{"id":17358,"date":"2025-07-07T06:55:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T05:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/?p=17358"},"modified":"2025-07-07T06:56:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T05:56:29","slug":"jeremy-james-1-leslie-thomas-and-the-island-of-doctor-moreau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2025\/07\/07\/jeremy-james-1-leslie-thomas-and-the-island-of-doctor-moreau\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Jeremy James&#8217;, Leslie Thomas and &#8216;The Island of Doctor Moreau&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/JJ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-17382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/JJ-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/JJ-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/JJ.jpg 459w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/><\/a>I had not heard of the <a href=\"https:\/\/tikit.net\/2025\/June\/JeremyJames.htm\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Jeremy James<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a> books by David Henry Wilson until I picked up a few published by PAN under their Piccolo imprint and later as Pipers. Considering they seemed to have had a longish publishing history, still being in print in several languages, I&#8217;m not sure how I missed them. The earlier editions had covers by Fred Apps followed by Ann Johns and then Axel Scheffler. David Wilson also wrote other titles published by PAN and I&#8217;ve Included a few of those on the page. What is annoying is that a lot of sellers use &#8216;stock&#8217; images for two of the Jeremey James titles and I would love to know if these actually exist?<br \/>TO BE CONTINUE &#8230;&#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lordshipc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-17386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lordshipc-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lordshipc-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lordshipc.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I saw a couple of<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/2025\/July\/LeslieThomas.htm\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Leslie Thomas covers<\/span><\/strong><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">I hadn&#8217;t got on eBay at a silly price but with &#8216;make an offer&#8217; available. I made what I thought was actually a very generous offer but which was turned down straight away. I replied to say what I was offering was as high as I was going to go, take it or leave it. The seller when very quiet but just before the end date, with no other bids, they accepted my offer. I still think I paid too much but there it is.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IslandTitle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-17392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IslandTitle-300x146.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IslandTitle-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IslandTitle.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a>I put a page of covers for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/2025\/June\/Moreau.htm\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8216;The Island of Doctor Moreau&#8217; <\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a>by H G Wells together a while ago and was convinced I&#8217;d posted it as part of a blog but when I went to recheck it I couldn&#8217;t find it. Maybe I intended to post it but then got distracted. Apologies if I have but here are the different versions of the PAN edition.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had not heard of the Jeremy James books by David Henry Wilson until I picked up a few published by PAN under their Piccolo imprint and later as Pipers. Considering they seemed to have had a longish publishing history, still being in print in several languages, I&#8217;m not sure how I missed them. 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