Out of the three I bought, one is from February 1954 (red donkey cover - illustration by John Hanna), one from August 1962 (orange pigeon cover - illustration by D Shannon) and one from May 1963 (pink bird cover - illustration by D Shannon). The pink one is my favourite - I love the illustration of the cherries and the little bird in his beret.
Here are a few more of the John Hanna illustrated covers I found over on Automatism:
If you like these you might also like my collection of Which? covers.
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another awesome post.
thanks
Top bananas - I need to go to a car boot with you!
These are so great! Here are three more (two definitely Hanna - not sure of the orange one as the image is small).
What cool covers.
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=1232976714
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=1232976729
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=1042454448
WOW! These are fantastic! That will give me the "inspire kick in the ass" for today. Thank you.
Thanks guys, glad you like them and thanks Beth for the links to more covers!
Fabulous find here. If you're interested a compendium of the best issues from the 50s is available at
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/185375627X
great stuff!
Kickcan and Conkers - Thanks for the link, I'll have to order that book. Much easier to store one book than a stack of magazines!
beautiful. I'm always a sucker for low-color stuff like that.
and the subject matter really hits me where I live. If these don't make you want to save the family farm and rural America from corporate agri-business, nothing will.
Thanks for posting these.
Stop it, these are too adorable! Love the birdy, too (natch). Super car boot finds. I'll have to tag along with Make Do Style for your next trip! xx
p.s. just tweeted about this post!
note to self . must attend more car boot sales. Gorgeous illustrations what a find!
amazing how may forgotten artists keep turning up. Lovely!
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