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DAWNTREADER cover quest

PostPosted: September 2nd, 2009, 6:16 pm
by meu
I wonder if any of you English/American book connoisseurs can help me on this...

I remember from my teens a perfect Dawntreader cover reprinted in some Polish fantasy magazine. I don't recall much details, but it certainly had a picture-frame around, as a contour, and Reepicheep was sitting on that frame, in the lower right corner. The ship itself, I remember, was somewhat drakkar-styled, i.e. the dragon head at the bow had a very long neck, straight and slender. I think the sky was black or at least dark and the sea could have been stormy.

Does anyone remember any cover matching this general outline?

MeU

Re: DAWNTREADER cover quest

PostPosted: September 2nd, 2009, 8:02 pm
by Sven
It's the 1980 edition under the Fontana LIons imprint.


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Re: DAWNTREADER cover quest

PostPosted: September 2nd, 2009, 8:28 pm
by meu
Gosh, Sven, you embarrass me... It's twice now that you hit the spot answering my question. Yeah, that's exactly the one. It looked better, though, when I was 11 and about to read Narnia :wink: So the quest is officially over. My only regret is that the Dawntreader in the coming film does't look more like this one. The design follows the Pauline Baynes concept, which I have always found rather clumsy.

You must have noticed that this DT carries what looks like a city/battlements/Native American pueblo on its aftercastle :smile: This detail somehow eluded me...

THX again!