Paperback 159: Room for the Rolling M / Bertrand Sinclair (Western Novel Classic 112)

Paperback 159: Western Novel Classic 112 (PBO, 1951)
Title: Room for the Rolling M
Author: Bertrand W. Sinclair
Cover artist: Uncredited [A. Leslie Ross? Norman Saunders?]

Yours for: $15


Best things about this cover:

• "M" is about the last letter I would expect to "roll" anywhere. Too angular.
• That window is some kind of brittle scrim - made out of confectionery, perhaps. Glass does not break like that or look like that.
• His neckerchief is fetching. I also like the shirt. I think this guy has a really bad sunburn or is a rodeo clown. Otherwise, what's up with the aggressively red cheeks?
• His left hand looks contorted / evil.
• What is that "HP" in the corner of the window?
• I love that I can read "Warrant for Arrest" on the document that he has handily tucked inside his gun belt.
• At least this guy can hold a gun, unlike some recent Western cover guys I've featured.

I would show you a back cover, but it's just the same as the last Western Novel Classic back cover. Ho + Hum.

Page 123~

As Mike passed out a rotund Chinaman came bearing a tray.

Poor Mike. I guess it's like they always say: Beware rotund Chinamen bearing trays.

~RP

Paperback 157: Both Sides of the Law / Bertrand W. Sinclair (Western Novel Classic 110)

Paperback 157: Western Novel Classic 110 (PBO, 1951)
Title: Both Sides of the Law
Author: Bertrand W. Sinclair
Cover artist: [A. Leslie] Ross

Yours for: $15


Best things about this cover:

• "Claude Akins and/or Andy Griffith is ... This Guy!"
• That horse has a mangy mohawk and its eyes look Freaked Out
• I am tired of these covers where people hold (and fire) guns at ridiculous angles. What is with the inside-out wrist flip here? That thing should kick out of his hand.
• I'm gonna say gun beats lasso.
• Why is he being lassoed??? Is he a performer in the world's most dangerous rodeo?
• I guess he is a sheriff (the badge) and is also being hunted for some reason (the lasso). He needs to tie his kerchief tighter.

Best things about this back cover:

• Wow, talk about lo-concept.

Page 123~

"But from my angle when I sat into this game, an' from the way you acted right from the first time you laid eyes on me, appearances were against you. When I expressed my opinion of you last night, it was my honest belief. I was dead certain at that minute that I was right. It seems that I was wrong."

"From one cowpoke to another, I honestly love you."

~RP