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Tarzan finds an outpost of European knights and crusaders from a "forbidden valley" hidden in the mountains. His lion ally Jad-bal-ja puts in an appearance late in the book.
For many years London Transport and its predecessor companies such as the Metropolitan Railways, along with many other railway and transport undertakings, were avid publishers of such walking guides. Indeed so serious were LT that they actually employed a walks manager to collate the variosu routes and to ensure they were kept up-to-date in the changing world of suburban development around outer London.
The idea was to stimulate off-peak and weekend travel on the services and as this jacket notes the starting (and end) points of all the walks were reached by either Underground, bus or coach services. At the time the London Passenger Transport Board operated a vast network of Underground services along with red 'Central' area, green 'Country' area bus services, Green Line coaches, tram and trolleybus services that spanned not just the current London boundaries but that ran out into neighbouring counties. It was, at a time of low car ownership, marvellous territory for such rambles and indeed, although many of the 'inner' area walks are now less rural, thanks to the Green Belt planning legislation that beginning in the 1930s but accelerated in the post-WW2 years many of the walks described in this booklet are still possible today.
The jacket also describes other LT publications that shared the same design characteristics of this walking guide and included the "Serious Pleasures" series some titles of which are now highly collectable. By the time of this edition of the booklet the Green Line Coach Guide and Underground Timetable books, along with "district" timetables, had undergone a re-design initiated by Christian Barman, the Board's PR manager, and are legible and often delightful works of typographical design.
As well as the typefaces and typography seen here, oddly not of which is in Johnston, the Board's own typeface, is the vignette on the cover. This is by no less than Eric Ravilious who produced the three woodcuts for the three booklets in the series and this, the third, is of two cows in a rural landscape.
It’s a long time since I mentioned my books, so here are a couple that might be of interest.
Francis Kingdon-Ward (1885-1958) was an English botanist, explorer, plant collector and author. Over half a century, he embarked on more than 20 expeditions, exploring Tibet, north-west China, Myanmar and Assam. His discoveries were of such importance that several plants, a lizard and a bird species are named after him. In addition to all this, in the 1930s he found time to be a spy for the British India Office.
He wrote 25 books, mostly accounts of his expeditions, among them these two titles – Plant Hunter’s Paradise (Macmillan 1938) and Burma’s Icy Mountains (Jonathan Cape 1949). Between those dates, he also picked up a hyphen for his name, as can be seen above in the two titles (Kingdon was his mother’s maiden name).
I’ve had these books for longer than I can remember, and they’re all the more enhanced because they’re in their bright original dust jackets.
added to the BioSciences collection at the UC Libraries. It's great that cookbooks and the cultural history of world food is covered/collected/circulated by this library!
People who live in the community are able to purchase a university library card which confers most of the "privileges"; I got one as soon as I moved, and it more than pays for itself--from my perspective! Good in all 18 campus libraries.
1963; The Clocks by Agatha Christie. Hard cover edition with dust jacket. Cover by G.C. (?) stands for George Chrichard (thanks 54mge )
I used to have a beautiful copy of “The Wanderer” with a very fine dust jacket by Alvin Lustig. In a move a few years back it got “lost.” It was by far my favorite book in my collection...so I had to replace it. Unfortunately this tattered copy is the best I could get my hands on (or afford). Even the colors are significantly different (probably aging?)---more brown.
Photo by Redfern Natural History Productions. These are the covers of our second edition of "A Compendium of Miniature Orchid Species" due to be released mid-2021!
1947; Fantastische Vertellingen by Edgar Allen Poe. Dust Jacket edition published by Contact publishers Amsterdam.
Book cover designed by Cliff Roberts for The Magic House of Numbers by Irving Adler Illustrated by Ruth Adler. New York: J. Day Co. 1957. QA95 .A24 1957. Irving Adler was a member of the Bennington College faculty.
'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.'
Danbo likes to read a chaper of this book each evening.
He then sleeps on it.
The cover of this edition of The Hobbit reproduces Tolkien's own dustjacket design for the first edition.
