Saturday, July 04, 2015

Mazo de la Roche cover gallery

The following cover gallery covers Mazo de la Roche's Whiteoaks of Jalna series. The books are listed in narrative order rather than order of publication.

Building of Jalna (Little Brown, 1944)
Pan Books 375, (May) 1956. Cover by Bruce Windo
Pan Books X158, 1962. Cover by unknown
Pan Books 0330-10158-7, (Feb) 1971. Cover still. TV tie-in.

Morning at Jalna (Little Brown, 1960)
Pan Books X136, (Jul) 1962, 269pp, 3/6. Cover by Harry Sheldon
Pan Books 0330-10136-6, (Oct) 1969.
---- Xth imp., 1972. TV tie-in.

Mary Wakefield (Little Brown, 1949)
Pan Books 186, (Nov) 1951, 2/-. Cover by unknown
----, Xth imp., 1953, 2/-. as above
Pan Books X133, 1962.
----, Xth imp., 1965. Cover by Gordon King
Pan Books 0330-10133-1, (Feb) 1971. TV tie-in.

Young Renny (Little Brown, 1935)
Pan Books 65, (Oct) 1948, 256pp, 2/-. Cover by unknown
----, 2nd imp., 1951.
----, 3rd imp., 1953.
Pan Books G299, 4th imp., 1959.
Pan Books X140, 5th imp., 1962. Cover by Helweg
----, 6th imp., 1965.Cover by Gordon King

 
 
 
Whiteoak Heritage (Little Brown, 1940)
Pan Books 98, (Aug) 1949, 224pp, 2/-. Cover by Allan Pollack
----, 2nd imp., 1952. Cover by unknown
----, 3rd imp., 1955.
Pan Books X157, 4th imp., 1962, 255pp, 3/6. Cover by Harry Sheldon
----, 5th imp., 1963. as above
----, 6th imp., 1966, 255pp, 3/6.

The Whiteoak Brothers (Little Brown, 1953)
Pan Books 405, (Feb) 1957. Cover by Jack Keay
Pan Books X141, 2nd imp., 1962, 254pp, 3/6. Cover by Harry Sheldon
----, 3rd imp., 1963. as above
Pan Books M199, 1967.

Jalna (Little Brown, 1927)
Pan Books 196, (Feb) 1952. Cover by unknown
Pan Books X132, 1962. Cover by unknown
----, Xth imp., 1965. Cover by Gordon King
Pan Books 0330-10132-3, (Mar) 1969. Cover as above
----, Xth imp., TV tie-in.

Whiteoaks of Jalna (Little Brown, 1929; as Whiteoaks, Macmillan, 1929)
Pan Books X38, (May) 1959.
Pan Books M198, 1967. Cover by Hans Helweg

Finch's Fortune (Little Brown, 1932)
Pan Books X43, (Nov) 1959.
Pan Books M200, 1967. Cover by Hans Helweg

The Master of Jalna (Little Brown, 1933)
Pan Books 281, (Apr) 1954. Cover by unknown
Pan Books X125, 2nd imp., 1962.
----, 3rd imp., 1962.
----, 4th imp., 1965, 271pp, 3/6. Cover by Gordon King
Pan Books M262, 5th imp., 1968, 271pp, 5/-. as above
Pan Books 0330-20262-6, c.1969.

Whiteoak Harvest (Little Brown, 1936)
Pan Books GP87, (Nov) 1957. Cover by Sam Peffer
Pan Books X118, 1962.
----, Xth imp., c.1965, 3/6. Cover by ?
Pan Books 0330-10118-8, (Mar) 1969. Cover as above

Wakefield's Course (Little Brown, 1941)
Pan Books X50, (Feb) 1960, 330pp, 3/6. Cover by Sam Peffer
----, 2nd imp., 1961. Cover as above
Pan Books 0330-10050-5, c.1969.

Return to Jalna (Little Brown, 1946)
Pan Books X60, (Jun) 1960, 379pp, 3/6. Cover by unknown
----, 2nd imp., 1961. as above
----, 3rd imp., 1962. as above
Pan Books 0330-10060-2, (Jul) 1969.

Renny's Daughter (Little Brown, 1951)
Pan Books 353, (Aug) 1955. Cover by unknown
----, 2nd imp.
Pan Books X159, 3rd imp., 1962, 283pp, 3/6. Cover by Harry Sheldon
Pan Books M201, 1967.
Pan Books 0330-20201-4, c.1972. TV tie-in.

Variable Winds at Jalna (Little Brown, 1954)
Pan Books G154, (Aug) 1958. Cover by Sam Peffer
----, 2nd imp., 1959
----, 3rd imp., 1960
----, 4th imp., 1961.
Pan Books X195, 5th imp., 1963.
---- 6th imp., 1965, 251pp, 3/6.

Centenary at Jalna (Little Brown, 1958)
Pan Books X89, (Jun) 1961, 317pp, 3/6. Cover by Harry Sheldon
----, 2nd imp., 1961, 317pp, 3/6. as above
----, 3rd imp., 1962, 317pp, 3/6. as above
----, Xth imp., c.1965, 3/6. Cover by ?
Pan Books 0330-02069-2, c.1969.

3 comments:

  1. Hi Steve,
    Just been speaking to Gordon King about PANs 1965/66 series of Mazo de la Roche book covers as I noticed you credited him with painting 'Variable Winds at Jalna'
    I have the original of this and wanted him to confirm it was his because it is not signed. He says it is not one of his and he only painted 4 of the 16 covers namely 'Young Renny', 'The Master of Jalna', 'Jalna' and 'Mary Wakefield'
    Cheers, Tim K

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  2. Hi Tim,

    Thanks for the correction. I'll make sure the right images are credit. Of course, that leaves us with the question if it wasn't Gordon, who did those other covers?

    Best,

    Steve

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  3. Hi Steve, PAN Whiteoaks and Finches Fortune are both by Hans Helweg. I've seen his ledger and he got paid `£42 for each. If you can find a 1st of Whiteaks before they made the lady a little less risque you could see Hans signature clearly on the base of the tree. Hans also did a lot of the 'unknown' Shute covers which I'm going to list on my site sometime along with a brief biography. Cheers, Tim K

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