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Miss Mapp |
Lucia in London |
Mapp and Lucia |
Lucia's Progress/The Worshipful
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Trouble For Lucia |
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A 'Mills & Boon'-ish
edition published by Signet in 1971 |
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Heinemann hardback reissue from
1986 (a facsimile edition) |
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somewhat grotesque Corgi editions (1979) |
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| Moyer
Bell re-issued the stories in new covers; shows above are Queen
Lucia, Miss Mapp, Lucia in London, Mapp & Lucia and Lucia's Progress.
The Queen Lucia cover appears to be a 'tweaked' picture of Geraldine McEwan
from the Television series, though we could be mistaken; Lucia in London
seems to be the same picture, 'flipped' and re-coloured! |
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| Popular Library,
New York (US) paperback. "The Worshipful Lucia" has one of the more
accurate covers as it depicts the Garden Room of 'Mallards' (actually Lamb
House in Rye) |
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A rare First Edition dust jacket
for "Lucia's Progress" (Thanks to Miss Leg for finding this!) |
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1984, Harper & Row Perennial Library issued the complete set of 6 novels
with cover illustrations by Marie Michal. In 1986-7, Harper & Row re-issued
the set, with the same illustrations, but in a slightly larger format,
and with a slightly different colour scheme (With, apparently, the exception
of "Mapp & Lucia" which had a cover taken from the then current TV
series!) |
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| 1984
edition |
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| 1986-7
edition; It should be noted that the picture representing the '86-'87 edition
of "Queen Lucia" is a recreation of the cover based on the design
of the others in the set; a scan of the real thing could not be found.
The others in the series ARE of the real thing |
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| Folio
Society |
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In 1994, the Folio
Society produced a set of all six, with specially commissioned illustrations
by Natacha Ledwidge, and an introduction by Brian Masters. Alas,
like many of Fred's books, this set is now out-of-print No dustjackets;
instead the set of six novels were sold in a case with specially commissioned
drawings on the sides. The same artist also provided illustrations
for inside of the books. Each book was bound in cloth, with an illustration
on the front.
Far Left: the Slipcase illustration
(please scuse the dark line down the right hand side; the picture runs
over one corner of the slipcase!) Left: the books in the slipcase. |
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Various other "Mapp &
Lucia" editions |
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"Mapp & Lucia"
Doubleday Doran USA first edition (1931)
Many thanks to the patient Mary
L. Perona for
submitting these images of the
Dust jacket and inner cover
- Mary would like to thank Ken
Madden for technical assistance (as would efbenson.co.uk!) |
A Book Club edition from 1984;
the cover uses a picture from the LWT/Channel 4 Television series.
Left: Geraldine McEwan as Lucia;
Right: Prunella Scales as Mapp |
"Mapp & Lucia" Penguin paperback
from the 1970's. (Kindly submitted by Ian Harrod!) |
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