Paperback 1122: Gold Medal d1665 (2nd ptg, 1966)
Title: The Bloody Medallion
Author: Richard Telfair (Richard Jessup)
Cover artist: Bill Johnson
Condition: 6/10
Value: $6-8
[from Stomping Grounds bookstore, Geneva, NY (6/24/25)]
- Buddy! It's OK, buddy, I just walked into the wrong room, I'm leaving now. Good dog.
- More dogs on covers! More, I say!
- I know there is an attractive naked lady on this cover, but ... puppy!
- That dog is looking directly at me. I have no idea what the lady is looking at.
- Is she bathing ... in a six-inch-deep hole? What kind of bathtub is that? It looks like she's standing in a flooded bathroom. Maybe she's supposed to be outdoors? Seriously, where are we in this picture?
- Look at them try to trick you into thinking this is a Sax Rohmer novel. I've never seen a blurb writer's name get displayed more prominently than that of the author. And they made Sax's name red like the title, too. Crafty marketers...
Best things about this back cover:
- Blood stains? That's it? Abstract red splatters? Where's buddy? I miss buddy.
- Gay revenge story! (I'm just gonna assume "best friend" is a euphemism). Love it!
- Seriously, putting it on the "to read" pile. I love a good (or even bad) revenge tale. Telfair's name rings a bell, but I'm not sure why. Richard Jessup seems to have written a half dozen or so crime paperbacks under this name in the span of about four years (1959-62).
Page 123~
"Strip," I said.Dutifully he began taking off his clothes. When he was nude, I ordered him to the water's edge.
I'm just gonna stop there. It's sexier that way.
~RP
3 comments:
That's a pretty good dog, though the coloring is odd for what is obviously a German Shepherd. But the more I look at him, the friendlier he looks; this is a dog who is happy to see you (or whatever you have in your hand). And what's going on with that front left paw? It's not underwater like the others we can see, but the dog is clearly putting weight on it.
The back copy and the page 123 quote certainly have me wondering why the word "frank" doesn't appear anywhere.
You've got a few posts tagged "Dog," but none with "Cat." You'd think with all the mysteries and night scenes in your collection, there'd be something for the ailurophiles.
Weirdly, I've got "Cats" (as a tag) in the plural HERE.
Ah, I looked for "Cat" singular, since "Dog" was singular. Definitely way more cats than dogs on covers in the archive.
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