As I mentioned last week I had not noticed the passing of artist Paul Sample (19/02/1947 to 27/01/2026) back in January. We often emailed, with me usually asking for more information on a specific cover. He is probably most well known to PAN Fans for painting the Tom Sharpe covers but he also did others for PAN. We also lost Len Deighton (18/02/1929 to 15/03/2026) more recently and PAN published a couple of his books such as ‘Bomber’ plus including endorsements on several other titles.
Not PAN but looking through assorted bits and pieces I came across these A4 adverts for ‘The Ninja’. It’s a pity there aren’t seven then we would have had all the colours of the rainbow. They come in a folder made of what seems like bright red flock wallpaper which may have a significance that eludes me.
This weeks David Tayler rough is for what seems to be a rather elusive PAN title, namely ‘Blackwater’ by Frank O’Rourke. PAN published another book with the same title but by H L Tredree which seems to be much more common.
FOOTNOTE As was pointed out on a James Bond Facebook page there are some very optimistic sellers out there. Now how many copies of this book have I got?