Showing posts with label Dell Mapback. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dell Mapback. Show all posts
Monday, October 3, 2022
MAP BACK MONDAY: Delano Ames's She Shall Have Murder
Today is Map Back Monday. Today's Dell Map Back is She Shall Have Murder by Delano Ames (1948). This is the first in the Dagobert Brown and Jane Hamish series. This one is set in London, so the London map is so appropriate! I love these old Map Backs. And, in case you're just tuning in to this Monday feature, Dell Map Backs were a series of paperbacks, published in the 1940s and 1950s with a map of the scene of the crime on the back cover.
Monday, September 26, 2022
MAPBACK MONDAY: Helen McCloy's The Goblin Market
Mapback Monday! I love these wonderful Dell Mapbacks.
Here's a great Mapback paperback -- Helen McCloy's The Goblin Market. The title and quotation are from Christina Rossetti's poem "Goblin Market." The novel was first published in 1942, but by Dell as a Mapback paperback in 1943.
I'm a big fan of Helen McCloy and her Dr. Basil Willing. The Goblin Market is set during WWII (1942) on the island of Santa Teresa in the Caribbean. This is a spy novel and involves codes and ciphers (cablese), as the foreign correspondents send cables to the home office. And, McCloy adds a good chapter on how cablese works. Helen McCloy was herself a newspaper correspondent in Paris, so she knows what she writes. I like the feminist and psychological elements of this novel. I also like that The Goblin Market foreshadows my favorite McCloy, Through a Glass, Darkly.
Here's a great Mapback paperback -- Helen McCloy's The Goblin Market. The title and quotation are from Christina Rossetti's poem "Goblin Market." The novel was first published in 1942, but by Dell as a Mapback paperback in 1943.
I'm a big fan of Helen McCloy and her Dr. Basil Willing. The Goblin Market is set during WWII (1942) on the island of Santa Teresa in the Caribbean. This is a spy novel and involves codes and ciphers (cablese), as the foreign correspondents send cables to the home office. And, McCloy adds a good chapter on how cablese works. Helen McCloy was herself a newspaper correspondent in Paris, so she knows what she writes. I like the feminist and psychological elements of this novel. I also like that The Goblin Market foreshadows my favorite McCloy, Through a Glass, Darkly.
Monday, September 12, 2022
MAPBACK MONDAY: Lenore Glen Offord
I've always enjoyed the mysteries by Lenore Glen Offord, maybe because she was local, maybe because I like the writing and the stories. I also love her period settings. She was true to her locale and time (WWII and post-war period). I'm glad I have this Dell Mapback in my collection to celebrate Mapback Monday!
The Glass Mask (1944) by Lenore Glen Offord, Dell #198 mapback edition, 1947.
A Todd McKinnon book.
Lenore Glen Offord was a mystery writer and mystery reviewer in the San Francisco Bay Area. She won an Edgar Award for Outstanding Criticism in 1952. She published 12 novels, 8 of which were mysteries.
Read Rich Rennicks article on Collecting Dell Mapbacks on The New Antiquarian Blog.
The Glass Mask (1944) by Lenore Glen Offord, Dell #198 mapback edition, 1947.
A Todd McKinnon book.
Lenore Glen Offord was a mystery writer and mystery reviewer in the San Francisco Bay Area. She won an Edgar Award for Outstanding Criticism in 1952. She published 12 novels, 8 of which were mysteries.
Read Rich Rennicks article on Collecting Dell Mapbacks on The New Antiquarian Blog.
Monday, June 13, 2016
Map Back Monday: Helen McCloy's Do Not Disturb
It's been awhile since I've posted a Dell Mapback cover and Map for MapBack Monday. Love these old books.. great stories and great graphics. The perfect match. Today's Mapback is Helen McCloy's Do Not Disturb (1943). The book also has a cast of characters with descriptions. The Hotel Majestic is another hotel I won't be checking into any time soon.
I really like the Helen McCloy books.
Check out the Mapback covers and maps I've posted for:
Helen McCloy (June 6, 1904 – December 1, 1994), is the pseudonym of Helen Clarkson. She was an American mystery writer, whose series character Dr. Basil Willing debuted in Dance of Death
(1938). Willing believes, that "every criminal leaves psychic
fingerprints, and he can't wear gloves to hide them." He appeared in 13
of McCloy's novels and in several of her short stories. McCloy often
used the theme of doppelganger, but in the end of the story she showed a psychological or realistic explanation for the seemingly supernatural events.
Read J F Norris's review of Do Not Disturb on Pretty Sinister Books.
I really like the Helen McCloy books.
Check out the Mapback covers and maps I've posted for:
Read J F Norris's review of Do Not Disturb on Pretty Sinister Books.
