NOT QUITE ROBERT McGINNIS: Australian copies of McGinnis Carter Brown Covers
Had I But Groaned by Carter Brown (Signet, 1968) Robert McGinnis’ stylish ‘Good Girl Art’ covers are almost synonymous with the American editions of...
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TRASHY TUESDAY: LARRY KENT – The Miralles Covers
Life’s Easy, Huh?, Larry Kent 815 (Cleveland, 1974) The Larry Kent digests (Cleveland) went through several revamps over their nearly thirty year run from 1954 to...
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LATE SEPTEMBER READING: TOUGH ACTION THRILLERS
September 2021 Thriller Collage Dodgy characters, tough action and plenty of violence have been the common elements of my late September thriller reading! The Saboteur...
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TRASHY TUESDAY: FEVER HEAT AND CAR RACING
Fever Heat by Angus Vicker (Original Novels, 1955) Racing car novels were not a big part of the Australian men’s adventure paperback market. Horwitz dipped their...
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TRASHY TUESDAY: AUGUST BOOK HAUL
Book Haul Collage – August 2021 My latest acquisition of trashy covers is a rather eclectic collection comprising some Horwitz historical titles, a rare book by...
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TRASHY TUESDAY: RECENT BOOK HAUL OF FORGOTTEN SPY NOVELS
Operation: MissSat by J. E. Macdonnell, (Horwitz, 1987) In a recent round of bookstores and book fairs I uncovered some long forgotten spy novels from the 1960s and...
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