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Post by severance on Jul 15, 2017 10:10:09 GMT
Robert McGinnis always produced top-notch work for the Carter Brown books published by Signet. Here are a few examples: |
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Post by cromagnonman on Jul 15, 2017 14:02:59 GMT
Thanks for posting these, Sev. Always a pleasure to be reminded of the McGinnis Carter Browns. One more series that used to be a fixture of the second-hand market but which, like everything else, has now all but disappeared.
McGinnis is revered - and rightly so - but are you at all familiar with the work of Barbara Walton? I know next to nothing about her personally, apart from the fact that she and her sister Eileen produced literally hundreds of covers for Robert Hale especially, and Collins also, over a period of more than forty years. A lot of it was dictated by the subject matter and so necessarily generic, but when she was inspired she was capable of producing GGA that was, in my opinion, every bit as good as McGinnis. She appears to have been particularly inspired by John D Macdonald and Berkeley Gray and the smashing sexy cover art she contributed to their books adds a real premium to their value. And yet, unlike McGinnis, she has no cachet in her own right.
Sexism? Probably.
Scandalous? Certainly.
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Post by andydecker on Jul 16, 2017 9:29:33 GMT
Thanks for posting these, Sev. Always a pleasure to be reminded of the McGinnis Carter Browns. One more series that used to be a fixture of the second-hand market but which, like everything else, has now all but disappeared. McGinnis is revered - and rightly so - but are you at all familiar with the work of Barbara Walton? I know next to nothing about her personally, apart from the fact that she and her sister Eileen produced literally hundreds of covers for Robert Hale especially, and Collins also, over a period of more than forty years. A lot of it was dictated by the subject matter and so necessarily generic, but when she was inspired she was capable of producing GGA that was, in my opinion, every bit as good as McGinnis. She appears to have been particularly inspired by John D Macdonald and Berkeley Gray and the smashing sexy cover art she contributed to their books adds a real premium to their value. And yet, unlike McGinnis, she has no cachet in her own right. Sexism? Probably. Scandalous? Certainly. Carter Brown is remarkable hard to find today. You could buy him in bundles, but he is becoming unknown fast. I have a soft spot for him. Some of his series I devoured, especially the Rick Holman books.
I bought the McGinnis hardcover from Titans a few years ago. Wonderful book. His woman may be a fantasy, but sexism? No.
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Post by severance on Apr 8, 2018 17:25:56 GMT
Arnold Rodin - Woman Soldier Published by Gold Medal - April 1952 |
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Post by severance on Apr 10, 2018 11:15:53 GMT
Edmund Schiddel - Scandal's Child Published by Pan in 1965. Cover art by J. Oval (pseudonym of Ben Ostrick). To Adamville, a co-ed boarding school in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, comes Wreath Johnson, the daughter of a famous film star, a girl already involved in one tragic scandal, now destined to ignite a new series of intrigues, jealousies, passions... |
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Apr 11, 2018 1:32:36 GMT
To Adamville, a co-ed boarding school in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, comes Wreath Johnson I hope Wreath made it out before the aliens came in Signs, which is set in, and was filmed in, Bucks County PA. |
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Post by severance on Apr 11, 2018 15:16:36 GMT
John McPartland (1911-1958) was another author from the seemingly endless Gold Medal production line in the fifties, pretty much unknown now but very much under-rated and reminds me of Charles Williams and John D. MacDonald. He was only 47 when he suffered a heart attack.Two of his Gold Medals qualify for this thread: The Last Night - 1959 Rather annoyingly the cover art for both of them is uncredited. |
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Post by jamesdoig on Apr 15, 2018 0:26:13 GMT
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Post by jamesdoig on May 13, 2018 1:40:40 GMT
More Australian class, this time from 1972:   Uni Sex: A Study of Sexual Attitudes and Behaviour at Australian Universities (Eclipse, 1972) Why are Australian university students so keen on obscenity? Why do student health centres offer them "morning after" pills? Why do 10% of female uni students get pregnant anyway? What makes med students kinky? And what happens when you throw a six at a teachers' orgy? These and all the other questions you have always wanted to ask about the sexual attitudes and behaviour of Australian university students are here aired and often answered. |
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Post by helrunar on May 13, 2018 14:16:07 GMT
Lurvely James. Something for everyone. Generous!
I have no idea what "throwing a six" at an orgy means... sounds naughty!
cheers, Steve
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Post by severance on May 18, 2018 21:56:35 GMT
Richard Himmel - Beyond Desire Published by Gold Medal, 2nd Printing, February 1959 |
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Post by severance on May 6, 2019 16:04:24 GMT
I never managed to get down to the recent book fair, so as an apology, here's a picture of a young ladies bottom! Ian Hamilton - Never Die in Honolulu |
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Post by severance on Jan 11, 2020 18:30:10 GMT
Two more that Robert McGinnis painted for Gold Medal - for a lot more see the Robert McGinnis gallery section in the brand new issue of "Paperback Fanatic" - Issue 43 is a Gold Medal Special. Basil Heatter - Virgin Cay Published by Gold Medal in 1963 |
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Post by severance on Jan 12, 2020 13:25:09 GMT
Recent talk of Ace publishing crime in their doubles format has prompted me to remember that they also have a place on this dubious thread. Robert Colby - Murder Mistress J.M. Flynn - The Hot Chariot Clayton Fox - Never Forget, Never Forgive |
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Post by helrunar on Jan 3, 2021 23:18:34 GMT
A friend sent me a snapshot of a page from an eminent British newspaper bearing the headline (printed in an enormous font): TYCOON MOANS: I'VE GOT 10,000 SEX ARSES STUCK AT CALAIS!
Apparently a sex arse is a home medical aide of a certain style... unfortunately, I am unable to post images on this forum. (But maybe that's a good thing.)
H.
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