Broken Covers – Hammond Innes
Publishers are always looking to refresh the backlist of authors and sell more copies. In the 70's the beautiful painted book covers went out of fashion and photo covers came into vogue. The UK...
View ArticleBroken Covers – John Creasey
Publishers are always looking to refresh the backlist of authors and sell more copies. In the 70’s the beautiful painted book covers went out of fashion and photo covers came into vogue. The UK...
View ArticlePlaying by Moscow Rules
There are a few different versions of the Moscow Rules, the term that refers to how a spy should handle themselves behind enemy lines. I like this version I found on a postcard in the International Spy...
View ArticleBroken Covers – John Creasey Part Two
Publishers are always looking to refresh the backlist of authors and sell more copies. In the 70’s the beautiful painted book covers went out of fashion and photo covers came into vogue. The UK...
View ArticleSpies in the Wild 2
An occasional feature highlighting spy related things found in the everyday world.
View ArticleThe Spy Who – The Art – Part 5
Over the past few years I have been looking at versions of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, particularly ones that had artwork created for the story. Previous posts looking at various editions and...
View ArticleSecret Lip Services – The honor John le Carré doesn’t want you to know about
Rarely am I shocked while reading a book, but this was the exception. As I perused my latest purchase, a binded transcript of a speech John le Carré gave at John Hopkins University in 1986 titled The...
View ArticleBroken Covers – They Live!
Publishers are always looking to refresh the backlist of authors and sell more copies. In the 70’s the beautiful painted book covers went out of fashion and photo covers came into vogue. The UK...
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