I forget which episode, my brain, but it's in a season 2 episode. June is seen reading the novel The Good Shepherd by C.S. Forester. It's a war story set at sea. Some how I don't see June reading this type of book. Though maybe Ward read it and recommended it to her.

Interesting. I only saw her reading magazines and newspapers. Ward read a lot like Abe Lincoln. He mentions John Cheever and Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt. June didn't appreciate Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer.

Yes. I thought of the time she offered to help Wally with his math, and he said something like, No thanks, you're busy reading your paper.

I don't remember the scene from season 2 at all--I don't remember her reading any book, even a cookbook.

Found it and took some screenshots. It's from Wally's Pug Nose. June is reading while Ward helps the Beaver with his spelling.

I know June mentioned books she loved as a kid, one she said in The Garage Painters was Lorna Doone.

Wow! Never noticed this!

I think I missed that scene. Sometimes they edit out the opening scene. In Beaver and Ivanhoe June says she never read that but mentions Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall.

Hey Torgo can you take a screenshot of Wally's Test. When Wally is in the study with Beaver you can see some of the titles of Ward's books. Maybe we can see them.

Hey Torgo can you take a screenshot of Wally's Test. When Wally is in the study with Beaver you can see some of the titles of Ward's books. Maybe we can see them.

I will try.:) I was actually thinking about that, there's a scene, it might be in the episode where they're all in the living room and June is dancing with Wally, we see books in the white cabinet (where the pipe was kept). I'll see if I can find that too.

I think you're right in the scene where they're dancing. I made out one book but forget the title. Is that Wally's Suit?

I think you're right in the scene where they're dancing. I made out one book but forget the title. Is that Wally's Suit?

That's the one!:)

From Wally's New Suit:

One book is The Basle Express by Manning Coles. And also from Googling, I found out that Manning Coles is the pseudonym of two British authors- Adelaide Frances Oke Manning and Cyril Henry Coles.
The Basle Express is one of 26 spy thrillers featuring the character Thomas Hambledon who works for MI5 (counter intelligence)

The others are Male Vs Female, and Heroes Of The Pacific., I couldn't make out the author's name.

From Wally's Test:

I tried to sharpen the image, and make bigger, but still couldn't make out some of the titles.

The Other Side Of The Coin is one, there's a few books with this title, but all of the ones I found were published years after LITB went off the air.

Safe to assume the one under Wally's left ear is The Last Of The Mohicans?

The big white book to the left of Wally is A Treasury Of Biography by Edgar Johnson (published 1941) This link shows what biographies it contains:
http://www.worldcat.org/title/treasury-of-biography/oclc/177474

Wow who's better than you?? I remember that book Male Vs. Female. You did a great job showing the books. Is one of them An American Tragedy? One starts The Sensual something.

Wow who's better than you?? I remember that book Male Vs. Female. You did a great job showing the books. Is one of them An American Tragedy? One starts The Sensual something.

Thanks!

That might just be An American Tragedy. I looked and couldn't find pic of the book spine. But that does sound like a book they would have on the shelf for Ward's collection.

Hm. Not The Sensual Woman since that was published in 1969, plus I don't thing June would allow a title like that in her house.:lol:

The one book on the same shelf as The Other Side Of The Coin looks like Fighting Rebel, though I couldn't find anything with Google. Granted some of these could be made up books.

This is an amazing thread. Who would have thought that 57 years later we could scrutinize the books in Ward's library.

I don't have the talents for this kind of thing, but I wonder what could be seen in Ward's Baseball. (I also applaud your talent, Torgo, and thanks!)

I don't have the talents for this kind of thing, but I wonder what could be seen in Ward's Baseball. (I also applaud your talent, Torgo, and thanks!)

Thank you:) , though I'm not sure it's a talent, screenshots, then using Paintshop Pro to edit and sharpen and resize images.:wave:

From Ward's Baseball. Unfortunately the books shelf was either blurry in the background, or not close enough, but...

Ward's Baseball continued...

Still can't make out the title with Rebel as the last word, in the pic above my post it's just above Fred's hand.

I have noticed though, sometime between Wally's Test and Ward's Baseball, books and items on the shelves have been moved around- In Wally's Test, right behind Wally's head there's a box, second shelf from the bottom, in Ward's Baseball it's on the bottoms shelf.

Also the book with Sensual in the title sitting next to Last Of The Mohicans, I can't find in Ward's Baseball. Wonder if it was removed because of having Sensual.


Oh wait, Ward moved the box to make room for the baseball stand.:)

You sure did lots of work so we can view the library. Great job and thank you. That long scene with Fred should have given us more titles. Most seem to be literary works of a series and maybe a few reference books or encyclopedias. In Ward's Baseball he says "Maybe I'll put you up on a pedestal." June- "That's a nice thing to say." Ward- "It wasn't meant to be." I thought that was mean.

It's a silly line (like that "I hope they don't hit us" line I've complained about) . I can't imagine why a writer would come up with that, let alone Connelly/Mosher keeping it in.

Thanks again, Torgo, sorry it didn't pan out (Fred's chrome dome comes thru real clear!).

You're welcome, you two!:wave: And here's some more...


From season 2's Price Of Fame

From Beaver's Fortune, when Ward is looking through his books to see where he put the boys' savings bonds, one of the books is I Love Her, That's Why, an autobiography by George Burns. Published in 1955.

One book on the shelf is The Moon Vow, by Hazel Lin, couldn't find a cover, but, it's listed on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/moon-vow-Hazel-Lin/dp/B0007FGX04

And here's a review, I took the screenshots so it would be easier to read, seems to be from a magazine from when the book was published...
http://outhistory.org/items/show/3819

Ward has some interesting books...

