RoRoRo
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Most cover are done by Gisela Pferdmenges und Karl Gröning Jr. A German art couple
Favorites 10+ (9th set)
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A set with the scans peolpe choose more than 10 times as a favorit. Each set contains 150 images. This is my nineth set
Day Keene
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Borne in Chicago, Illinois, The United StatesMarch 28, 1904
Day Keene, whose real name was Gunnar Hjerstedt, was one of the leading paperback mystery writers of the 1950s. Along with writing over 50...
Avon Books
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Agatha Christie in Paperbacks
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Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections,...
Pan Books London
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Pan Books published books beginning in 1945 until 1966. With only penguin Books as major competitor they started mass-market paperbacks in June 1947. They published Pan (numbered 1 - 443) Great Pan...
Robert Schulz
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Born in 1928 Cliffside Park, New Jersey. Studied art and philosophy at princeton University. Studies art under Frank Reilly at the Art Students League of New York from 1948 through 1952, where he was...
Lesbian Cover art on paperbacks.
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I don't have many, but here are some of the paperbacks with a lesbian theme. I really like the Midwood and Beacon editions! Enjoy..
Harry Whittington
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Harry Whittington (February 4, 1915 June 11, 1989) was an American mystery novelist and one of the original founders of the paperback novel. Born in Ocala, Florida, he worked in government jobs...
Gold Medal numbers 1000 and later
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The publisher ( Fawcett publications, inc) who invented PBO's, which stands for Paperback Original. A first edition (first book appearance of this title) Not be confused with the term 'first...
Jas E McConnell
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British(?) Artist with beautiful paintings using bright colors. His paintings cheer you up. His unique style makes him easy recognizable. Enjoy !
Gil Brewer
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All the paperbacks I have by this magnificent writer in any language.
Gilbert "Gil" Brewer was an American novel and short story author. He was born November 20, 1922 in Canandaigua, New...
Paperbacks 1932 - 1940
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Albatross had taken over the paperback market of Tauchnitz in Euope. And in 1935 Penguin started of in the UK. The American Pocket Books started in 1938 and the American Penguin in 1939. The first...
Favorites +10 (8th set)
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A set with the scans peolpe choose more than 10 times as a favorit. Each set contains 150 images. This is my eighth set
James Meese
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Paperback cover artist James Alfred Meese (American, 1917–1971)
Clark Hulings
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Grew up in Spain; studied drawing at the Art Students League of New York, where he was discovered by Sol Immerman. Beacause of ill health, Hulings moved out West to Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 1946 he...
Science Fiction paperbacks
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Stories of the future. Space, stars, alien, spaceships, wurmholes, timetravels, fantasy
Cartoons in paperbacks
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To laugh is good for you, The newspapers discovered the power of laughter. Fresh and sometimes naughty. Keep your smiles up !
Books with Dust Jackets
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I'm a paperback collector, but sometimes I come across hardcover editions with dust Jackets. For a fair price I add them to my collection.
Swords and Sorcery Colosal Cards
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Favorite 10+ (7th set)
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A set of images that 10 or more people choose as a favorite.
6th set here:
www.flickr.com/photos/42080330@N03/albums/72157650520744422
5th set...
Pocket Books 1939 - 1959
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Pocket Books founded in 1939 was not only America's first major paperback house - it has also been the most many-sided. Gertrude the Kangaroo's company has had, from the beginning, something...
Pin-up Calendar Girls by Ernest Chiriaka
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Esquire published a calendar with Ernest Chiriaka's Pin-up's. I've got two years 1956 and 1957. There are a few not by Chiriaka but also in this album.
Enjoy !
Signet
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Signet (1948 - 1959)
They began when the New American Line bought the American Penguin and the Pelican Lines. The serie numbers picks up where the American Penguin ended. The first imprint began as...
Digest
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Digest is a paperback that measures approximatly 5 1/8" x 7 1/4" so a bit larger that the normale paperback measures.