A classic recommended for children of all ages and far easier than ploughing through "The Lord of the Rings".
The story of the evolution of The Hobbit as a book and then on into The Lord of the Rings is also fascinating.
Noticed this news item today (9th June):
Article dated 4th June 2015:
The Hobbit first edition fetches £137,000 at auction
(The first cover lacked the sun and dragon in red.)
From the blurb on the dust jacket:
"Since George Washington signed the first patent in 1790, close to four million inventions have been patented in the United States. (Note: the number of U.S. patents as of April 7, 2015 was nine million.) Among the three hundred plus devices described in this book -- and often illustrated from original patent papers -- are:
* An automatic baby-burper that frees the parent of a chore and the baby of gas.
* A parakeet diaper.
* An automatic housepainter that moves along the sides of a building, and a driverless lawn mower that shuts itself off and garages itself.
* An alarm clock that squirts the sleeper in the face.
* A rifle with a curved barrel for firing around corners.
* A gold or platinum trap for catching tapeworms.
* A golf ball that sends out a smoke signal when it lands to help its owner locate it.
* An anti-bicycle-thief device that sends a long, sharp needle into the rear end of anyone making off with the bicycle.
"Some of these 300-odd inventions never got beyond the paper stage. Some became famous, and made their inventors wealthy. But renowned or obscure, simple or complex, straightforward or bizarre, all are fascinating.
"Stacy V. Jones writes The New York Times "Patents of the Week" column. During World War II he was a special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air. He also worked on public information at the Department of Commerce in the Eisenhower administration.
"A member of the National Press Club since 1941, Mr. Jones has written a monthly page of inventions for "Science Digest" for more than ten years. He has worked as a newspaper reporter in Seattle, Detroit, Washington, D.C. and New York, and as a correspondent for Liberty magazine."
1952 2nd Print; The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. Hardcover edition with dustjacket by Hans Tisdall. Lovely colors !!
Jacket design by Civia Snow. First edition hardcover, Doubleday & Company (1980).
A Crime Club Selection.
Foundation and Empire was the second book in Asimov’s Foundation trilogy. Decades later, Asimov wrote two further sequel novels and two prequels. Later writers have added authorized tales to the series. The Foundation Series is often regarded as one of Isaac Asimov's best works, along with his Robot series.
The premise of the series is that the mathematician Hari Seldon spent his life developing a branch of mathematics known as psychohistory, a concept of mathematical sociology. Using the laws of mass action, it can predict the future, but only on a large scale. Seldon foresees the imminent fall of the Galactic Empire, which encompasses the entire Milky Way, and a dark age lasting 30 thousand years before a second great empire arises. Seldon also foresees an alternative where the interregnum will last only one thousand years. To ensure the more favorable outcome, Seldon creates a foundation of talented artisans and engineers at the extreme end of the galaxy, to preserve and expand on humanity's collective knowledge, and thus become the foundation for a new galactic empire. [Source: Wikipedia]
Ivan Turgenev - On the Eve
Penguin Classics L9, 1950
Roundel drawing by William Grimmond
Checklist of new translations in Penguin Classics and editions in preparation.
From the blurb on the dustjacket:
This fourth novel in the Mars Series centers around the adventures of Carthoris, the son of John Carter, who made himself Warlord of Mars. Thuvia, daughter of a Martian Emperor, is kidnapped by an unsuccessful suitor for her hand. When Carthoris learns of the abduction he sets out to the rescue and many and startling are the adventures he encounters. There are battles with the terrible green men of Torquas, and with the even more fearsome deathless archers -- creatures of the imagination who can be evoked by the power of will.
This is a story which, once started, will be eagerly followed to the very end.
