Alan Jessett

I've been unable to find out anything about Jessett other than that he may have been represented by Associated Freelance Artists Ltd. Also did cover illustrations for paperbacks and was still working at least as recently as 1997.


Children's Books
Wonderful World. London, Golden Pleasure Books (Pictureland ser. no.2), 1963.

Illustrated Book
We Shared an Island by Guy Morrison. London, Phoenix House, 1951; New York, W. W. Norton, 1952.
The Barons' Hostage. A story of Simon de Montfort by Geoffrey Trease. London, Phoenix House, 1952.
Young Master Carver. A young boy in the reign of Edward III by A. Stephen Tring. London, Phoenix House, 1952.
The Sea Around Us by Rachel L. Carson. London, Readers Union, 1953.
The Silken Secret by Geoffrey Trease. Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1953.
The Emperor's New Clothes, and other stories by J. R. C. Yglesias. London, Ginn & Co., 1955.
Mystery at Monks' Hall by Gladys O'Connor. London, Ginn & Co., 1956.
The Cable Story by J. R. C. Yglesias. London, Ginn & Co., 1957.
The Mammoth Cavern by Andrew Wood. London, Max Parrish, 1957.
Measuring and Recording by Jenny Taylor & Terry Ingleby. London, Longmans, 1963.
Number Words by Jenny Taylor & Terry Ingleby. London, Longmans, 1963.
Pleasure in English by J. R. C. Yglesias & Ian Newnham. London, Longmans, 1963.
Numbers by Jenny Taylor & Terry Ingleby. London, Longmans, 2 vols., 1965.
This Is the Way I Go by Jenny Taylor & Terry Ingleby. London, Longmans, 6 vols., 1965.
People We Meet by R. P. A. Edwards & Vivian Gibbon. London, Burke, 1966.
A Fast Car by E. S. Lawrence. London, Ginn (Read to Yourself ser. no.2), 1969.
About the Weather by Philip A. Sauvain. London, Macmillan (Discovery ser. no.3), 1970.
The Jolly Warreners by Joy E. Stuart. Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1970.
Face to Face by Robin Place. London, Ginn (A Long Time Ago ser. no.11), 1970.
Fishes by Gwynne Vevers. London, Bodley Head, 1974.

Others (illustrated cards)
Emergency First Aid by Eileen Yates. London, Key Facts, 1969.
Is There a Dog in the House? Easy steps to a happy, healthy dog's life by Joan Palmer. London, Key Facts, 1969.

(* Illustration from Swift Annual 1963 (1962), © Look and Learn Magazine Ltd.)