Favorite 10+ (6th set)
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Cover art chozen by 10 or more people as favorite. This is the 6th set. Each set contains 150 paperback covers
5th set here:
www.flickr.com/photos/42080330@N03/sets/72157645345047933/
4th set...
Ace D paperbacks
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A.A. Wyn and his Family (a magazine publisher) set up Ace Books in 1952. The idea, developed by Wyn in collaboration with Donald A. Wollheim, was to produce a series of paperbacks, each volume of...
Norman Saunders Paperback covers
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Norman B. Saunders born january 1 of 1907 in Minneapolis. Studied under Harvey Dunn at the grand Central School of Art in Minneapolis. From 1928 through 1934 he worked for Fawcwett magazines such as...
Favorite 10+ (5th set)
150 photos
A section of covers with more than 10 favorites. This is the fifth set. All sets contain 150 covers.
4th set here: www.flickr.com/photos/42080330@N03/sets/72157641016588754/
3rd set here:...
Raymond Johnson
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Illustrated many covers for Avon and Popular Library between 1948 and 1952. in addition, he worked for Bantam, Monarch and Dell
[Source: The Book of Paperbacks by Piet Schreuders]
H. Lawrence Hoffman
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Designer and illustrator of innumerable paperback covers in a wide variety of styles. He began his career doing drawings for the pulp magazine Thrilling Mystery Novels, one of the Ned Pines'...
Favorite 10+ (4th set)
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Set of my paperbacks which 10 people or more added to there favorites. Each set contains about 150 covers. This is set number 4.
3rd set here:...
Faun en Vamp serie
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In The Netherlands and Belgium they published two serie's starting in 1954. Every two-month a edition. The name of the publisher changed two times. 'Publiforce' was the original name of the publisher...
American Penguin
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Founded in 1935 in England is one of the early publishers. Word war II made changes necessary, and in 1942 they established American Penguin Books. In 1946, a great emphasis on cover art emerged with...
Favorite 10+ (3rd set)
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10 or more flickr-members marked them as favorite. This is my third set.
Lou Marchetti
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Born in Italy and moved to the United states at the age of 14; studied under Frank Reilly at the Art Students League of New York and was 'discovered' there by Sol Immerman. Beginning in 1955,...
Most Comments
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This set contains the images with the most comments by my Flickr. friends. Lucky for me, most comments are positive ! :-)
Thanks for your imput
Harry J. Schaare
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Harry J. Schaare, Born May 23, 1922 in Jamaica, New York; studied in 1940 at the New York University School of Architecture and futher at the Pratt Institute of Fine Arts in Brooklyn. Drew his first...
Details of Paperback Covers
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Some illustrations are worthy to look at a detail of a part of the cover, so you wouldn't get distracted by text.
Favorites 10+ (2nd set)
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Covers with 10 or more Favorites chosen by Flickr-members. This is my second set. The first set you can find here: www.flickr.com/photos/42080330@N03/sets/72157624560004868/
Popular Library
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1943 - 1959. In the early 1950s they where very popular in America. They are lovely to look at, with dark-green endpapers, their covers with flamboyant lettering and colors (lots of greens and reds)...
Sketches by Robert McGinnis
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With courtesy of Michael (Mike) L. Vosburg who sent me these copies to show the work-drawings by Robert McGinnis which he made to discuss his ideas with the art directors.
But you can help there...
plain beauty James Avati
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James Avati his early work until about 1955
Eppo Doeve
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Dutch Artist who did a lot of covers for Het Spectrum (Prisma pockets)
He is very versatile and plays with colors. For those who haven't seen his work before ENJOY !!
Charles Copeland
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Thanks to friends on flickr and this website by Lynn Munroe this set about Charles Copeland : www.lynn-munroe-books.com/list61/paperbacks.htm
Stanley Zuckerberg
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Born September 13, 1919 in New York City and grew up in Long Beach on Long Island; studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and the art Students League of New York.
After his first paperback cover...