Set in London of 632 A.F. (“After Ford”), the novel portrays a futuristic society in which the individual is sacrificed for the state, science is used to control and subjugate, and all forms of art and history are outlawed. The novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, classical conditioning and psychological manipulation that combine profoundly to change society. Modern Library ranked “Brave New World” fifth on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. [Source: Wikipedia]
Dust jacket blurb:
"Because she was the way she was -- big, beautiful, and sexy -- there was no way on Earth Shara Drummond could become a professional dancer, in spite of her soaring genius. No way on Earth . . . but the zero-gravity environment of the orbiting Skyfac gave her the chance to create a new dimension in dance. She took that chance, though it meant catering to the whims of a perverse millionaire and being permanently exiled from her home world. And when the aliens appeared, a menacing swarm of lights from the depths of space, it was Shara who saw the only way to communicate with them -- with one last dance that repelled the threat and made her forever one with the void.
"Shara's legacy was a unique school of dance, free of the pull of Earth's gravity, in which her sister Norrey and her embittered lover Charlie explored new frontiers of movement and feeling , , , and unknowingly prepared themselves for an incredible ordeal and an unimaginable destiny.
"Stardance is a major novel of passion and adventure, of biting irony and tenderness, at once briskly entertaining and deeply moving."
From the dust jacket:
"The Bowl of Baal" is a period piece; a nostalgic, half-forgotten survival of the year 1916 when it appeared as a long serial in "All Around" magazine.
Larry O'Brien ventures into the unknown Arabian desert during the days of World War I. His discoveries are epic; an ancient hidden race, troubled by a conflict between two beautiful priestesses; a barbaric tribe of cave dwellers; and a monstrous saurian survival that represents a threat to all.
Robert Ames Bennett's first novel, "Thyra," a thrilling tale of a Viking lost race, was published in 1901. For many years Mr. Bennet was one of the southwest's most prolific authors, turning out historical, adventure, and western fiction.
From the blurb on the dust jacket:
Belief in spirits, both good and evil, is as old as the human race. "Spiritism," the modern development of the age-old desire to establish contact with the dead, is a nineteenth-century product and might well be labelled "Made in America." It is with Spiritism and its exponents in this country and England that Mr. Mulholland's book is concerned. Frankly and fairly the author describes the amazing lives and spiritistic experiences of such famous mediums as the Fox Sisters, founders of Spiritism, the Davenport Brothers -- Slade, Eusapia Palladino, Home, "Margery" and many others. Where there was evidence of trickery in their seances he tells what it was and how it was revealed.
Mr. Mulholland's chapter on mind-reading will be of special interest to those who have followed the recent sensational experiments in extra-sensory perception. Mr. Mulholland and skilled assistants also experimented in this field -- with amazing results. Other fascinating chapters deal with the "mechanics" of Spiritism -- an astounding chronicle of the clever devices that crooked mediums may purchase to deceive their audiences, a description of the experiences that mediums have had with the law and the various investigating committees of scientific bodies, and some unusual "personal experiences" of well-known men and women that tend to leave the whole matter unsolved. "Beware Familiar Spirits" has something on every page for every reader who has ever experimented with table tipping, ouija boards, mind reading -- or has ever thought he saw or heard ghostly manifestations.
John Mulholland for many years has been a close student of Spiritism. Internationally famous as a magician, and author of several books on that subject, his career has brought him in touch with many noted believers in spirits and practitioners of Spiritism as well as with such doughty disbelievers as the late Harry Houdini. His book is the product of long study and careful investigation. It does not pretend to say the last word on a matter which will never be decided, but it does tell in informative, detailed and immensely entertaining fashion the story of some of our best American spirits and how they were "raised."
Quoting from the flap of the dust jacket:
“These adventures have never before appeared anywhere, and no other edition of this authorized book version is available. For the first time in book form the real story of Superman, including his thrilling adventures unraveling the Mystery of the Skeleton Ship.”
The following is from the foreword by Josette Frank, Staff Advisor, Children’s Book Committee, Child Study Association of America:
“Superman! Most of you who will read this book already know him… His fame has spread to the four corners of the earth. In South America, in China, in South Africa his broad shoulders and flying cape are a familiar symbol. His exploits are told in many tongues.
