tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post7125928518541850045..comments2024-03-27T11:26:20.466-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: Paperback Novelties: The Dell Great Mystery Library, 1957 to 1968 (?)The Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-14544873739114048952022-10-15T11:23:16.885-07:002022-10-15T11:23:16.885-07:00Wouldn't be surprised about Boucher! Untermey...Wouldn't be surprised about Boucher! Untermeyer got a raw deal from "Line" but they were forced by the sponsor, who was worried about boycotts.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-64336905545823257802022-10-15T11:21:58.419-07:002022-10-15T11:21:58.419-07:00Yes, that is some little black dress too! Pic rea...Yes, that is some little black dress too! Pic really captures character. One of Teason's best. <br />I give Dell cred for going with those covers, but they dropped them after the first twenty. They also included fewer real "milestone" books and started publishing much more recent books, from the Fifties and Sixties, for the most part.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-76235679290582110092022-10-12T13:37:59.594-07:002022-10-12T13:37:59.594-07:00I agree, the Bedelia cover (mostly in red) is outs...I agree, the Bedelia cover (mostly in red) is outstanding. I presume that's Bedelia in the contrasting black dress. Her expression and pose seem to have a beseeching quality. I like those "modernist" covers too, and I'm surprised that Dell had the chutzpa to avoid the tabloid sensationalist "in your face" style that many mystery paperback covers exhibited.DouglasWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17079605686794757280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-73807993570207320352022-10-09T03:16:05.009-07:002022-10-09T03:16:05.009-07:00An interesting list. The ones I know justify their...An interesting list. The ones I know justify their places and I'll look for the others. Presumably the availabilty of copyright permission for reprints by Dell also affected the selection.<br />Was Louis Untermeyer selected by Boucher? In his own novels Boucher derided blacklisting, so he may have been sympathetic to him. Untermeyer is probably best-known now as a poetry anthologist. The main fault with his anthologies is the predictability of his selection, but they may be predictable now because of their influence on later anthologists!Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.com