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Showing posts with label Dyke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dyke. Show all posts
18 November 2024

There's a New Sugar-Puss on Dorchester Street

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Whenever I'm asked to talk about Ricochet Books, I make a point of mentioning Al Palmer's  Sugar-Puss on Dorchester Street . The tit...
03 August 2015

Mrs. Brown in the Conservatory with the Lead Pipe

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In Passion's Fiery Pit Joy Brown Toronto: News Stand Library, 1950 In Passion's Fiery Pit  features a misprint unlike any ot...
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08 September 2014

A Coupla Canadian Copycats

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Carnival of Love  [ Mardi Gras Madness ] Anthony Scott New York: Red Circle, 1949 Cover by Ray Johnson Carnival of Love  [Mardi Gr...
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07 August 2014

No he didn't.

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He Learned About Women Ted Greenshade [?] Toronto: News Stand Library, 1949 Tex had lived long enough to realize he had more than a...
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25 April 2014

Too Many Writers

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Too Many Women Gerry Martin Toronto: News Stand Library, 1950 Maurice Bendrix, the main character in  The End of the Affair , is a n...
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11 April 2014

The Return of Hugh Garner's Neglected Novel

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As promised, after a sixty-three year and nine month absence Hugh Garner's Waste No Tears returned to print last week. The fifth Ve...
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04 April 2014

A Sailor's Story

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Overnight Escapade Stephen Mark Toronto: News Stand Library, 1950 The publisher comes clean on the title page. "Overnight...
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14 February 2014

A Harlequin Valentine from Syd Dyke

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Holy Deadlock A.P. Herbert Toronto: Harlequin, 1954 Cover: Syd Dyke Related posts: Harlequin: Before the Romance Another Harle...
10 February 2014

In Appreciation of Syd Dyke, Illustrator

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Writing here last week , I described Syd Dyke as unappreciated. I stand by that word. Apart from a few pieces posted a couple of years...
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06 February 2014

Unsettling Garners

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Hugh Garner's pseudonymous second novel,  Waste No Tears , goes to press next week, returning after a sixty-four year absence as par...
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