“Millions of boys and girls in America have acclaimed Superman, champion of right and justice, nemesis of evil-doers. Many who have followed his adventures with breathless interest have wondered about him: Where did he come from? Whence came his super-strength and marvellous powers? They have asked to be told the story of his origin – of his arrival on earth from a distant planet, of his boyhood and youth, of his first discovery of his super-powers, and of his dedication to the fight against the forces of evil. So here is his story, from the beginning.”
Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is set during the Spanish civil war and tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain. The setting of the story is less important than Hemingway's treatment of the themes of love, death, honor and commitment.
No Date; De Gouden Kus [ Die Goldene Kuss ] by Stefan Doerner. Great cover art by Ron Lesser. Translation of German Writer. Dutch hardcover with dustjacket.
No Date; Zonde op Wielen [Sin on Wheels] by Loren Beauchamp [Robert Silverberg]. Cover art by Moriën.
“An Indian History of the American West”
The photo on the dust jacket is of a Navaho warrior of the 1860’s by John Gaw Meem. Jacket design by Winston Potter.
From the blurb on the dust jacket flaps:
Traditional texts glory in our nation’s western expansion, the great conquest of the virgin frontier. But how did the original Americans – the Dakota, Nez Perce, Utes, Poncas, Cheyenne, Navaho, Apache, and others – feel about the coming of the white man, the expropriation of their land, the destruction of their way of life? What happened to Geronimo, Chief Joseph, Cochise, Red Cloud, Little Wolf, and Sitting Bull as their people were killed or driven onto reservations during decades of broken promises, oppression, and war?
“Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” is a documented account of the systematic plunder of the American Indians during the second half of the nineteenth century, battle by battle, massacre by massacre, broken treaty by broken treaty. Here for the first time is their side of the story. We can see their faces, hear their voices as they tried desperately to live in peace and harmony with the white man.
With forty-nine photographs of the great chiefs, their wives and warriors; with the words of the Indians themselves, culled from testimonies and transcripts and previously unpublished writings; with a straight-forward, eloquent, and epic style “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” presents a unique and disturbing history of the American West from the Indian point of view.
Dee Brown has written fifteen books on Western American history. Now, a librarian at the University of Illinois, he has spent years researching and writing this important work.
From the back panel of the dust jacket:
“The whites told only one side. Told it to please themselves. Told much that is not true. Only his own best deeds, only the worst deeds of the Indians, has the white man told.” -- Yellow Wolf of the Nez Perce.
“We never did the white man any harm; we don’t intend to . . . We are willing to be friends with the white man. The buffalo are diminishing fast. The antelope, that were plenty a few years ago, they are now thin . . . When they shall all die we shall be hungry; we shall want something to eat, and we will be compelled to come into the fort. Your young men must not fire at us; whenever they see us they fire, and we fire on them.” -- Tonkahaska (Tall Bull) to General Winfield Scott Hancock
“The earth was created by the assistance of the sun, and it should be left as it was . . . The country was made without lines of demarcation, and it is no man’s business to divide it . . . I see the whites all over the country gaining wealth, and see their desire to give us lands which are worthless . . . The earth and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the measure of our bodies are the same. Say to us if you can say it, that you were sent by the Creative Power to talk to us. Perhaps you think the Creator sent you here to dispose of us as you see fit. If I thought you were sent by the Creator I might be induced to think you had a right to dispose of me. Do not misunderstand me, but understand me fully with reference to my affection for the land. I never said the land was mine to do with it as I chose. The one who has the right to dispose of it is the one who has created it. I claim a right to live on my land, and accord you the privilege to live on yours.” -- Heinmot Tooyalaket (Chief Joseph) of the Nez Perce.
From the blurb on the dust jacket:
Beginning with Captain Ulysses Paxton's miraculous transference from the earth to Mars, you rush breathlessly from one marvelous adventure to another. Paxton's arrival, his fight with a Martian warrior, his meeting with Ras Thavas, the thousand year old savant, his learning the secret of human immortality, his falling in love with a beautiful Martian maid, his heroic fight in her behalf, his meeting with the War Lord of Mars and finally his marriage with the lovely Valla Dia, after many sensational battles and escapes in strange lands, these are but a few of the thrills in this marvelously conceived story.
