In the mid 1960s PAN published and republished all sixteen ‘Jalna’ titles by Mazo de la Roche and for once they were all in the same style although with paintings by different artists. I know four were by Gordon King as he told me and one by John Raynes as I can read the signature but I’m still puzzling over one which seems to have a signature possibly beginning with ‘W’ but that’s about it.
I would love to know the artist for ‘Variable Winds at Jalna’ as the original artwork has hung on my wall for years. I’ve included a few later editions, some with SBNs and some with ISBNs including a few that say PAN Toronto London as opposed to just PAN London but all printed in the UK. I have listed them in time sequence of the saga and included the publication dates as well.
Prime recommended I watch ‘Absolutely Anything’ which we did and enjoyed in spite of the reviews. I was pleased to see a name I recognised in the credits, that of a fellow PAN Fan, Gavin Scott, who not only wrote the script with Terry Jones but also appeared in it. Gavin and I have been emailing on and off since 2016 when he contacted me to say “I’m a great fan of your site, which I think is superbly organised and very rich” He, like me, is a admirer of the cover artwork and has a collection of his own. Above is a screen capture of Gavin as a newsreader in the film.
My last ‘New Titles’ list with a picture on the cover features ‘The Master Mariner’ by Nicholas Monsarrat and makes me scratch my head. It clearly states that it will be published on 11th January 1980 so why does my copy, and several from online sellers, say it is 1979?