Waternympf
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Covers of girls or women in, on or by the water. Skinnydipping
The First Gold Medal Paperbacks
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Stanley Meltzoff
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Born March 27, 1917 in New York City. Studied at the National Academy, the Art Students League of New York. Between 1947 and 1950 he drew about 10 paperback covers for Pocket Books/Cardinal ;...
Most favorited cover !!!!
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The covers of paperbacks who 10 people or more added as 'favorite' The second set of Favorites you can find here: www.flickr.com/photos/42080330@N03/sets/72157629920367667/
Drag Racing Drachten
186 photos
Robert Jonas
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Born in New York on 25 august 1907. Attended the Fawcett Art School in Newark, New Jersey. In his early days he met Dutch painter Willem de Kooning. In the frienship that followed, he met and became...
Paperbacks 1940 - 1947
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The so called first paperback periode. The coverartists use color and symbolic figures. Publishers like Pocket Books and the early American Penguin just began. Avon, Bantam, Dell, Popular Library and...
Gold Medal Books 99 - 1000
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The publisher ( Fawcett publications, inc) who invented PBO's, which stands for Paperback Original. A first edition (first book appearance of this title) Not be confused with the term 'first printing'
Charles Binger
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Did a great deal of covers for Gold Medal and a few Cardinals. His drawings sometimes looks unfinished. My favorite is "North from Rome " Crest 300.
Signed his covers as 'Binger' as well as...
Western
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Rough and though stories of bold men and fearless women.
Barye Phillips
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In the early '40s, he worked for Columbia Pictures' advertising department. He was "discovered" there by Sol Immerman who was looking for someone who could do "beautiful women with low...
Berkley Books
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The Berkley Publishing Corporation was founded in September 1954, by Frederick Klein and Charles R. Byrne, both of whom had originally been at Avon Books. The editorial formula, at first, was that...
Horror Covers
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I don't know why, but I like the spooky covers, the old horror-movies. Boris Karloff was my favorite actor. Dracula my favorite character. So sit down and relax. Welcome in my theater of Terror....
Robert McGinnis
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Born February 3, 1926 in Cincinnati; studied at Ohio State University in Columbus and the Central Academy of Commercial Art in Cincinnati. Beginning in 1956, he produced more than 1,500 paperback...
Robert Maguire
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Robert Maguire produced covers for Batam beginning in 1951 with his first cover Tomboy until 1953, Pocket Books 1953, for Signet between 1953 and 1958 and Dell between 1954 and 1967, for Berkley...
Darcy aka E. Chiriaka
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Probably a pseudonym. He (or she) produced covers for Avon, Beacon, Dell, Perma Books and Pocket Books during the late '50s.
Source: The Book of Paperbacks by Piet Schreuder.
Pseudonym confirmed to...
Mitchell Hooks
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Mitchell Hillary Hooks.
Born in 1923 in Detroit; attended cass Technical High School. Mike Hooks made illustrations for books and magazines and, beginning around 1950, drew paperback covers for Avon,...
+ Backcover
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Sometimes forgotten, but the backcover belongs to the paperback too. Some publishers/Artist also create masterpieces on the back. Around 1952 Bantam, Popular Library and Dell began to discover the...
Foreign Gold Medal + Twins
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The popularity (or sails) of the Gold Medal Paperbacks reached to Europe. Germany had there 'Panther Buch', The Netherlands there 'UMC' , France there 'Oscar' and Spain there 'Coleccion Medalla de...
Dutch Paperbacks and Hardcovers
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The Dutch had there own series as:
- Atlas
- Anker Boeken
- Corona
- Luitingh
- Middernacht
- Mimosa
- Prisma
- Pyramide zakromans
- UMC 'De Combinatie'
- Zwarte Beertjes
With artists like:
- Alfred...
Golden Covers !!
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Titles of Paperbacks with the word "Gold" or "Golden" in the Title
Cards or Poker Games
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Covers with Cards or refering to Poker or other gamble Games
Swords and Sorcery (S&S)
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The area of REH (Robert E Howard) the creator of Conan. Made stories classified as Swords and Sorcery, shortens as S&S.