Direct scan of a vintage dust jacket to the book, "Plants That Changed the World," by Bertha S. Dodge.
This is an old-fashioned pulp novel in which humans race off to save the Galaxy from conquest by an aggressive alien empire. Super weapons come into play and great battles are fought. But, in the end, the aliens prevail. They defeat the earthmen who then attempt to take control of the alien empire from within, by being better administrators.
Dust jacket designed by Alvin Lustig for Three Lives by Gertrude Stein. Norfolk, Conn: New Directions 1945 PS3537.T323 T5
Dora Batty was a prolific commercial artist and designer - undertaking posters and product work for numerous highly regarded clients including London Transport, Poole Potteries and, here, the BBC. This dustjacket design, for their 1931 Year Book is a wonderful take on the BBC's 'logo', taken from their 'coat of arms' (or armorial device) with wings and lightning flashes acting as evidence of radio waves beaming out! As noted with regards to other BBC Handbooks the jazzy cover belies a rather staid book production inside!
H.G. Wells - A Short History of the World
Penguin Books 31, 1936
Cover Artist: Edward Young
The earliest Penguin Books were colour-coded: orange for fiction, green for crime, dark blue for biographies, cerise for travel and adventure, red for plays, yellow for 'miscellaneous' and later violet for essays and belles-lettres and grey for world affairs. But there was one other colour – lilac. This signified history and was only used twice: for the 1936 edition of A Short History of the World and for H.C. Armstrong's Grey Wolf in January 1937. After the launch of Pelican Books in May 1937, it was never used again.
Back cover of dust jacket includes a checklist of the first 40 Penguin Books
Dr. Meacham is chosen along with other scientists by the inhabitants of the planet Metaluna to do research that will help save their dying planet. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Raymond F. Jones, which was first published as a serial in Thrilling Wonder Stories in 1952. When initially released, the movie was praised by critics for its special effects, well-written script and eye-popping color. But then, in 1996, the clowns at Mystery Science Theater got a hold of the film, edited it down and lampooned it in their own film, “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie.” It’s been the subject of ridicule ever since, unjustifiably. “This Island Earth” is one of the better science fiction films of the 1950s.
Here is the movie trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZz2AeXca40
Here is the movie poster: www.flickr.com/photos/57440551@N03/14617556902/in/set-721...
From the blurbs on the dust jacket:
Thief, pirate, mercenary, bandit, general, and king: few characters in fantasy literature are as popular or enduring as Robert E. Howard's Conan. Now the very best of these classic tales are gathered in this deluxe commemorative edition. Featuring an introduction by Spectrum's Arnie Fenner, a memorial by the legendary H. P. Lovecraft, and stunning full-color illustrations by Brom and Frank Frazetta, this book is a virtual treasure-trove for long-time fans and new readers alike.
"Howard was the Thomas Wolfe of Fantasy and most of his Conan tales seem to almost fall over themselves in their need to get out." -- Stephen King.
"Forget Schwarzenegger and the movies. This is pure pulp fiction from the 1930s, before political correctness and focus groups dictated the direction of our art. Swords spin, entrails spill, and women swoon." -- Men's Health Magazine
Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) wrote over three-hundred stories of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction, all packed with raw power and unbridled emotion.
Howard ranks among the greatest writers of action and adventure. He is best known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can only be compared to such characters as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.
This book collects nine of Howard's most electrifying Conan adventures. Featuring warring armies, devilish creatures, beautiful women, and haunted jungles -- all wonderfully illustrated in color by fantasy art masters Brom and Frank Frazetta -- this is Conan at his bravest and Robert E. Howard at his best.
From the Introduction:
“This book was in the making in 1966 and most of the photographs were shot then. The late Bruce Lee intended to publish this book years ago but decided against it when he learned that martial arts instructors were using his name to promote themselves. It was quite common to hear comments like: “I taught Bruce Lee” or “Bruce Lee taught me jeet kune do.” And Bruce may never have seen or known these martial artists.
