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katriona_s for ages....
These are illustrations from a 1959 edition of The story of Treasure Island told in pictures. This book belonged to partner when he was a boy and he has now passed it on to daughter who was so obsessed with it for a while that it was the only book she would let us read for about two months! I confess I hid it eventually :}
If the illustrations look vaguely familiar to folk in the UK it's because they were drawn by Dudley Dexter Watkins for publishers DC Thomson, which explains why some of the characters bear more than a passing resemblance to Desperate Dan XD Watkins may not be Wyeth but I love these pictures. Watkins captures the bustle of the docks brilliantly, his ships are fabulous and his pirates properly scary!
katriona_s for ages.... These are illustrations from a 1959 edition of The story of Treasure Island told in pictures. This book belonged to partner when he was a boy and he has now passed it on to daughter who was so obsessed with it for a while that it was the only book she would let us read for about two months! I confess I hid it eventually :}
If the illustrations look vaguely familiar to folk in the UK it's because they were drawn by Dudley Dexter Watkins for publishers DC Thomson, which explains why some of the characters bear more than a passing resemblance to Desperate Dan XD Watkins may not be Wyeth but I love these pictures. Watkins captures the bustle of the docks brilliantly, his ships are fabulous and his pirates properly scary!
 Bristol Docks |
 First sight of the Hispaniola |
 Jim meets Long John Silver |
 Hispaniola becalmed |
 Israel Hands climbs the shrounds |
 Death of Israel Hands |
