This week we have two David Tayler roughs which look very familiar but I can’t come up with a title or titles. I though they might be for a Nevil Shute but now I don’t think so. I’m still wondering if they are for two books or variants for just one. Can anyone help?
PAN published a wide variety of titles including those devoted to animal care. I picked up a copy of ‘Fraser’s Horse Book’ signed by Alistair Fraser, joint author along with Frank Manolson. This made me look to see if they had written anything else PAN published and I have come up with one for Fraser and another two for Manolson. I ordered a copy of one of them and after waiting three weeks I asked where it was and got the reply that when packing, it didn’t meet their high standard. I’ve not had that for a long time and I interpret it as either they can’t find it or decided it was being sold too cheaply but it would have been nice for them to contact me to let me know instead of the other way around. Now left trying to find another copy at a price I’m happy to pay.
Back in 2018 I mentioned Vladimir Koziakin and his Mazes Books of which PAN published a few. At the time I couldn’t find out if he was still with us but now the internet tells me ‘Vladimir Nicholas Koziakin (1943–1990) was an American graphic artist and author who pioneered the craze for thematic, illustrated maze books during the 1970s and 1980s. Working as a broadcast designer by day, he turned a personal drawing hobby into a highly successful publishing career, selling millions of puzzle books worldwide’