“Bruce didn’t want people to use his name to promote themselves or their schools with false pretenses. He didn’t want them to attract students this way, especially the young teens.
“But after his death, his widow, Linda, felt that Bruce had contributed so much in the world of martial arts that it would be a great loss if the knowledge of Bruce would die with him. Although the book can never replace the actual teaching and knowledge that Bruce Lee possessed, it will enhance you, the serious martial artist, in developing your skill in fighting . . .”
Vintage book found at a recent estate sale.
Judy Bolton Series
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Judy Bolton Mystery Series, created by Margaret Sutton, follows a realistic young woman who solves mysteries. Although the series was not quite as popular as Nancy Drew, Judy Bolton has been called a more complex and believable role model for girls. Judy was also unique in that halfway through the series, she married (something series book heroines rarely, if ever, did). The 38-volume series is the longest-lasting juvenile mystery series written by an individual author.
In September 2012, the 39th volume, The Strange Likeness, was published by Applewood books, which has re-printed titles in the series since 1991. In 1968, Sutton had created the title and the beginnings of a plot outline of a mystery located in Panama; however co-authors Kate Duvall and Beverly Hatfield never saw the original outline and wrote the book instead from their original ideas, with the Sutton family's permission.
Characters
The mainstays of the series were Judy Bolton, auburn-haired girl detective; her brother, news reporter Horace Bolton; her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Bolton; and her loyal black cat, Blackberry. For most of the early volumes she was torn between suitors: the wealthy Arthur Farringdon-Pett, and the upstanding lawyer Peter Dobbs, before finally choosing Peter in volume 10. Her best friend was Peter's sister, Grace Dobbs, also known as Honey; her rival for Arthur's affections was Lorraine Lee. Judy was friends with Arthur's sister, Lois Farringdon-Pett, and one of her high-school archenemies was snobbish Kay Vincent. Judy also befriended a mill worker, Irene Lang, who later became Irene Meredith.[citation needed]
Critical assessment
Judy Bolton has been called a better feminist role model than Nancy Drew because "Nancy Drew is more likely to uphold the ideological status quo, while Judy Bolton is more likely to restore moral rather than legal order, because her mysteries tend to emphasize human relationships over material possessions."
Unlike Drew, Bolton often enlists the aid of family members and friends in solving mysteries; she "works in a collaborative way that subverts dominant values."
Judy is emotional and self-doubting; for this reason she has been called a "more believable" female role model.
As a part of her collaborative approach, Judy is often defined in relation to men: as Dr. Bolton's daughter or later, as Peter Dobbs' wife.
Publication history
There were 38 titles in the original Judy Bolton series, all copyrighted between 1932 and 1967. The final 12, particularly the last one, had limited printings and as a result are hard to find. Collectors often find themselves paying upwards of $200 for a volume in good condition. The series ended before the 39th book, The Strange Likeness, could be published.[5] According to author Margaret Sutton, the series was killed due not to poor sales, but to pressure from the Stratemeyer Syndicate.
The Stratemeyer Syndicate wished to lessen competition for the Nancy Drew series.[6] Pelagie Doane illustrated many of the early Judy Bolton books.
During, and after, the course of the series, a number of translations were published internationally. Among these were Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Spanish editions.
In 1997, three decades after Grosset & Dunlap issued the last Judy Bolton title, author Linda Joy Singleton completed a book that series creator Margaret Sutton had begun writing several years before.[9] Once the first draft was finished, Singleton submitted it to Sutton for revisions, and the book that emerged from their collaboration carries the name of both co-authors. Chronologically, The Talking Snowman takes place during the Christmas season between the events described in volume 3 and volume 4, and thus is known to collectors as "volume 3.5".
Another title, The Whispering Belltower, was written by Kate Emburg with the encouragement of Margaret Sutton.[9]
In 2012, with the permission of Margaret Sutton's family, co-authors Kate Duvall and Beverly Hatfield wrote The Strange Likeness based on Sutton's original title.
