was paperback. Pretty standard procedure in the publication world.

I will say, it is still one of my favorite ventriloquist books. My first training as a vent came from that book and I built my first vent figure following the instructions from that book.