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Post by dem bones on Nov 21, 2008 16:03:18 GMT
That Avon selection really looks the part, Sev, and if the rest of the series is up to the ace Witch Bane and Night of the Vampire we should give 'em the Ballantine 'Chamber Of Horrors' treatment. Love that depiction of The Crab Spider on the Hugh Lamb Coronet cover, too.
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Post by dem bones on Dec 13, 2008 0:43:47 GMT
Eugene Ascher - To Kill A Corpse (World Distributors, 1959) The blurb A grim and terrifying Nemesis hung over the lovely Lady Adela. Nothing in science or the known forces of this world could help her. But could aid come from beyond the grave?
Lucian Carolus, Professor of Archaeology, great scholar and student of the supernatural, investigates. He makes some amazing discoveries and meets some amazing people. Who or what was Hilary Asper? For three hundred years there had been no woman of the Asper family. But if there had been no woman, no mother, no grandmother, how - or - when - had Hilary Asper come into being?
Until the closing page the weird suspense of this story will hold you enthralled, caught up into an atmosphere that vibrates with all the powers of the supernatural.
You will remember and wonder about this book long after you have finished reading itMaybe so, but for the moment let's feast our eyes on that extraordinary cover! Needless to say, the artist responsible is uncredited.
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Post by severance on Dec 13, 2008 4:18:20 GMT
Eugene Ascher - To Kill A Corpse (World Distributors, 1959) Right, lets see if I can make it look like I'm a mine of information This was originally published in 1944 with the curious title There Were No Asper Ladies. Here's the lovely Reginald Heade cover to the 1947 reprint: Eugene Ascher was a pseudonym of Harold Ernest Kelly (1899-1969) who is better known as Darcy Glinto. As Glinto he published over a dozen crime/gangster novels, including Lady, Don't Turn Over and Road Floozie which were prosecuted for obscenity in 1942 (a taste of things to come for Hank Janson.) Kelly eventually wrote several Hank Janson's in the early sixties, also writing westerns as Lance Carson and Clinton Wayne. The only other Ascher's I can find are a 50-page digest called The Grim Caretaker and a 48-page digest/collection called Uncanny Adventure: 5 Strange Thrillers, both dated 1944.
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Post by dem bones on Dec 13, 2008 14:07:07 GMT
According to Brian J. Frost, who, it must be said, is usually spot on when it comes to vampire and werewolf lit., the book, under either title is "deservedly forgotten" which makes me want to have another go at it. Reginald Heade? You got any more of his cover art, Sev? The There Were No Asper Ladies is gorgeous.
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Post by Calenture on Dec 13, 2008 14:57:35 GMT
These covers are lovely, Dem and Sev'. As soon as my computer's back from the repair shop, it'll be nice to add them to the screen saver. I recently found a couple of novels written by the Hank Janson guy under another name, I think. Lady Don't Tun Over sounds suspiciously like Lady Don't Fall Backwards in a Tony Hancock TV episode.
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Post by severance on Dec 13, 2008 14:58:28 GMT
Reginald Heade did a lot of the early Hank Janson covers - there are a couple of superb websites showcasing his art, and others: vintagepbks.com and goodgirlart.com. Enjoy
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Post by morganwallace on May 21, 2009 3:03:10 GMT
I see my copy of THERE WERE NO ASPER LADIES, by Eugene Ascher, somehow managed to find its way on VOE. Guess this image is certainly making the rounds. I own all of the first three editions of this title, and they are available on my site for viewing. Also have THE GRIM CARETAKER. I am still missing UNCANNY ADVENTURE. Does anyone have a copy willing to trade away?
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Post by dem bones on May 21, 2009 8:08:53 GMT
Hi Mr. Wallace. I scanned the WDL cover with my own fair hands, but if we've inadvertently left off a credit for the 1947 reprint then all i can do is apologise for the oversight and provide the link to your intriguing vintage pulp site which you modestly refrained from including in your post. I'm forever being told how "great" people's sites are but .... well, those of you with a taste for mouldering paperbacks and magazines, take a look at The Gallery to Science Fiction, Fantasy, Weird & Occult covers 1930-1966 .... Spectre Library'Fraid i can't help you with Uncanny Adventure, though i wish you every luck in finding a copy.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on May 21, 2009 9:28:53 GMT
Hello Mr Wallace, a man of taste and style. What a great site you have. Endless amusement there
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Post by Craig Herbertson on May 21, 2009 9:54:57 GMT
I'll take this opportunity to sneak in some sf: I assume this battered copy is going to allow me to retire?
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Post by allthingshorror on May 21, 2009 18:23:39 GMT
Here you go Craig - another bit of SF for ya - one of my fave covers from Authentic
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Post by Craig Herbertson on May 21, 2009 18:54:35 GMT
That's a cracking cover Johnnie.
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Post by morganwallace on May 23, 2009 3:26:48 GMT
Hi. No argument on the WDL cover. I don't have the 1960s editions, as they jump the years of my fancy. Dementia set in long ago, convincing me that too many people were in the 1950s-60s UK titles, but war-era decade thin soft covers were a nightmare to find. All those wonderful Mitre Press, Everybody's Books, Gerald G Swan, oh my! The art is horrible, the fiction deplorable in most cases, but they filled a huge void during the era. And unlike paperback, hardcovers and pulps, gee, they take up a hell of a lot less shelf space :-)
Not sure how you post images on here so I'm afraid I can't share any images just yet, but since you kindly noted my gallery page site, I will be updating it some time soon with fresh images, some horror, too, such as THE FACE IN THE MIRROR and DREAD OF NIGHT.
Also considering expanding the site and including another gallery for 1940s crime by these same publishers, including authors such as Michael Hervey, Preston Yorke, etc.
Does anyone have the Leslie Carroll books by Mitre Press ? I've never EVER seen these, and would love images for the gallery.
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Post by dreadlocksmile on Jul 23, 2009 9:40:35 GMT
Is still think GNS's classic cover for Satan's Snowdrop is a winner. It's bold & simplistic with such a eerie undertone to the symbolism involved. It had to have a mention on here.
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Post by killercrab on Jul 23, 2009 12:11:25 GMT
Originally titled merely Snowdrop I believe there might be copies out there from before the name change.
KC
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