Monday, August 24, 2015
Mapback Monday: The Glass Mask by Lenore Glen Offord
I've always enjoyed the mysteries by Lenore Glen Offord, maybe because she was local, maybe because I like the writing and the stories. I also love her period settings. She was true to her locale and time (WWII and post-war period). I'm glad I have this Dell Mapback in my collection to celebrate Mapback Monday!
The Glass Mask (1944) by Lenore Glen Offord, Dell #198 mapback edition, 1947.
A Todd McKinnon book.
Lenore Glen Offord was a mystery writer and mystery reviewer in the San Francisco Bay Area. She won an Edgar Award for Outstanding Criticism in 1952. She published 12 novels, 8 of which were mysteries.
Read Gary Lovisi's article on Map Back Mysteries, here.
The Glass Mask (1944) by Lenore Glen Offord, Dell #198 mapback edition, 1947.
A Todd McKinnon book.
Lenore Glen Offord was a mystery writer and mystery reviewer in the San Francisco Bay Area. She won an Edgar Award for Outstanding Criticism in 1952. She published 12 novels, 8 of which were mysteries.
Read Gary Lovisi's article on Map Back Mysteries, here.
Monday, June 22, 2015
Mapback Monday: Helen McCloy's She Walks Alone
Today's Mapback Monday is Helen McCloy's She Walks Alone (Dell 430-1948). This is a non-series book.
"A girl who expected to be killed, a jar of blood, boxes of terror..."
"A loose Bushmaster and Murder make a harrowing voyage in 'She Walks Alone'"
"A girl who expected to be killed, a jar of blood, boxes of terror..."
"A loose Bushmaster and Murder make a harrowing voyage in 'She Walks Alone'"
Monday, June 8, 2015
Mapback Monday: What Rhymes with Murder?
Mapback Monday: Jack Iams' What Rhymes with Murder?
"When a lusty Lothario sings his serenade, romance rhymes with death!"
I love these Dell Mapbacks, don't you? This is #631. And, the price can't be beat! 25 cents!
From the 1950 Kirkus Review:
City Editor Rockwell and his hard to woo and win Jane (of Do Not Murder Before Christmas) are again confronted by bodies when the Record is threatened by the new, mobminded owner of the Eagle and one of its imported gunsels killed. The murder of a radical, lecherous poet puts Rockwell hors de combat, endangers Jane and it is the Record's society editor Debbie who unmasks a jealous villain while Rockwell untangles the mobster's death. Two solutions to double-deading in a light touch, lover interest mystery.
"When a lusty Lothario sings his serenade, romance rhymes with death!"
I love these Dell Mapbacks, don't you? This is #631. And, the price can't be beat! 25 cents!
From the 1950 Kirkus Review:
City Editor Rockwell and his hard to woo and win Jane (of Do Not Murder Before Christmas) are again confronted by bodies when the Record is threatened by the new, mobminded owner of the Eagle and one of its imported gunsels killed. The murder of a radical, lecherous poet puts Rockwell hors de combat, endangers Jane and it is the Record's society editor Debbie who unmasks a jealous villain while Rockwell untangles the mobster's death. Two solutions to double-deading in a light touch, lover interest mystery.
Monday, May 18, 2015
Mapback Monday! Helen McCloy's The Goblin Market
Mapback Monday is back! I've been meaning to post more of these wonderful Dell Mapback Paperbacks from my collection.
Here's a great Mapback paperback-- Helen McCloy's The Goblin Market. The title and quotation are from Christina Rossetti's poem "Goblin Market." The novel was first published in 1942, but by Dell as a Mapback paperback in 1943.
I'm a big fan of Helen McCloy and her Dr. Basil Willing. The Goblin Market is set during WWII (1942) on the island of Santa Teresa in the Caribbean. This is a spy novel and involves codes and ciphers (cablese), as the foreign correspondents send cables to the home office. And, McCloy adds a good chapter on howcablese works. Helen McCloy was herself a newspaper correspondent in Paris, so she knows whereof she writes. I like the feminist and psychological elements of this novel. I also like that The Goblin Market foreshadows my favorite McCloy, Through a Glass, Darkly.
Here's a great Mapback paperback-- Helen McCloy's The Goblin Market. The title and quotation are from Christina Rossetti's poem "Goblin Market." The novel was first published in 1942, but by Dell as a Mapback paperback in 1943.
I'm a big fan of Helen McCloy and her Dr. Basil Willing. The Goblin Market is set during WWII (1942) on the island of Santa Teresa in the Caribbean. This is a spy novel and involves codes and ciphers (cablese), as the foreign correspondents send cables to the home office. And, McCloy adds a good chapter on howcablese works. Helen McCloy was herself a newspaper correspondent in Paris, so she knows whereof she writes. I like the feminist and psychological elements of this novel. I also like that The Goblin Market foreshadows my favorite McCloy, Through a Glass, Darkly.
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