{"id":3050,"date":"2015-08-10T05:41:26","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T05:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/?p=3050"},"modified":"2015-08-10T05:41:26","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T05:41:26","slug":"book-fair-two-plus-michael-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2015\/08\/10\/book-fair-two-plus-michael-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Fair Two plus Michael Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Isn&#8217;t it always the way, no local book fairs for months then two come along in the same week. On Friday we went to the annual\u00a0fair at the Methodist Church in Lichfield, one of my favourites as\u00a0I don&#8217;t think they let dealers in before hand, but not as successful as visits in the past. The pile of the left is mine, the ones of the right are those of my wife, probably a draw this time!<\/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: 33%;\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-3050 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2015\/08\/10\/book-fair-two-plus-michael-johnson\/lich1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Lich1-150x150.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 landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2015\/08\/10\/book-fair-two-plus-michael-johnson\/lich2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Lich2-150x150.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 landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2015\/08\/10\/book-fair-two-plus-michael-johnson\/lich3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Lich3-150x150.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;\">There were a lot of old friends in the boxes, I think some of the Penguins from the 30&#8217;s and 40&#8217;s were nearly new when they first went out! I ended up buying five paperbacks and one I was really pleased to find was a Jean Plaidy with a signed cover. Usually they are unsigned\u00a0and attributed to Renato Fratini but this one was signed &#8216;Raynes&#8217; so another to add to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tikit.net\/Advertising\/JRaynes\/JohnRaynes.htm\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">John&#8217;s page<\/span> <\/a>and I now need to look at the Plaidy titles more carefully.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Louismag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3062\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Louismag-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Louismag\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Louismag-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Louismag-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Louismag.jpg 714w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNo original PAN artwork this week as I&#8217;m still waiting to hear back from the artist himself to see if he has any memories of producing the covers. To compensate I&#8217;m showing some artwork by <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tikit.net\/Johnson\/Johnson.htm\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Michael Johnson<\/span><\/a> including one\u00a0I have for a Coronet title.\u00a0 Johnson painted five covers for PAN in the &#8216;Angelique&#8217; series plus a sixth title for Putnam in the States. Why PAN didn&#8217;t use the sixth or Putnam the other five I don&#8217;t know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Just added a couple of Piccolo covers by <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tikit.net\/Johnson\/GavinRowe.htm\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Gavin Rowe<\/span> <\/a>whom I mentioned in the last blog. I&#8217;m sure he must have done more than two so I&#8217;ll keep looking.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isn&#8217;t it always the way, no local book fairs for months then two come along in the same week. 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