Hermann Hilgendorff, Het duel der maskers, 1930s
Cover by Jac. da Costa
from the collection of twincovercollector
I discovered Uilke Komrij’s flickr page (uk vintage) through Drawn’s post about his Mitchell Hook book covers.
When I contacted Uilke about featuring some of his Dutch covers, he kindly agreed and also turned me onto the collection of his brother Hillebrand, aka twincovercollector. It turns out Hillebrand recently joined flickr to showcase his goldmine of Dutch pulp covers from the 30s and 40s.
Hillebrand mentioned that he’s been collecting these books for 35 years:
A huge thank you to this pair for sharing these rare covers with AJRMS.
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F. de Sinclair, De Jazzband van den Guivel, 1941
Cover artist unknown
from the collection of twincovercollector
Stuart Palmer, Moordend parfum, 1930s
Cover artist unknown
from the collection of twincovercollector
Helen Reilly, De doode hand, 1941
Cover artist unknown
from the collection of twincovercollector
E.P. Oppenheim, De Burgemeester Tepaard, 1945
“Cover art by Ealo (?)”
from the collection of twincovercollector
C. Wells, Slapende honden, 1930s
Cover artist unknown
from the collection of twincovercollector
George Simenon, De onbekende wreker, 1930s
Cover by Rein van Looij ps. Tanner
from the collection of twincovercollector
Havank, In memoriam de Schaduw, 1949
“Cover by Dick Bruna, one of his first Havank covers”
from the collection of twincovercollector
Havank, Lijk halfstok, 1948
Cover by Rein van Looij ps. Tanner
from the collection of twincovercollector
Helen Wills and Robert Murphy, De dood serveert, 1930s
Cover artist unknown
from the collection of twincovercollector
Havank, Het Raadsel van de Drie Gestalten, 1940s
Cover by Rein van Looij ps. Tanner
from the collection of twincovercollector
M. J. Freeman, Vermoord door een goocheltruc?
“see the sign of the black hand”
from the collection of twincovercollector
Carolyn Wells, De drempelmoorden, 1930s
Cover artist unknown
from the collection of twincovercollector
The Aresby’s, Het teeken van den dood, 30s
from the collection of twincovercollector
Hillebrand explains that though the above cover is signed by PH, most covers of this publisher (De Combinatie) were taken from US books & magazines. This cover actually feels very familiar though I can’t track down why.
A.J.C. Vlaskamp, Hallo, Hallo, 1940
“published by Uitgeverij Helmond in the Speciaalserie in 1940 as number 87”
from the collection of twincovercollector
K. L. Pelikaan, De Melodie des Doods, 1938
Cover art by Lode Verhoeven
from the collection of uk vintage
Eva pockets, 1963, Strange Welcome
Cover art by Rein van Looij
from the collection of uk vintage
Villa Cascara, Mr. A. Roothaert
Cover art by Rein van Looij
from the collection of uk vintage
Atlas 15 The Glass Heart (De Vrouw met het glazen Hart by Marty Holland)
Cover art by Rein van Looij
from the collection of uk vintage
Pyramide 19, Dood in Exstase by Ngaio Marsh
cover by Guust Hens
from the collection of uk vintage
