tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post686669409068698022..comments2024-03-25T11:29:25.356-04:00Comments on Existential Ennui: Richard Stark's Parker Novels: The UK Hodder Fawcett Coronet Paperbacks, Starring Point Blank! (A Westlake Score)Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-79232811865410608412019-05-05T13:46:35.604-04:002019-05-05T13:46:35.604-04:00Oh yes: the Allison & Busby editions were my i...Oh yes: the Allison & Busby editions were my initial Parker collecting obsession. If you type 'Allison' into one of the search boxes top right, you'll find there are quite a few posts on that subject...Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-78070343104121213562019-05-04T18:01:23.463-04:002019-05-04T18:01:23.463-04:00Thanks for all the wonderful research, Nick Jones....Thanks for all the wonderful research, Nick Jones.<br />Makes reading Stark that much more interesting.<br /><br />Have you posted about the A&B hardcovers anywhere ?sushil raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09443425898021913053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-23308623419014566782010-12-13T08:45:55.588-05:002010-12-13T08:45:55.588-05:00It is a great cover. So great, in fact, that I end...It is a great cover. So great, in fact, that I ended up with two copies: the one shown here, and another one I bought a while back with a really creased cover. Just couldn't resist the better-condition one seen in this post...Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-35782105299056549052010-12-12T06:54:30.398-05:002010-12-12T06:54:30.398-05:00Fascinating stuff! I'm really enjoying finding...Fascinating stuff! I'm really enjoying finding out about these publication histories, and loving being able to compare cover illustrations.<br /><br />That Lee Marvin graphic's rather tasty, isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-91791491205588338432010-12-09T07:17:27.884-05:002010-12-09T07:17:27.884-05:00There's always cheap copies floating round eBa...There's always cheap copies floating round eBay, so you might be able to pick up a bargain. Which one have you read?Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-24503369117112116222010-12-09T00:55:54.073-05:002010-12-09T00:55:54.073-05:00"Evidently I missed my true calling as a part..."Evidently I missed my true calling as a particularly annoying and pedantic schoolteacher"<br /><br />Don't apologise for scholarship! <br /><br />I've only read one Parker - if I can get my hands on a few secondhand (money's tight at the moment) I'll review them.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12028492436386571276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-83191447290591608612010-12-08T12:07:51.035-05:002010-12-08T12:07:51.035-05:00Nope. Coronet published those three paperback prin...Nope. Coronet published those three paperback printings under the Point Blank! title, and then the book lay fallow till Allison & Busby picked up the rights for their 1985 hardback, again as Point Blank. And their subsequent paperback editions -- which, cunningly enough, I'll be blogging about quite soon -- all took the Point Blank! title. Strange, huh?Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-86475446083135172232010-12-08T11:54:00.179-05:002010-12-08T11:54:00.179-05:00So was there never a British release of The Hunter...So was there never a British release of The Hunter using that title?OlmanFeelyushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17521657876810568251noreply@blogger.com