There is a big full color dustjacket painting and (usually) a frontis illustration. In this return by Edward Gorey as illustrator, he begins the format he will employ throughout the remainder of the series. Professor Childermass is a character with more of an edge than many of Mr. This pairing will become the favorite of many fans of the series (including me).
This book launches another new set of characters: Jonny Dixon and his friend the crabby, elderly, cake baking, Professor Childermass. This is my only volume signed by the author.
Bellairs to "Donny", wishing him a "Happy Hanukkah".
In 1980, Bantam Books commissioned Edward Gorey to create a cover illustration for the paperback printing of this title.īook 5, The Curse of the Blue Figurine, 1983, published by Dial Books for Young Readers, illustrated by Edward Gorey - My first edition copy of this title is inscribed by Mr. In this, the first of the Anthony Monday series, there are no supernatural happenings, but Anthony and his friend, the librarian Miss Eells must unravel a mystery in their town. The books have a common style and use of the supernatural throughout, and every title is listed at the beginning of each volume. It is interesting that all the juvenile books written by John Bellairs are considered one series, even though there will be three distinct sets of characters and settings. Belliars' death.īook 4, The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn, 1978, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, illustrated by Judith Gwyn Brown - This book is the first of the Anthony Monday books. This is the last story to feature these characters until book #16 in the series, published in 1993 after Mr. After The House with a Clock in Its Walls, the series of books by John Bellairs continued through three more volumes with different illustrators before returning to, and sticking with Edward Gorey as illustrator for the remainder of the series.īook 2, The Figure in the Shadows, 1975, published by Dial Books for Young Readers, illustrated by Mercer Mayer - This book once again features Lewis Barnavelt, and introduces Rose Rita Pottinger who will become his best friend throughout the series.īook 3, The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring, 1976, published by Dial Books for Young Readers, illustrated by Richard Egielski - This story puts Rose Rita front and center.
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