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James M. Cain - The Moth
Signet Books 811
Published 1950; 8th printing 1953
Cover Artist: Alan Harmon
"A brutal story of footloose youth."
Henry Kane - Run for Doom
Signet Books S2080, 1962
Cover Artist: Robert Abbett
"She'd taken his money, his self-respect and his chance for happiness. Now all he had left was his desire – to kill her."
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Carter Brown - The Wanton
Signet Books 1713, 1959
Cover Artist: Baryé Phillips
"The beautiful blonde heiress was living high and fast until a killer slowed her down..."
Lionel White - Love Trap
Signet Books 1204, 1955
Cover Artist: James Avati
"Greed and jealousy made me a killer!"
1962; Murder wears a Mantilla by Carter Brown. Cover art by Robert McGinnis.
Here a few early Robert McGinnis covers for the famous Carter Brown Signet-serie.
Donald R. Morris - China Station
Signet Books 939, 1952
Cover Artist: unknown – looks like George Erickson
"Shore Leave Love in the Exotic East"
1965; The Girl from Outer Space by Carter Brown. Cover art by Robert McGinnis? or maybe Ron Lesser? Cover art by Mitchell Hooks
1955; The Eternal Voyagers by Robert F. Mirvish. Cover art by Clark Hulings. Blurr: Work Whiskey Women A thundering novel of Men and the Sea
Richard Mason: The world of Suzie Wong.
Signet Books 1960 (8th printing).
Movie tie-in starring William Holden and Nancy Kwan.
Cover art by James Avati.
Matthew Gant - The Manhunter
Signet Books 1423, 1957
Cover Artist: Lu Kimmel
"He tracked a killer for bounty – but his real pay was revenge!"
Frances Clippinger - Elinda
(Original Title: The Satellite)
Signet Books 951, 1952
Cover Artist: Rafael DeSoto
"She knew all the tricks – and used them."
Mary Jane Ward: The Snake Pit.
Signet Books 1949 (4th printing).
Movie tie-in starring Olivia de Havilland.
Thought it was time to start examining the cameras from the hoard a bit more closely and to see what they needed. I thought to start with what I perceived to be the easiest one, the Kodak Signet 35. I removed it from its heavy leather "never ready" case (which has split along a crease; I may or may not bother with trying to sew it back together) and gave the outside a thorough cleaning, which it badly needed. Didn't really remove the corrosion from the metal part of the case, but did reduce it a bit.
The main operational issues it seemed to have was a sticky shutter and a non-existent overlay image in the rangefinder. I worked the shutter for a while, which freed it up a little, but it was still very sluggish, so I took the lens out and removed the front case and speed selector cam and used some forceps with bits of PecPad and some alcohol to clean the small amounts of grime I could see. Then I ran the shutter a couple times to see what was hanging up, and applied a tiny bit of lighter fluid to the affected pivots, while working the shutter some more. That seemed to free it up considerably, so I added the tiniest drop of Nyoil to those pivots and worked it some more, and that seemed to do the trick, so I closed the shutter back up.
As for the rangefinder: I carefully removed the top plate and examined the rangefinder setup. I was afraid that the front-surface mirror had lost its silvering, but that appeared to be in decent shape, so I left it alone. I'm not sure what was supposed to provide the contrast, but I am guessing from looking at things that the beamsplitter had a bit of a tint to it? It's mostly gone now if so. Mike Elek has an elegant solution: put a small piece of film leader in front of the viewfinder to restore contrast between the two views. I had a bit of color film leader to hand, so I cut out a small piece and stuck it in there. It worked well, although I think I'd prefer a slightly lighter base; this particular piece of film was old and I think had fogged a bit. But it's easy enough to swap out. In the meanwhile, I closed the camera up, attached a strap, loaded it with some expired Kodak MAX 400 (24exp) I picked up at a camera show last year, and took it for my morning walk. I took a bunch of snapshots, a mix of near and far, and have mostly finished the roll. As soon as I take the last few, I'll develop it and see what I got.
I didn't really expect to like the camera as much as I did; in use it reminds me mostly of my Leica IIIc, just with a simpler shutter (for those who don't know, the shutter on these guys has only 5 speeds plus Bulb). Only slightly larger in the hand, no heavier, and with the same quiet "snick" sound from the shutter. Oh and of course, the fixed 44/3.5 lens, where I have a small range of lenses for the IIIc. Really curious to see the quality of the results, have heard decent things about the Ektar lens. That said, f/3.5 is pretty slow; this is, for the most part, an outdoor camera only, saving games with tripods and the bulb setting. But it's pleasant to carry and quiet in use. The Peak Design strap I used is one of my favorites, but the small square shape of the camera doesn't interact as well with it; I prefer to carry the strap cross body so the thing isn't bouncing and swinging around while I walk. If I rig the strap so the back of the camera is against my hip, then when I pull it to my eye, the strap is in the way. If it shift the strap to the other side, then the lens faces my body and bounces off my hip, not ideal. I just went with the former for now and it was fine, just had to pull the strap to the side when I looked through the viewfinder. A bit easy to put your finger in front of the rangefinder window when your finger is on the shutter release, though. Not too tough to avoid, but a little unnatural.