Blues Artists

Aaron "T-Bone" Walker. One of the most influential electric guitar players.


Booker (Bukka) White.



B. B. King. Must be casual Friday.



Still my favorite blues artist. No film/video of Robert Johnson. My gosh, look at those fingers!

Lettering

A nearly lost art that was quite common, once upon a time. Selected pages from the Speedball Text Book, probably available at most art and/or stationary stores, 50+ years ago. Our local stationary store closed a few years ago. I miss it.

A couple of recommendations; the film "Helvetica" is a fascinating look at modern typography. Also, if you're ever in the Massachusetts North Shore area, a trip to the Museum of Printing in North Andover is a must for fans of type and typography.

Finally, a heads up: some of the images below are a bit politically incorrect. Sensitives types may want to skip this post.




I love the "Carnival" style!


The Museum of Printing has the original drawings for the "Times New Roman" font that is so familiar to users of Microsoft Word.



Some border designs.

Backs Dell More Map

Number 49. Edgar Wallace still holds the record for most stories and/or books adapted into films: 160. He also wrote the first screenplay for King Kong, much of which was used in the movie.




Number 63.



Number 67.



Number 151.

A Few More Mapbacks

Some nice covers, but really prime maps in this batch. I wonder if the board game "Clue" (originally called "Murder" in 1944) was inspired by the Dell maps?

Number 143. Amazingly, Rim of the Pit is still in print, with the original map on the back!



Number 177.





Number 180.

Dell Map Morebacks

Number 185. I think this was my first mapback.





Number 302. No info on Hannah Lees, other than one of her stories was made into a film called "Shadow on the Wall" starring Ann Sothern and featuring Nancy (Mommy) Davis and Barbara Billingsley. Sounds like a must-see.


Number 302 also had the very cool mapback endpapers.

Map More Dellbacks

Number 132. Leane Zugsmith seems like she was an interesting person. She was married to co-author Carl Randau.




Number 208. Cornell Woolrich also wrote under the pen-name William Irish. As Irish, he was the author of Marihuana. Sorry, I don't have a copy of that one.




Number 262. I believe Alfred Hitchcock and James Stewart were involved in the film business somehow.