Thrift Shop Book Covers: "Montana Bad Man"
Pocket Books’ imprint Perma Books in 1957, which is the
very edition that caught my eye. The artwork is starkly
creepy as it washes from the muted color of a face to
an ink drawing of a crumpling gun hand. A splash of red
bandanna crosses both elements, and adds an intriguing
abstraction of violence. The artist: Jerry Allison.
The opening paragraph:
“The big Schuttler freight wagon rocked along the
ungraded road in the thickening gloom, creaking
and rumbling ponderously behind the six-mule team.”
ungraded road in the thickening gloom, creaking
and rumbling ponderously behind the six-mule team.”
Roe Richmond was a pseudonym for Roaldus Frederick
Richmond (1910 – 1986). He spent his life in New England;
Vermont and New Hampshire, specifically. He started
as a pulp writer—writing sports stories—and moved
to paperbacks in the 1950s. His novels were primarily
westerns. Contemporary Authors, in its brief biography of
Mr Richmond, quotes the following—
Richmond (1910 – 1986). He spent his life in New England;
Vermont and New Hampshire, specifically. He started
as a pulp writer—writing sports stories—and moved
to paperbacks in the 1950s. His novels were primarily
westerns. Contemporary Authors, in its brief biography of
Mr Richmond, quotes the following—
“I have loved writing from boyhood. I cared for
no other career once I learned I couldn’t make
the Biggies in baseball, but most of my life I’ve had t
o work at other jobs in order to support myself and family.”
no other career once I learned I couldn’t make
the Biggies in baseball, but most of my life I’ve had t
o work at other jobs in order to support myself and family.”
This is the fifteenth in a series of posts featuring the
cover art and miscellany of books I find at thrift
stores and used bookshops. It is reserved for books
I purchase as much for the cover art as the story or author.
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