Desmond Cory Book Gallery - 1950s
Desmond Cory Book Gallery - 1950s

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  • 1957 HIGH REQUIEM pb wol.jpg
    Filename: 1957 HIGH REQUIEM pb wol.jpg
    Paper back version. 5th Johnny Fedora assignment: takes part in an archaelogical expedition to Africa where no one has survived before.
    Last updated: Thursday, November 09, 2006
    Filesize: 30510 bytes
    Dimensions: 343 x 519 pixels
    1957 JOHNNY GOES EAST hb  muller.jpg
    Filename: 1957 JOHNNY GOES EAST hb muller.jpg
    8th assignment: Fedora finds new adventure in remote Tibet where he must find the answers behind a mysterious plane crash and its scheming survivors. Later published as Mountainhead.
    Last updated: Wednesday, November 08, 2006
    Filesize: 24993 bytes
    Dimensions: 251 x 367 pixels
    1958   JOHNNY  GOES WEST  hb shakespeare head.jpg
    Filename: 1958 JOHNNY GOES WEST hb shakespeare head.jpg
    9th Fedora assignment: Two detectives are sent to investigate a mining engineer's death that happened under suspicious circumstances in Venezuela. Now the Latin America's most feared boss wants to know more information as well but is unwilling to let just anyone in to investigate, and this is leading Fedora up against a wall.
    Last updated: Saturday, November 04, 2006
    Filesize: 72770 bytes
    Dimensions: 358 x 543 pixels
    1958 ANN AND PETER INSOUTHERN  SPAIN  pb  muller.jpg
    Filename: 1958 ANN AND PETER INSOUTHERN SPAIN pb muller.jpg
    2nd book written using the pen-name Theo Callas. One of a small number of books written for children, showing the author's good knowledge of Southern Spain.
    Last updated: Saturday, November 04, 2006
    Filesize: 61384 bytes
    Dimensions: 357 x 533 pixels
    1958 PILGRIM  AT THE GATE hb washburn.jpg
    Filename: 1958 PILGRIM AT THE GATE hb washburn.jpg
    Set amongst the ruins of Eastern Berlin and Communist Poland. Introducing Mr. Pilgrim. US Edition. Reeviews:"Introduces a latter-day Scarlet Pimpernel who steals scientists out of East Germany" NEW YORK TIMES 1958. "A colorful, closely plotted story" SALT LAKE CITY TRIBUNE
    Last updated: Saturday, November 04, 2006
    Filesize: 46712 bytes
    Dimensions: 361 x 523 pixels
    1959 PILGRIM  ON THE ISLAND  hb muller.jpg
    Filename: 1959 PILGRIM ON THE ISLAND hb muller.jpg
    Otto Berandt - Mr.Pilgrim (2nd novel). Later adapted for BBC Radio Play too.
    Last updated: Saturday, November 04, 2006
    Filesize: 34349 bytes
    Dimensions: 300 x 430 pixels
    1959 JOHNNY GOES SOUTH hb muller.jpg
    Filename: 1959 JOHNNY GOES SOUTH hb muller.jpg
    Fedora's 10th assignment - A self-styled Fuehrer has declared a little known province of Argentina independent - into this cauldron of intrigue and violence comes assassin-for-hire Johnny Fedora. The boldest and most daring bid for power since Hitler burnt the Reichstag. Later republished as Overload.
    Last updated: Thursday, November 09, 2006
    Filesize: 35644 bytes
    Dimensions: 288 x 409 pixels
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