Penguin 472 - 1944
Penguin 472 back
Penguin 2013
Penguin 2013 back
Monday, July 29, 2013
Appointment in Samarra Part I
One of my favourite novels is John O'Hara's Appointment in Samarra (Harcourt, Brace, 1934). Penguin has just published a lovely trade edition, 69 years after their first edition. There have been many other editions but, not surprisingly, Penguin's are the prettiest.
James Salter Part I
This past Saturday was the 60th anniversary of the signing of the truce that ended hostilities for the Korean War. James Salter was a jet fighter pilot in the war and his first novel, The Hunters (Harper, 1956), is about the lives and loves of American fighter pilots during the Korean War. Amazingly 57 years later Salter has just had his latest novel, All That Is, published to generally very favourable reviews.
Salter rewrote The Hunters in 1997. There is also a Robert Mitchum 1958 film version which I can recommend.
Salter rewrote The Hunters in 1997. There is also a Robert Mitchum 1958 film version which I can recommend.
Thursday, July 25, 2013
The Great Gatsby Part I
The Great Gatsby has been published in "I don't know how many" editions. Has anyone done a bibliography of all Gatsby editions?
On a recent trip to Chapters (the Standard Oil of the Canadian booksellers world) I counted eleven different versions. Here are two recent editions that are not the run of the mill. The first is from Pulp! The Classics, an imprint of Harpenden's Oldcastle Books. It is one of eight pulp versions of classics published in 2013. Two nice touches are numbering of the books and a yellow edge stain.
The next is a 2013 french version from Paris's Pocket. The single word title caught my attention.
On a recent trip to Chapters (the Standard Oil of the Canadian booksellers world) I counted eleven different versions. Here are two recent editions that are not the run of the mill. The first is from Pulp! The Classics, an imprint of Harpenden's Oldcastle Books. It is one of eight pulp versions of classics published in 2013. Two nice touches are numbering of the books and a yellow edge stain.
The next is a 2013 french version from Paris's Pocket. The single word title caught my attention.
PTC 102 - 2013
PTC 102 back
Pocket - 2013
Pocket back
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Hard Case Crime Part I
The latest release from the folks at Titan Publishing and Hard Case Crime is a hit, thanks to the name of the author: Stephen King. In addition to the trade PBO Joyland has been issued in three limited editions, all but the cheapest (unsigned) sold out. The limited is a hard cover with a few nice features. The artist is the venerable Robert McGinnis with the front cover and nine internal illustrations. The back cover is a fun recreation of an early Dell "map-back". An original map-back can be seen below.
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Joyland trade - 2013
Joyland trade back
Joyland limited - 2013
Joyland limited back
Dell 63 - [c. 1943]
Dell 63 back
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