GIRLS AND GUNS: BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERS
Vintage paperback collectors generally bemoan the shift in the late 1960s/early 1970s from illustrated covers to photographic covers. While the photographic covers...
Read MoreVintage paperback collectors generally bemoan the shift in the late 1960s/early 1970s from illustrated covers to photographic covers. While the photographic covers...
Read MoreSpies and ghosts are not an usual combination. There are exceptions, such as Raymond Hawkey’s compelling It, but in general serious spy novels and the...
Read MoreAt a recent bookfair I acquired some nice Pan and Great Pan books, which covered the spectrum of genre fiction. The pick of them are set out below, including some good...
Read MoreAfter a successful run of high quality adventure thrillers in the MacLean/Bagley style, Gavin Lyall turned towards spy thrillers in 1982 with a short series about Major...
Read MorePlantation pulp was a popular, but unpleasant, sub-genre championed by many publishers in the 1970s. British publisher New English Library (NEL) was a particularly...
Read MoreI have been enjoying working my way through old thrillers that I have collected over the years, and seeing how well they have held up, and whether they are as good as I...
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