Look Here: Two paperbacks with first-rate cover art by Frazetta

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Freshly scanned by yours truly:

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Look Here: Five more fantasy covers with art by Jeffrey Jones

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From my collection:

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**ABOVE:** Gardner F. Fox, *Kothar and the Demon Queen* (New York: Tower, 1969), with cover art by Jeffrey Jones.

**ABOVE:** Norvell W. Page, *Flame Winds* (New York: Berkley, 1969), with cover art by Jeffrey Jones.

**ABOVE:** Dave Van Arnam, *Star Barbarian* (New York: Lancer, 1969), with cover art by Jeffrey Jones.

**ABOVE:** David Van Arnam, *Wizard of Storms* (New York: Belmont, 1970), with cover art by Jeffrey Jones.

**ABOVE:** Heinrich Graat, *The Devil and Ben Camden* (New York: Belmont, 1970), with cover art by Jeffrey Jones.

Click here to view all of the book and magazine covers with art by Jeffrey Jones that I’ve posted so far.

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Look Here: One fantasy and two occult paperbacks, with cover art by Jeffrey Jones

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From my own collection, presented in order of publication:

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jeffrey-jones_satans-child_ny-lodestone-books-1968 — **ABOVE:** Peter Saxon, *Satan’s Child* (New York: Lodestone Books, 1968), with cover art by Jeffrey Jones.

jeffrey-jones_kothar-barbarian-swordsman_ny-belmont-1969 — **ABOVE:** Gardner E. Fox, *Kothar – Barbarian Swordsman* (New York: Belmont Books, 1969), with cover art by Jeffrey Jones.

jeffrey-jones_the-vampires-of-finistere_ny-berkley-1970 — **ABOVE:** Peter Saxon, *The Vampires of Finistere* (New York: Berkley, 1970), with cover art by Jeffrey Jones.

To view three other “Guardians” paperbacks with cover art by Jeffrey Jones, click here, here, and here.

To view a couple more “Kothar” paperback with cover art by Jones, click here and here.

And finally, to view all of the paperbacks with cover art by Jeffrey Jones that I’ve posted so far, click here.

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Look Here: Ten more paperback covers by Jeffrey Jones

5 February 201011 August 2016 RC4 Comments

The original reproduction on many of the following covers by Jeffrey Jones, all from the library of yours truly, was very poor, so my scans are sometimes not the best here. One exception is the last cover, Twilight of the Serpent, which actually showcases Jones’s artwork in more detail and with more lively colour than does the rather dour reproduction on the back cover of publisher Underwood-Miller’s lavish hardcover, The Art of Jeffrey Jones.

**ABOVE:** Robert Silverberg, ed., *Earthmen & Strangers* (New York: Dell, 1968), with cover by Jeffrey Jones.

**ABOVE:** A. E. Van Vogt, *The Book of Ptath* (New York: Paperback Library, 1968), with cover by Jeffrey Jones.

**ABOVE:** Samuel R. Delany, *The Jewels of Aptor* (New York: Ace, 1968), with cover by Jeffrey Jones.

**ABOVE:** L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, *The Incomplete Enchanter* (New York: Pyramid, 1968), with cover by Jeffrey Jones.

**ABOVE:** Peter Saxon, *The Curse of Rathlaw* (New York: Prestige Books, 1968), with cover by Jeffrey Jones.

**ABOVE:** Richard Meade, *The Sword of Morning Star* (New York: Signet, 1969), with cover by Jeffrey Jones.

**ABOVE:** Frank Brunner, *Bedlam Planet* (New York: Ace, n.d.), with cover by Jeffrey Jones.

**ABOVE:** Peter Valentine Timlett, *Twilight of the Serpent* (New York: Bantam Books, 1977), with cover by Jeffrey Jones.

My favourites this time around are the covers for The Curse of Rathlaw (1968), an early effort in which Jones’s attractive design for the vignette is nicely reinforced by the typography, and Twilight of the Serpent (1977), a later cover which displays Jones’s hard-won skills as a draftsman (or draughtsman, if you prefer), mastery of lost-and-found edges in oil painting, and increasing willingness in the 1970s and early 1980s to produce images that went against the grain of traditional heroic fantasy.