Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Paperback 159: Room for the Rolling M / Bertrand Sinclair (Western Novel Classic 112)

Paperback 159: Western Novel Classic 112 (PBO, 1951)
Title: Room for the Rolling M
Author: Bertrand W. Sinclair
Cover artist: Uncredited [A. Leslie Ross? Norman Saunders?]

Yours for: $15


Best things about this cover:

  • "M" is about the last letter I would expect to "roll" anywhere. Too angular.
  • That window is some kind of brittle scrim - made out of confectionery, perhaps. Glass does not break like that or look like that.
  • His neckerchief is fetching. I also like the shirt. I think this guy has a really bad sunburn or is a rodeo clown. Otherwise, what's up with the aggressively red cheeks?
  • His left hand looks contorted / evil.
  • What is that "HP" in the corner of the window?
  • I love that I can read "Warrant for Arrest" on the document that he has handily tucked inside his gun belt.
  • At least this guy can hold a gun, unlike some recent Western cover guys I've featured.

I would show you a back cover, but it's just the same as the last Western Novel Classic back cover. Ho + Hum.

Page 123~
As Mike passed out a rotund Chinaman came bearing a tray.


Poor Mike. I guess it's like they always say: Beware rotund Chinamen bearing trays.

~RP
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 5, 2008 at 2:16 PM

    Wouldn't "HP" be the artist?

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  2. AnonymousNovember 5, 2008 at 5:44 PM

    The spacing in the second line is just painful. That "M" must be really lonely, all out there on its own.

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  3. Nicole "Gidget" KalsteinNovember 6, 2008 at 9:24 PM

    I agree with the scarf being "fetching" (nice word usage!)...in fact, it's the first thing I noticed.

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  4. Michael5000November 6, 2008 at 9:41 PM

    It's a Hewlitt-Packard window. New material. Shatters funny.

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  5. DerdromNovember 23, 2008 at 10:27 AM

    "...Dude, Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature."

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