#29 JOURNEYMAN - 1953

#28 Journeyman by Erskine Caldwell - Original Copyright © 1935 by the author. Signet 26th Printing May, 1953. Cover painting by James Avati.

"Semon Dye was a lecherous, gun-toting preacher who cheated men out of their money and made love to their wives. This is the story of how he took a tiny Southern settlement by storm - a vivid, earthy novel of primitive instinncts and actions." - publisher's blurb - back cover

#28 MAZA OF THE MOON - 1965

#28 Maza of the Moon by Otis Aderlbert Kilne - Original Copyright © 1930 by A.C. McClurg & Co. Ace edition 1965. Cover painting by Frank Frazetta.

"This astonishing science-fiction classic begins like a prophecy of today's space achievements - a missile is fired from Earth to hit the surface of the Moon. It is successful and the missilemen are heroes, until . . . the Moon fires back!" - from back cover

#27 WORLD'S FAIR GOBLIN - 1969

World's Fair Goblin by Kenneth Robeson Copyright © 1960 Bantam Books - originally appeared in Doc Savage Magazine 1939. Cover painting by James Bama. Personal note: The youthful memory of seeing these terrific Bama covers on the Bantam Doc Savage series reprints, displayed in the racks of my local bookstore like an exhibit at the louver, has not lost its revelatory power.

"THE TERROR OF TOMORROW! The thing call MAXIMUS was eight feet tall and matted with hair. It ran amok among the sophisticated, scientific marvel of the fair, striking stark, cringing fear in to the sightseers. THE MAN OF BRONZE, battles the brilliant brain that controls the monster - an evil genius capable of creating an army of huge horrors." - From the back cover

#26 KIAWA TRAIL - 1964

#26 Kiowa Trail by Louis L'Amour - Copyright © 1964 Bantam Books 1964. Cover painting by James Bama (forgive the poor condition of cover, but Bama's genius shines through).

"Conn Dury has seen no-goods, drifters, gunslingers and killers-for-money - but the railroad town was the first place he'd run up against a skunk who'd shoot a woman. A MAN THAT EVIL HAD TO DIE!" - Publisher's Blurb

# 25 AGAINST THE FALL OF NIGHT - 1960

Against the Fall of Night by Arthur C. Clarke, Copyright © 1960 Pyramid Books. Copyright © 1953, Aurthur C. Clarke. Cover painting by Robert V. Engle.

"One billion years from now mankind has reached the heights of civilization. Men live thousands of years in perfect freedom and leisure - their wants are attended to by ingenious machines - peace and culture flourish in ways undreamed of in our time. And yet . . . mankind is dying." - Publisher's blurb

#24 THE MANY LOVES OF CASANOVA, VOL. 2 - 1961

The Many Loves of Casanova by Jacques Casanova - copyright © 1961 by Halloway House Publishing Company - Cover illustration by Bill Edwards.

"Casanova continues his frank memoirs, detailing the charms of more beguiling women. The Eternal sport, he freely entered the bedrooms of ladies uninvited, as he did one morning to find two amusing themselves under the sheets." - Publisher's blurb

#23 THE MANY LOVES OF CASANOVA, VOL. 1 - 1961

The Many Loves of Casanova by Jacques Casanova - copyright © 1961 by Halloway House Publishing Company - Cover illustration by Bill Edwards.

"What mortal man in the history of the world can match this man's total dedication to Love? None!" - Publisher's blurb

#22 THE GREEN RAIN - 1962

The Green Rain by Paul Tabori - copyright © 1961 by Almat Publishing Corp. - Cover illustration by John Schoenherr.

"The Green Rain! . . . the consequences mingled laughter with horror - from the emergence of crackpot cults to something tragically new in race violence. Then came the second green rain . . . the really serious one." - Publisher's blurb

Note: Illustrator, John Schoenherr, won the Hugo Award for Best Artist in 1965 and the Caldecott Medal for his illustrations for Owl Moon by Jane Tolen. Shoenherr did a ton of sci fi book covers for Ace Books and Doubleday; as well as covers for Analog Magazine when edited by John W. Campbell and Ben Bova.

His paintings were sometimes in done in egg tempra; and unless I miss my guess, this cover owes its soft luminescence to the qualities of that medium. #Note: Nope, not done in egg tempra. The artist's son, Ian Schoenherr, confirms the work to be done in gouache. Thank you, sir!

#21 TIGER WAR - 1984

Tiger War by Don Pendleton (with contribution from Tom Jagninski) - copyright ©1984 Worldwide Library - Cover illustration by Gil Cohen.

"One man alone could only do so much in that war, but Mack Bolan did it harder and larger. He supremely left his mark upon the enemy and the land." - Publisher's blurb

Note: Throughout the 1980s, Illustrator, Gil Cohen, did a slew of the covers for the Mack Bolan, Executioner, series. This is one of my favorites of the series and typical of the wonderful sense of action Cohen could command.

#20 THE GRINNING GISMO - 1952

The Grinning Gismo by Samuel W. Taylor - copyright ©1952 Ace Books Inc. - Ace Double Novel #D-1 - Cover illustration by Norman Saunders

"A man will do anything to save his life, particularly when the vacation trip he had planned turned out to be a peril-packed excursion into the realm of terror, mystery, and murder!" - Publisher's blurb

NoteThe Grinning Gismo is the flip novel (Ace Double Novel) of the novel presented last post (Too Hot For Hell); with a cover again by hall-of fame-illustrator, Norman Saunders.