tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post7384051473350218535..comments2024-03-26T22:05:12.894+00:00Comments on Bear Alley: Racey HelpsStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-26834489211151122532013-06-14T22:30:23.122+01:002013-06-14T22:30:23.122+01:00I've just been bought five first editions from...I've just been bought five first editions from a charity shop: <br />The Upside-down medicine;<br />Barnaby camps out;<br />Littlemouse Crusoe;<br />Barnaby in Search of a house; <br />My friend Wilberforce.Nick Swarbrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17641562220033574543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-54289022747441822032011-02-13T03:22:41.427+00:002011-02-13T03:22:41.427+00:00I have a few of Racey Helps's illustrated post...I have a few of Racey Helps's illustrated postcards and find them delightful! Now that I know a bit more about him, I look forward to hunting down some of the children's books he took part in. His eye for small details and vivid colors make the illustrations more interesting, humanistic, and enjoyable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-68782858384438074792010-05-31T00:43:04.820+01:002010-05-31T00:43:04.820+01:00I'm sitting in the Calgary airport waiting for...I'm sitting in the Calgary airport waiting for a flight, and googled "Cunningleigh-Sligh", the name of the wicked fox in "Footprints in the Snow". I hadn't thought about it in years. This one one of my very favorite books when I was very young--I remember the illustrations as being quite magical. I'd love to buy the one used copy Amazon UK shows for sale. MaybeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-71331685444697254502009-01-28T11:32:00.000+00:002009-01-28T11:32:00.000+00:00Racey Helps' family has set up a website http://ww...Racey Helps' family has set up a website http://www.raceyhelps.co.uk/<BR/>Happy hunting!Chirimoyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01149604581142612203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-28841404772896866402009-01-04T11:26:00.000+00:002009-01-04T11:26:00.000+00:00Whilst hunting for Racey Helps info after a deligh...Whilst hunting for Racey Helps info after a delightful family Christmas spent playing Happy Families, I found <A HREF="http://www.raceyhelps.co.uk/biography/" REL="nofollow">his official page</A> maintained by his family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-91818508084724237512008-10-04T14:54:00.000+01:002008-10-04T14:54:00.000+01:00the back cover of one of my old Medici books offer...the back cover of one of my old Medici books offers the following details:-<BR/>"Racey Helps was born in 1913, and spent his childhood in Somerset. He was privately educated at a vicarage, and later Bristol Cathedral School. As a young man he went into the antiquarian book trade,and attended the West of England College of Art in Bristol. From the early 1940s his illustrated children's books Chirimoyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01149604581142612203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-20841007269628490722008-06-22T15:43:00.000+01:002008-06-22T15:43:00.000+01:00Ha! I just googled "Racey Helps"....Neat!Ha! I just googled "Racey Helps"....Neat!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-90873354882709561122008-04-28T22:52:00.000+01:002008-04-28T22:52:00.000+01:00Poppy,Rene Cloke is covered elsewhere -- try a sea...Poppy,<BR/><BR/>Rene Cloke is covered elsewhere -- try a search in the search box (top left).Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-8719057094313951982008-04-28T22:07:00.000+01:002008-04-28T22:07:00.000+01:00Was just looking at LITTLE TOMMY PURR last night a...Was just looking at LITTLE TOMMY PURR last night and thought then that Racey was a woman...until I FOUND THIS WELCOME INTERNET NOOK! i adore the (man's) work and would love to know more, but how? Er...help? Also Rene Cloak...any ideas? Love and best, POPPYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-63527637915006973092008-04-17T16:41:00.000+01:002008-04-17T16:41:00.000+01:00I received "Barnaby in search of a house" at the a...I received "Barnaby in search of a house" at the age of three for a sunday school prize. Have treasured this book and had the spine rejuvenated. I have looked for information on this author and illustrator and found very little. His talent is immense. ( Is he still alive?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-6540084845177611632008-01-26T12:39:00.000+00:002008-01-26T12:39:00.000+00:00i have an old copy of footrpints in the snow - rea...i have an old copy of footrpints in the snow - really need to get it restored as its falling to bits - does anyone know where i can buy other titles such as the upside down medicine, barnaby camps out etc etc??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-40078368326978695142007-11-16T03:14:00.000+00:002007-11-16T03:14:00.000+00:00My mum and dad met Mr Helps when they were on hone...My mum and dad met Mr Helps when they were on honeymoon in August 1947 in Watergate Bay Cornwall. Apparently he was there on a mission to attend an auction at a country house but kept it quiet............ he bought a painting for a song which (as he'd suspected) turned out to be a genuine Botticelli worth a considerable amount more.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09804415680695738618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-88154143170518197142007-09-21T08:59:00.000+01:002007-09-21T08:59:00.000+01:00I have found amongst my "treasues" a Pepys card ga...I have found amongst my "treasues" a Pepys card game 'Woodland Happy Families' Illustrations by Racey Helps. For info.<BR/>DenisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-10908049151398453932007-09-21T08:57:00.000+01:002007-09-21T08:57:00.000+01:00I have found in my "treasures" a woodland Happy Fa...I have found in my "treasures" a woodland Happy Families by Pepys. Illustrations by Racey Helps but can find only prints and postcards on the net.<BR/>DenisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-12880044121451858662007-08-09T03:34:00.000+01:002007-08-09T03:34:00.000+01:00Thanks for all the great info. I purchased 15 old ...Thanks for all the great info. I purchased 15 old postcards by Racey Helps and Molly Brett at an estate sale and I was trying to find info on them. I had a lot of trouble finding any bio info about these artists. Their work is still for sale, though....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com