Yes, there are some serious creases and wear marks on some of the covers, but it is difficult to find pristine copies of thirty-nine-year-old-plus paperbacks, especially when one limits one’s search to local bookstores:
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- ABOVE: Andre Norton, Star Hunter And Voodoo Planet (New York: Ace, n.d.), with cover by Jeffrey Jones.
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- ABOVE: Andre Norton, Sorceress of the Witch World (New York: Ace, 1968/1978), with cover by Jeffrey Jones (mis-credited to John Pound).
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- ABOVE: John Jakes, The Planet Wizard (New York: Ace, 1969), with cover by Jeffrey Jones.
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- ABOVE: Lin Carter, Thongor Fights The Pirates Of Tarakus (N.p.: Berkley Medallion, 1970), with cover by Jeffrey Jones.
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- ABOVE: Andre Norton, The Zero Stone (New York: Ace, n.d.), with cover by Jeffrey Jones.
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- ABOVE: Andre Norton, Uncharted Stars (New York: Ace, n.d.), with cover by Jeffrey Jones.
I don’t really like any of the above covers, with the exception, perhaps, of the Uncharted Stars cover, which I feel is a step up from the others in terms of draftsmanship, composition, technique, originality, and wit.
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Agreed. There is a much richer version of this last painting online (probably a better scan, as I don’t think Jones retouched it). Still, it’s nice to see his development. His early comics (in the ’60s) were wretched, but, WOW, he really shot up in quality once the ’70s came around (Wrightson likewise seemed to take a giant leap forward in 1970). Healthy creative competition, I suppose.