{"id":2840,"date":"2015-05-04T05:28:07","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T05:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/?p=2840"},"modified":"2015-05-04T07:10:33","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T07:10:33","slug":"sad-news-gumbles-and-dust-jackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2015\/05\/04\/sad-news-gumbles-and-dust-jackets\/","title":{"rendered":"Sad News, Gumbles and Dust Jackets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sadly my Father-in-Law died last week.\u00a0Bob had\u00a0been suffering for several months but passed away peacefully in his sleep. R.I.P.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I mentioned in the last blog the passing of Desmond Digby original illustrator of the<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tikit.net\/Blog\/Gumbles.htm\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;Gumbles&#8221;<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">books and went to sort out my three titles I knew PAN published under the Piccolo imprint. I was surprised to find that I had forgotten one was a later edition after Piccolo changed to Young Piper and that the cover was actually by Sandy Nightingale. I&#8217;ve sent her an email and will keep fingers crossed for a reply. PAN only published three of the four titles written by Sidney Wakefield and didn&#8217;t include the\u00a0&#8220;Gumbles in Trouble&#8221; or the omnibus edition.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2840 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2015\/05\/04\/sad-news-gumbles-and-dust-jackets\/attachment\/156246659061\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/156246659061-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2015\/05\/04\/sad-news-gumbles-and-dust-jackets\/attachment\/156159219671\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/156159219671-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I also spotted a variant of a dust jacket on Flickr. This time it was for &#8220;Flames Coming Out the Top&#8221; by Norman Collins, PAN number 74, and the challenge now is to find a copy. To see the others go<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tikit.net\/Later%202\/Dustjackets.htm\">HERE.<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">You&#8217;ll notice that there are two variant dust jackets\u00a0for PAN 90 &#8220;Action For Slander&#8221; as well which makes me wonder how many of the others had more than one?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Flames.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2843\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Flames-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"Flames\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Flames-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Flames.jpg 319w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sadly my Father-in-Law died last week.\u00a0Bob had\u00a0been suffering for several months but passed away peacefully in his sleep. R.I.P. I mentioned in the last blog the passing of Desmond Digby original illustrator of the &#8220;Gumbles&#8221;\u00a0books and went to sort out my three titles I knew PAN published under the Piccolo imprint. 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