tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33148078.post7051939718782343604..comments2023-09-26T09:50:03.781+01:00Comments on Saintly Ramblings: Carl Wilton - book artistRev. Richard Thornburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348972142475605435noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33148078.post-26489348948523252352011-09-26T16:02:17.100+01:002011-09-26T16:02:17.100+01:00I had the Russell Braddon title when it was publis...I had the Russell Braddon title when it was published. There was a big "Jap atrocities" market (also German ditto) in the mid fifties [see Russell of Liverpool's hugely successful "Swastika"('54) & "Bushido" ('58) titles.] <br /><br />Not forgetting the "men's pulps" of the period, mainly American, with their <a href="http://Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33148078.post-1948060970628160102011-09-25T22:08:18.609+01:002011-09-25T22:08:18.609+01:00Advancing senility, Susan. The light dawned on me ...Advancing senility, Susan. The light dawned on me a day or two after I had posted. I bought mine on eBay (google "penguin" "flask" "Kerouac" & check "international sellers" at foot of page).Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33148078.post-88538291184442187032011-09-24T22:49:15.845+01:002011-09-24T22:49:15.845+01:00Two more Carl Wilton covers found today at the ann...Two more Carl Wilton covers found today at the annual St. James secondhand book sale, and added to the web page.Rev. Richard Thornburghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348972142475605435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33148078.post-92069086776038384412011-09-22T22:27:08.652+01:002011-09-22T22:27:08.652+01:00I am not in the UK, Lapin. What gave you that idea...I am not in the UK, Lapin. What gave you that idea? I live in California!susan s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03679099677585214433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33148078.post-32858318778144646802011-09-22T16:11:27.801+01:002011-09-22T16:11:27.801+01:00Penguin sells them, Susan. Since you're in th...<a href="http://www.giftedpenguin.co.uk/gifts-c2/gifts-for-him-c18/classic-penguin-classic-penguin-book-stainless-steel-flask-p1830" rel="nofollow">Penguin sells them</a>, Susan. Since you're in the UK, check eBay & Amazon.uk as well. There are probably cheaper ones there and postage should not be a significant factor.<br /><br />They are neat, aren't they?Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33148078.post-46856648315056352232011-09-21T20:45:45.055+01:002011-09-21T20:45:45.055+01:00Oh, Lapin! Where did you get that? I want!Oh, Lapin! Where did you get that? I want!susan s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03679099677585214433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33148078.post-58319091668866186312011-09-21T16:22:37.539+01:002011-09-21T16:22:37.539+01:00It was drinking my coffee from one of these at the...It was drinking my coffee from <a href="http://www.giftedpenguin.co.uk/images/products/1287569825-72633400.jpg" rel="nofollow">one of these</a> at the doggie park yesterday morning (you collect a load of furry friends if you drink coffee at the dog park) that set me to thinking. Incidentally, would like you to appreciate what a labour of love the above post was. I had prepared the whole thing, Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33148078.post-50172037231353788412011-09-21T09:35:57.759+01:002011-09-21T09:35:57.759+01:00Looking at the images you linked to, Lapinbizarre,...Looking at the images you linked to, Lapinbizarre, I realise that I have several of those as well. I'm sure I've an Alan Aldridge cover for "The Wind from Nowhere" by J G Ballard - I shall have to go and check.<br /><br />I quite like the early unadorned Penguins, especially with their different colour codes - Orange for Fiction, Brown for ancient classics, Red for plays etc, Rev. Richard Thornburghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348972142475605435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33148078.post-71326723152453549732011-09-20T21:31:06.223+01:002011-09-20T21:31:06.223+01:00I remember the 50's Pans well. Interesting yo...I remember the 50's Pans well. Interesting your blogging on the topic as earlier today I was thinking about the startling, at the time, development of Penguin covers in the early 60's. For the first 20 years of the firm's existence, covers generally conformed to a <a href="http://www.penguin.com.au/jpg-large/9780141399416.jpg" rel="nofollow">simple, generally unillustrated, format</Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33148078.post-70176927154873409402011-09-17T18:41:00.022+01:002011-09-17T18:41:00.022+01:00These are fantastic!These are fantastic!susan s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03679099677585214433noreply@blogger.com