Davis Meltzer

Look Here: Clifford D. Simak’s CITY, with cover art by Davis Meltzer

27 March 201510 August 2016 RCLeave a comment

Scanned by me from my personal copy of the book, as usual:

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**ABOVE:** Clifford D. Simak, *City* (NY: Ace Books, 1973), with cover art by Davis Meltzer.

To view all of the covers with art by Davis Meltzer that I’ve posted so far, start here.

Look Here: Three more SF covers with art by Kelly Freas

7 October 201410 August 2016 RCLeave a comment

Travelled a bit in the past few weeks. Stopped at a few bookstores. Bought a few books. Like these, for instance:

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**ABOVE:** Brian M. Stableford, *To Challenge Chaos* (NY: DAW Books, 1972), with cover art by Kelly Freas.

**ABOVE:** Brian M. Stableford, *Promised Land* (NY: DAW Books, 1974), with cover art by Kelly Freas.

**ABOVE:** Clifford D. Simak, *The Werewolf Principle* (NY: DAW Books, 1982), with cover art by Kelly Freas.

To view all of the covers with art by Kelly Freas that I’ve scanned and posted so far, click here.

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Look Here: ENCHANTED PILGRIMAGE and three others with cover art by Lehr

27 December 201310 August 2016 RCLeave a comment

More cover scans, courtesy of yours truly:

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**ABOVE:** Clifford D. Simak, *Enchanted Pilgrimage* (NY: Berkley, 1975), Z2987, with cover art by Paul Lehr.

**ABOVE:** Stephen Tall, *The Ramsgate Paradox* (NY: Berkley, c1976), Z3186, with cover art by Paul Lehr.

**ABOVE:** Anders Bodelsen, *Freezing Down* (NY: Berkley, 1972), S2186, with cover art by Paul Lehr.

**ABOVE:** Harry Harrison and Brian Aldiss, eds., *Best SF 73* (NY: Berkley, 1974), with cover art by Paul Lehr.

The art on the cover of Freezing Down is uncredited, and no signature is visible, but I’m going to go ahead and attribute it to Paul Lehr. If you know better, you are welcome to post a comment and set the record straight.

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Look Here: Five more SF paperbacks with cover art by Davis Melzer

13 September 201310 August 2016 RC2 Comments

More cover scans this morning, which I know will come as a big relief to those of you for whom it comes as a big relief:

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**ABOVE:** Bruce McAllister, *Humanity Prime* (NY: Ace, 1971), 34900, with cover art by Davis Meltzer.

**ABOVE:** Andre Norton, *Web of the Witch World* (NY: Ace, nd), 87871, with cover art by Davis Meltzer.

**ABOVE:** Clifford D. Simak, *Time and Again* (NY: Ace, nd), 81001, with cover art by Davis Meltzer.

**ABOVE:** Theodore Sturgeon, *The Worlds of Theodore Sturgeon* (NY: Ace, 1972), 91060, with cover art by Davis Meltzer.

**ABOVE:** Margaret St. Clair, *The Dancers of Noyo* (NY: Ace, 1973), 13600, with cover art by Davis Meltzer.

The most obvious influence on Melzer’s art in the early 1970s was Kelly Freas. I have more Freas covers to post, so stay tuned for that, if that’s that sort of thing that’s your sort of thing.

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Look Here: THE COSMIC ENGINEERS, with cover art by the great unknown

29 October 201211 August 2016 RC3 Comments

From the library of yours truly:

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The foreground figures in the above (uncredited and unsigned) illustration are tremendously effective; the background figures, not so much.

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Look Here: Ten SF paperbacks, 1958 to 1977, with cover art by Richard Powers

27 July 201111 August 2016 RCLeave a comment

From my own library:

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richard-powers_the-skylark-of-space_ny-pyramid-1958 — **ABOVE:** Edward E. Smith, *The Skylark of Space* (New York: Pyramid, 1958), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_the-worlds-of-clifford-simak_ny-avon-nd — **ABOVE:** Clifford Simak, *The Worlds of Clifford Simak* (New York: Avon, n.d.), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_creatures-of-the-abyss_ny-berkley-1961 — **ABOVE:** Murray Leinster, *Creatures of the Abyss* (New York: Berkley, 1961), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_beyond-the-barrier_ny-macfadden-books-1965 — **ABOVE:** Damon Knight, *Beyond the Barrier* (New York: Macfadden Books, 1965), with cover art by Richard Powers.

**ABOVE:** William F. Nolan, *Impact-20* (New York: Paperback Library, 1966), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_galactic-odyssey_ny-berkley-1967 — **ABOVE:** Keith Laumer, *Galactic Odyssey* (New York: Berkley, 1967), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_the-glory-that-was_ny-paperback-library-1971 — **ABOVE:** L. Sprague de Camp, *The Glory That Was* (New York: Paperback Library, 1971), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_out-of-their-minds_ny-berkley-1975 — **ABOVE:** Clifford D. Simak, *Out of Their Minds* (New York: Berkley, 1975), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_the-future-now_ny-fawcett-1977_front — **ABOVE:** Robert Hoskins, ed., *The Future Now* (New York: Fawcett, 1977), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_the-future-now_ny-fawcett-1977_back — **ABOVE:** Robert Hoskins, ed., *The Future Now* (New York: Fawcett, 1977), with cover art by Richard Powers. This is the back cover, obviously, but note that the art doesn’t appear on the spine, which is a solid colour.

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Look Here: Six from the Sixties, with cover art by Richard Powers

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Look Here: Four more SF covers with art by Paul Lehr

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A nice variety of covers by Lehr this time around. I especially dig Lehr’s 1967 cover for Margaret St. Clair’s The Dolphins of Altair, even if the exact location of the dorsal fin on the central dolphin (who, to Lehr’s credit, really looks like he is carrying a weight on his back) is slightly mysterious. I don’t know about you, but I’m happy to chalk this one up to artistic license… the fin is entirely hidden by the woman’s body and that’s all there is to it…

paul-lehr_the-dolphins-of-altair_ny-dell-1967 — **ABOVE:** Margaret St. Clair, *The Dolphins of Altair* (New York: Dell, 1967), with cover art by Paul Lehr.

paul-lehr_the-legion-of-space_ny-pyramid-1969 — **ABOVE:** Jack Williamson, *The Legion of Space* (New York: Pyramid, 1969), with cover art by Paul Lehr.

paul-lehr_the-stars-like-dust_greenwich-conn-fawcett-1972 — **ABOVE:** Isaac Asimov, *The Stars Like Dust* (Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett, 1972), with cover art by Paul Lehr.

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Look Here: Two more terrific covers by Richard Powers

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I bought these two paperbacks with covers by Richard Powers on Thursday morning at “Poor Michael’s Bookshop, Art, & Cafe” in Onanole, Manitoba, just south of Riding Mountain National Park, along with several increasingly-hard-to-find paperbacks with Robert McGinnis and Paul Lehr covers that I’ll post another time and a delicious cup of dark-roast coffee, black, no sugar. Actually, I have quite a few paperbacks from the fifties and sixties with McGinnis covers that I’d like to post. It’s just a matter of finding the time to scan them and type the captions…

richard-powers_destiny-doll_berkley-1975 — **ABOVE:** Clifford Simak, *Destiny Doll* (New York: Berkley, 1975), with cover by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_path-into-the-unknown_dell-1968 — **ABOVE:** Judith Merril, ed., *Path into the Unknown* (New York: Dell, 1968), with cover by Richard Powers.

To view all five of the covers by Richard Powers that I’ve posted so far, click here.