Thats interesting! And he's dressed casually for a change, but she still has the pearls on...

June wears 'em to bed.

From the season 4 episode Ward's Millions.

Couldn't really see the titles though, other than The Moon Vow which I posted about above:
https://i.imgur.com/GdfXTxW.png
https://i.imgur.com/pbKmTDt.png



And some fake books from the book store:
https://i.imgur.com/NYpOxiz.png
https://i.imgur.com/ObY1Wkb.png
https://i.imgur.com/gD6czkU.png
https://i.imgur.com/0LH6Seh.png


Beaver's favorite book series Red River Sam. You can see some behind Whitey on the rack, and Beaver reading Red River Sam In Hawaii:
https://i.imgur.com/z8P9xW9.png
https://i.imgur.com/Qj3Cq3W.png

Wow!!! Imagine if June had been reading The Moon Vow? Ward would want to read it too. It’s no Tom Sawyer which June thought was too graphic. Hey I was watching an episode a while ago and June folded the paper. The headline said “Paroled Murderer.” Anyone ever read the headlines?

Wow!!! Imagine if June had been reading The Moon Vow? Ward would want to read it too. It’s no Tom Sawyer which June thought was too graphic. Hey I was watching an episode a while ago and June folded the paper. The headline said “Paroled Murderer.” Anyone ever read the headlines?

I can't believe she let Ward have that book on his shelf! haha

I've tried reading some of them, I should watch for them.:)

Two books from the season 5 episode Beaver's English Test, when Beaver is balancing the stacks of books on the bottom of his feet:

Book #1: Mary Jane In Canada by Clara Ingram Judson (Published 1924)

This is book 9 in the Mary Jane series, there were 19 books total, published 1918 through 1930.

Might be a book that belonged to June when she was a little girl.

(Couldn't find a synopsis)



Book #2: Molly's Baby: A Little Heroine of the Seas by C.A. Stephens (Published 1924)

This is book 4 in the Old Squire's Farm series, 7 books total, 1912-1934

Synopsis: After her parents are killed in the far north of Canada, a little girl is brought back to the family farm in Maine.

Again, sounds like a book June would have read, though this book series is set on a farm in Maine, so Ward might have read them too.

Both books published in 1924, both have a connection to Canada. Better check some passports.

From the same episode:
Pic 1 before putting the books back on the shelf after balancing them on his feet.
Pic 2, Wally is getting his old English test for Beaver and Gilbert.

Wonder who straightened the books out?

Also, the book laying open flat on the little table, please don't do that with books, it ruins the spine.

Wonder who straightened the books out?


Probably the poor overworked Set Decorator. In some episodes I see there are two of them--maybe this was one of those.

From the first Season episode Beaver Runs Away. June is listening to Beaver and Ward talk after Beaver comes back home.

I could only make out two books. The first is Big Beverage by William T Campbell (published in the early 50s).
According to Google Books it's a "A fictionalized history of the early days of Coca-Cola bottling, and the first novel about Coca-Cola."
Blurb from the book pictured below.


The other is Dark Dominion, I found two books pre-Beaver that has that title:
First is from 1947 by Marianne Hauser: "about a Swiss man who travels to America to visit his sister, who is married to a psychiatrist who can't dream."

The other is by David Duncan, published 1954, a science fiction novel: "The Americans have a top-secret project - called the Black Planet - which they plan to send up 10,000 miles where it will rotate on its axis and, by means of its instruments, bring back a record of what is happening all over the world.

A new and strange element called Maggellarium is discovered. A piece the size of a pill is sometimes so heavy that a man cannot lift it from the floor. At other times it is so light that it climbs the wall and pushes through it to disappear at an angle. It is controlled by the position of Sirius, the Dog Star.

These discoveries unleash jealousy amongst the scientists, sabotage, international incidents, and United Nations intervention."

From Season 6 Episode 12 'Beaver The Hero'

I was able to make out one book (highlighted in blue)

I Go Horizontal by Duff Gilfond, published in 1940

From WorldCat (https://www.worldcat.org/title/i-go-horizontal/oclc/1718881): Account of the author's ten years' illness, variously diagnosed as lethargic encephalitis, cerebral sclerosis, etc

Kirkus Review (https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/duff-gilfond/i-go-horizontal/)

What is that animal that's a bookend, near Ward's left shoulder?

There's a winged or robed something-or-other to the left of his head, too.

I think they're both eagle(?) bookends.

Still can't make out the title with Rebel as the last word, in the pic above my post it's just above Fred's hand.

Think I found it. The Smiling Rebel by Harnett T Kane. Published in 1955. It's about Maria "Belle" Boyd (https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/maria-belle-boyd), a Confederate spy during the Civil War.

June reading a cook book...

I can't make out the title--is it "Cooking in Pearls"?

Wow!!! Imagine if June had been reading The Moon Vow? Ward would want to read it too. It’s no Tom Sawyer which June thought was too graphic.

I'm astonished that the Cleavers would own a semi-pornographic novel like that.

I'm astonished that the Cleavers would own a semi-pornographic novel like that.

Shocking! The Cleavers had a wild side.

Are books considered part of costuming or is there a separate set dressing type department? I assume the books come from a vault of set dressing type collection and they can be used on any set or program.

We need Tony or Jerry to do youtube videos like Judy Norton has been doing. She talks about different episodes of the Waltons and how they were filmed and any background stories.

I can't make out the title--is it "Cooking in Pearls"?

No, its Cooking in Pearls the easy no muss or fuss way.

No, I re-checked--it's How To Set Your Hotpoint Oven Timer