The book, #39 in the Judy Bolton Mystery Series, was edited by Sutton's youngest daughter, Lindsay Sutton Stroh, and illustrated by another daughter, Marjorie Sutton Eckstein. The Mystery on Judy Lane, the 40th entry in the series also written by Hatfield followed in 2018.
Titles
1. The Vanishing Shadow (1932)
2. The Haunted Attic (1932)
3. The Invisible Chimes (1932)
4. Seven Strange Clues (1932)
5. The Ghost Parade (1933)
6. The Yellow Phantom (1933)
7. The Mystic Ball (1934)
8. The Voice in the Suitcase (1935)
9. The Mysterious Half Cat (1936)
10. The Riddle of the Double Ring (1937)
11. The Unfinished House (1938)
12. The Midnight Visitor (1939)
13. The Name on the Bracelet (1940)
14. The Clue in the Patchwork Quilt (1941)
15. The Mark on the Mirror (1942)
16. The Secret of the Barred Window (1943)
17. The Rainbow Riddle (1946)
18. The Living Portrait (1947)
19. The Secret of the Musical Tree (1948)
20. The Warning on the Window (1949)
21. The Clue of the Stone Lantern (1950)
22. The Spirit of Fog Island (1951)
23. The Black Cat's Clue (1952)
24. The Forbidden Chest (1953)
25. The Haunted Road (1954)
26. The Clue in the Ruined Castle (1955)
27. The Trail of the Green Doll (1956)
28. The Haunted Fountain (1957)
29. The Clue of the Broken Wing (1958)
30. The Phantom Friend (1959)
31. The Discovery at the Dragon's Mouth (1960)
32. The Whispered Watchword (1961)
33. The Secret Quest (1962)
34. The Puzzle in the Pond (1963)
35. The Hidden Clue (1964)
36. The Pledge of the Twin Knights (1965)
37. The Search for the Glowing Hand (1966)
38. The Secret at the Sand Castle (1967)
39. The Strange Likeness (2012)
40. The Mystery on Judy Lane (2018)
1951; Murder gone Mad by Philip MacDonald. unknown artist of the dust Jacket. Love the simpicity and the use of color !!
no printing date; The Cat and the Canary by John Willard. Hard cover with dust jacket, artist unknown.
André Maurois - Ariel
Penguin Books 1, July 1935
Cover Design: Edward Young
This paperback edition, reissued in July 1985, is reproduced here in facsimile, and is published to mark Penguin's fiftieth anniversary.
1953; Taartjes voor ontbijt [Candy for breakfast] by Gwen Davenport. Dust Jacket art by Dutch artist Alfred Mazure.
The photo on the cover is that of Black Eagle, Assiniboin Chief in 1908.
Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868 - 1952) was an American ethnologist and photographer of the American West and of Native American peoples. In 1906, J. P. Morgan provided Curtis with $75,000 to produce a series on Native Americans. This work was to be in 20 volumes with 1,500 photographs and the project was to last more than 20 years.
222 complete sets of Curtis’ “The North American Indian” were eventually published. Curtis' goal was not just to photograph, but to document, as much of Native American traditional life as possible before that way of life disappeared. He wrote in the introduction to his first volume in 1907: "The information that is to be gathered ... respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of mankind, must be collected at once or the opportunity will be lost." Curtis made over 10,000 wax cylinder recordings of Native American language and music. He took over 40,000 photographic images from over 80 tribes. He recorded tribal lore and history, and he described traditional foods, housing, garments, recreation, ceremonies, and funeral customs. He wrote biographical sketches of tribal leaders, and his material, in most cases, is the only written recorded history although there is still a rich oral tradition that documents history.
Though Curtis was largely forgotten at the time of his death, interest in his work revived in the 1970s. Major exhibitions of Curtis photographs were presented and his work was featured in several anthologies on Native American photography published in the early 1970s. Original printings of “The North American Indian” began to fetch high prices at auction. In 1972, a complete set sold for $20,000. Five years later, another set was auctioned for $60,500. On April 10, 2012, during an auction at Christies, New York, a set of “The North American Indian” was sold for a record $2.88 million.
[Source: Wikipedia]