Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]wonderful story our school libraries were full of his illustrations of classics my first read of Treasure Island was the one you mention he likely made me read books I would otherwise not have picked up ric > On Sep 19, 2017, at 6:43 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > Ric, > > Thanks to a gift to a neighbouring child from an American aunt or uncle > (the Irish diaspora used to send us things like that from the land of > plenty - good on them, and we were very grateful for any exotica from the > Star Spangled heaven), I had a loan of, and read, the "Treasure Island" > illustrated by Wyeth whose pedigree and spawn I wasn't aware of until now. > However, re-seeing it on our good friend Google, the image of the pirates > traversing the island's yellow skyline leaps out of my memory. It made an > impression. > > I never saw another book with his illustrations, probably due to them > never being sold here, and that despite being gainfully employed to daily > stock, and monitor, the trestle tables laden with second hand books during > the summer of '69 at George Webb's. That was a great bookshop right on > Dublin's quays beside the Liffey, had incredibly knowledgeable staff, and > is mentioned by James Joyce in "Dubliners". Probably Joyce liked Webbs as, > per Padraic Colum, he had tried to sell secondhand books to them, and > while rebuffed, had received useful advice. I worked from July to November > that year there and had some fun meeting the literati and the madmen of > Dublin. I still remember the touched Bang Bang whose simple pleasure was > to "shoot" people cowboy style with a "gun" which was a large key. People > all around Dublin would join in to humour him, exchange "shots", and > stagger back clutching their hearts. I remember the late John Young the > manager there and myself in our brown shop coats, ducking into the > doorway, levelling imaginary guns, and exchanging fire with Bang Bang who > never seemed to be hit. All his opponents must have had bad aims... > > On "Treasure Island", there was another illustrated one for kids produced > in the UK which I had back in the 50s. It had back and white drawings, and > a colour cover which vanished thanks to the predations of my three > siblings. Possibly, the remnants are up in my mother's attic. > > Douglas > > On 19/09/2017 16:26, RicCarter wrote: >> from grreat books of my childhood >> >> <https://www.google.com/search?q=wyeth+book+illustrations&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjf1YOnx7HWAhUh_IMKHQvrDg8Q_AUI7wEoAQ&biw=1407&bih=1090> >> >> https://goo.gl/DFzaDb >> >> ric >> >> >> >> >>> On Sep 19, 2017, at 9:31 AM, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard at >>> gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks, I didn?t know Wyeth and am honored >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information