tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post6548380779370578535..comments2024-03-26T22:05:12.894+00:00Comments on Bear Alley: Leslie Ashwell WoodStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-58150342650139079352019-08-13T00:27:51.473+01:002019-08-13T00:27:51.473+01:00I just discovered the work of Leslie Ashwell Wood,...I just discovered the work of Leslie Ashwell Wood, this evening, whilst researching info on the Churchill tank! I found his work featured on a National Archives page. And that in turn lead me here. Great stuff! I think I'll start trying to collect his work, as it looks terrific.Seb Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02825706166433888211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-62012894305316841472010-11-06T21:24:18.341+00:002010-11-06T21:24:18.341+00:00In reply to Grandmas Attack. I too like Collins li...In reply to Grandmas Attack. I too like Collins little 1960s Orbit Books, the older boys version of the nursery level Pixie Books. While I have neither enough information on them for a straight blog piece nor even close to a full set of them, I have used certain Orbit titles in some of my Bear Alley pieces. Check out The Big Delta (http://bearalley.blogspot.com/2007/10/avro-698-big-delta.html), Jeremy Briggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05981998594176878804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-51722132321307567152010-11-06T21:07:31.600+00:002010-11-06T21:07:31.600+00:00A somewhat belated reply to Dave Hanson's comm...A somewhat belated reply to Dave Hanson's comment almost 2 years ago. I have been looking at LAW again recently and now have a copy of the Complete Book of Motor-cars, Railways, Ships and Aeroplanes. Comparing Attwood's cutaways to Ashwell Wood's shows that they are not by the same artist. Attwell's style in the book is to make the outer section of the subject transparent so the Jeremy Briggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05981998594176878804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-1353994442300392402010-10-10T01:49:38.563+01:002010-10-10T01:49:38.563+01:00I sold some of my hardback copies a while back , s...I sold some of my hardback copies a while back , so they will be in circulation , but Is the paperback No4 (ISBN 0901 798 096) (C)1969, actualy a separate book , I thought it had fallen out of the hardback cover at sometime in its life. Also have you got anything on 'Orbit' Books , these are not cutaway ones though. PS have borrowed your cover picture , although the paperback I have has agrandmas_attacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-30629477446053101592008-11-10T13:33:00.000+00:002008-11-10T13:33:00.000+00:00Steve,Thanks for the very interesting profile of L...Steve,<BR/>Thanks for the very interesting profile of Leslie Ashwell Wood. As an Eagle reader (from just about the first issue) I picked up on his work in 'The Complete Book of Motor-cars, Railways, Ships and Aeroplanes' (1949) however there's another series of cut-away drawings in there signed 'Attwood' - I wondered if this was him under another pseudonym. The Attwood drawing of a prototype LandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-38003637342106550132007-04-10T18:16:00.000+01:002007-04-10T18:16:00.000+01:00Hi Barnaby,Interesting... I see that Benwig Books ...Hi Barnaby,<BR/><BR/>Interesting... I see that Benwig Books Ltd. was dissolved 17 October 1995 but companies can lie dormant for years before they are finally written off.<BR/><BR/>Equally interesting, the company wasn't officially incorporated until 10 March 1970, although their first ten titles appeared in 1969 under the Benwig Books imprint. The first six were a series of fairy stories based Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-30000000910690600702007-04-10T16:55:00.000+01:002007-04-10T16:55:00.000+01:00Steve,About twenty years ago I asked Bill Lofts if...Steve,About twenty years ago I asked Bill Lofts if he could find out how old the fellow was when he began working for Eagle. I had only managed to find some of his prewar and postwar Odhams work and that for the hardcover Benwig Books. Bill was unable to easily find much about him for the very reason you have come across. But he did come across something in Companies House: there were records of BARNABYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04845654082371044392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-43281155176383946522007-04-03T23:13:00.000+01:002007-04-03T23:13:00.000+01:00Hi Richard,See my comments above about my occasion...Hi Richard,<BR/><BR/>See my comments above about my occasional total confusion! I don't mind admitting that I was convinced that those last four books never appeared. Looks like I will have to update the bibliography. If you can dig out the copyright dates for me I'd be very grateful. Were they also titled "Inside Information on..."? <BR/><BR/>Just out of curiousity, were they issued with ISBN Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-64107976374632445722007-04-03T20:46:00.000+01:002007-04-03T20:46:00.000+01:00To clarify (as my last post may have confused thin...To clarify (as my last post may have confused things further!) I have copies of the following Benwig books in hardback:<BR/>1. trains today<BR/>2. civil aircraft<BR/>3. modern ships<BR/>4. military aircraft<BR/>5. space travel<BR/>6. naval ships<BR/>7. racing cars<BR/>8. hovercraft<BR/>9. exploring under the sea<BR/>10. famous steam trains<BR/>11. world car speed records<BR/>12. tanks and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-16695410319847950732007-04-02T23:27:00.000+01:002007-04-02T23:27:00.000+01:00Hi Richard,I obviously wasn't clear: there were ei...Hi Richard,<BR/><BR/>I obviously wasn't clear: there were eight Benwig books published and four more advertised. If you look in the bibliography you'll see that Trains Today, Modern Ships, etc. are amongst the published titles... the four advertised but unpublished are listed in the text. I cannot find any record of these books whatsoever and it is possible that Ashwell Wood was still working on Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-18885882543190297202007-04-02T18:53:00.000+01:002007-04-02T18:53:00.000+01:00Steve, just to let you know that the 4 Benwig book...Steve, <BR/>just to let you know that the 4 Benwig books which you have as not being produced DID actually appear. I have them myself. These little books were produced in hardback but some were also printed in softback (Trains today, Modern Ships and Military Aircraft are the ones I have) with a black cover illustrated with a sort of pictogram defining what the book was about. These seem to be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-83013771771244997482007-04-02T16:25:00.000+01:002007-04-02T16:25:00.000+01:00Steve, just to say what a mine of information your...Steve, just to say what a mine of information your blog is fast becoming. Thanks for all the effort. Fascinating stuff.John Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275476513933849893noreply@blogger.com