Paperback

 

Home
Mystery Cover Art?
Men's Adventure
Paperback
Illustrations
Romance
Links

Paperback cover art reached great popularity by the 1950s. It has its origins in 1930s Pulp art.  Paperback books were sold as much for the art on the cover as for the story or author.  When sales slowed paperbacks would be re-released with new covers. By the 1980s most paperback art had been replaced by covers with BIG LETTERING.

Maguire_BlackAmber_39x26ob_500.jpg (57872 bytes) Robert A Maguire

Black Amber - Phyllis A. Whitney -1966, 1991- deadly intrigue and  suspense in  exotic Istanbul

Oil on Board - 39x27
maguire_PalmSprings_28x35.jpg (116709 bytes) Robert A Maguire

Palm Springs - Trina Mascott -1990 - dynasty of desire in a sin-drenched desert paradise

Oil on board - 28x35

maguire_GothicRomance_70s_30x20.jpg (98094 bytes) Robert A Maguire

Gothic Romance

Oil on board - 30x20
McLaughlinGary_TroubleInParadise_23x19.jpg (25426 bytes) Gary McLaughlin

Trouble In Paradise 

Oil on Board - 23x19
GRPulp_MysteryOfTMissing-Tvl&AdvInSA-byRifland.jpg (225779 bytes) Mystery of the Missing - German Pulp

Gouache on paper - 15x10
THundredStories_18x12.jpg (110524 bytes) Best Party In the Castle - The Hundred Stories - Ace - K Series - A-130   1960

Gouache on board 20x13