Hal Ellson is an author in his own right - one of those odd coincidences that happen in life - both of them were mistaken for the other at various points of their careers as their star shone and faded accordingly.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
That Too Hot To Handle cover looks as if it was designed for a bodice ripper. Simply appalling in terms of representing the text inside, but decent as an audience drawing illustration.
It's very nice, thanks for posting that (twice, so thanks X2). I have or have had all but the 4th and 5th of those at one time or another in 60 years of Bond fandom but alas, can't keep everything.
I have four of those soft covers... I didn't collect the Signet or Crime Book versions. Maybe it is time, but it isn't cheap collecting Bond books anymore. Thanks for the post.
More covers of paperbacks that filled the shelves in the “Sleaze” section of the shop - probably the most popular and best selling section for some reason.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
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Sex Avengers 😏 am I the only one hoping for an Emma Peel spinoff? 🤗
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Those covers are "very sexiful". 😉
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
this picture reminds me of a sketch Tom Hanks and Jon Lovitz used to do on Saturday Night Live. in its final iteration, they were on a seniors cruise ship trying to pick up little old ladies "our standards could not sink any lower!"
Hank Janson (Stephen Daniel Frances) was Britain’s most famous pulp author during the 40’s and 50’s. They were extremely popular and often had covers drawn by the legendary Reginald Heade. They followed the adventures of Hank Janson himself, a journalist and “Saint” like adventurer, but unlike The Saint these were rough, tough, racy pulp thrillers, so much that they were prosecuted under the obscene publications act in 1954, it subsequently failed due to legal technicalities. I can highly recommend this series but beware that after 1953 some of the books were continued by different authors and are not so good. The popularity can be seen by the sales made as stated on the later covers.
The most well known covers have the red and yellow stripes, and if not drawn by Heade they were copied in his style…
Reginald Heade was a superb artist and did not only do pulp fiction covers. He also did covers for the children’s series The Abbey Girls by Elsie J Oxhenham and they are well written schoolgirl adventures with good plots. The covers are beautifully illustrated as can be seen below…
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
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Thanks CHB for this great thread…I’m learning so much…and some of these book covers are very interesting 🤭
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Hal Ellson is an author in his own right - one of those odd coincidences that happen in life - both of them were mistaken for the other at various points of their careers as their star shone and faded accordingly.
Ah, thanks!
That Too Hot To Handle cover looks as if it was designed for a bodice ripper. Simply appalling in terms of representing the text inside, but decent as an audience drawing illustration.
@CoolHandBond suggested I post this on the Book Covers thread so here it is - though of course it's not 'random' here!
It hails from Twitter/X to mark the anniversary of the book's publication recently.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
It's very nice, thanks for posting that (twice, so thanks X2). I have or have had all but the 4th and 5th of those at one time or another in 60 years of Bond fandom but alas, can't keep everything.
I have four of those soft covers... I didn't collect the Signet or Crime Book versions. Maybe it is time, but it isn't cheap collecting Bond books anymore. Thanks for the post.
And this wouldn’t happen here in Cebu City 😉
Some well-known authors there, CHB.
To compliment @chrisno1 ‘s wonderful Saint In The Sixties thread these are from 1960-1963…
And thank you @CoolHandBond
This weeks selection…
"Too Hot To Handle"..... sounds familiar....
And very interesting ☺️
More covers of paperbacks that filled the shelves in the “Sleaze” section of the shop - probably the most popular and best selling section for some reason.
Sex Avengers 😏 am I the only one hoping for an Emma Peel spinoff? 🤗
Those covers are "very sexiful". 😉
this picture reminds me of a sketch Tom Hanks and Jon Lovitz used to do on Saturday Night Live. in its final iteration, they were on a seniors cruise ship trying to pick up little old ladies "our standards could not sink any lower!"
Hank Janson (Stephen Daniel Frances) was Britain’s most famous pulp author during the 40’s and 50’s. They were extremely popular and often had covers drawn by the legendary Reginald Heade. They followed the adventures of Hank Janson himself, a journalist and “Saint” like adventurer, but unlike The Saint these were rough, tough, racy pulp thrillers, so much that they were prosecuted under the obscene publications act in 1954, it subsequently failed due to legal technicalities. I can highly recommend this series but beware that after 1953 some of the books were continued by different authors and are not so good. The popularity can be seen by the sales made as stated on the later covers.
The most well known covers have the red and yellow stripes, and if not drawn by Heade they were copied in his style…
Reginald Heade was a superb artist and did not only do pulp fiction covers. He also did covers for the children’s series The Abbey Girls by Elsie J Oxhenham and they are well written schoolgirl adventures with good plots. The covers are beautifully illustrated as can be seen below…
Thanks CHB for this great thread…I’m learning so much…and some of these book covers are very interesting 🤭