"This day's experience, set in order, none of it left ragged or lying about, all of it gathered in like treasure and finished with, set aside." –Alice Munro, "What is Remembered"
From Western Love Trails #7 (November 1949), here’s “Princess of the Rising Moon,” with art by Louis Zansky:
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I posted Zansky’s lovely romantic cover for Western Love Trails #7 yesterday.
For more stories illustrated by the same artist, check out the Louis Zansky category here at RCN.
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To view all of the work by Louis Zansky that I’ve posted so far, start here.
The cover art for all of the following covers is uncredited, but some are signed by the artist, Stanislaw Fernandes, and near as I can tell, he produced the cover art for the other books in the series, too:
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P.S. The above books are all from my personal library and were scanned by me just a few minutes ago. Of course.
P.P.S. I often buy vintage books solely for the cover art. I bought Stanislaw Lem’s books (years ago) because I wanted to read them. And I kept them because I wanted to re-read them. Because Lem is now one of my favourite writers.
I purchased the following four paperbacks with cover art by the great Richard Powers late last year from an online seller, and this morning I finally roused myself to scan them for display on RCN:
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To view all of the covers with art by Richard Powers that I’ve scanned and posted thus far in the life of RCN, start here.
I posted cover scans of books one and two of “The Justice Cycle” by Virginia Hamilton as part of RCN’s visual tribute to Leo Dillon when he died back in May 2012. I have since acquired book three, The Gathering, so now, naturally, I’m here to post a scan, or rather, one new scan and two old scans, since I think some of you might appreciate seeing the three covers displayed together in one post. Enjoy!
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To view all of the work by Leo and Diane Dillon that I’ve scanned and posted so far, start here.
As I’ve mentioned in the past, I don’t often buy Western novels for the cover art. But here are five that I did buy. They’re not masterpieces, by any means. Each one, however, displays some feature or other that, for me, distinguishes it from the usual boring, middle-of-the-road, realist action scenes that publishers apparently think that readers of Western novels prefer to gawk at:
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All of the cover artists in the above group are uncredited, but two of the covers are legibly signed, so I’ve included their names in the file names. Two other covers are also signed, but I can’t make out the signatures, nor can I find any credit information on any other websites.
Enjoy?
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I scanned the following book from my personal collection, as usual, but in the interests of full disclosure, I feel I should warn you that I also did a bit of work on the image with GIMP to remove some unfortunate and obtrusive stains. Here’s hoping that my ham-handed “improvements” don’t spoil your viewing experience…
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Eerie Presents El Cid, with script by Budd Lewis and art by Gonzalo Mayo, is available now from a bookseller near you. The publisher is Dark Horse.
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Eerie Presents El Cid, with script by Budd Lewis and art by Gonzalo Mayo, is available now from a bookseller near you. The publisher is Dark Horse.
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