Update 13 July 2023: I have added a couple of new found images to this page today. Total now 71. There may be more. If you know please tell me eric@satsig.net.
These thumbnails refer to commercial artwork, all believed to be by Roy Carnon, used for book covers. If you know more please tell me. Originally published
by "Four Square" or "Corgi Books" Many of the books are available for sale on web sites such as Amazon and eBay. Some texts may be available as free
download ebooks or html web pages. If you interested in buying one of these books, and have a specific interest in the picture on the cover, then check you are getting the
right version. Many of these books were published with alternative cover designs. I am also interested in any "motor show" related art by Roy Carnon.
b23 Shadow of Fear by Bart Spicer (Corgi S432 1957)
b19 Week-end in Baghdad by Ruth Wadham (4 Square 707 1962)
b3 The Big One Got Away by Robert Standish( 4 Square 771 1963)
b26 Shadow of Evil by Mansell Black (Digit 1955?)
b15 The Pub Crawler by Maurice Procter (Arrow 515 1958)
b25 Abandon Ship! by Richard F Newcomb(Corgi GB938 1960)
b20 The Casual Murderer by H C Huston (Corgi S453 1957)
b21 My Old Man's Badge by Ferguson Findley(Corgi S703 1959)
b6 The Dark Light (Corgi S446 1957)
b7 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye by Horace McCoy (Corgi GC769 1960)
b22 Slow Burner by William Haggard (Corgi S669 1959)
b8 The Telemann Touch by William Haggard (Corgi SC767 1960)
New Worlds for Old edited by August Derleth (4 Square 842 1963)
sf3 The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (4 Square 1232 1965)
b13 Pirates of Venus (Pub: 1932, Cover 4 Square 820 1963)
Read: gutenberg.net 0300211h.html
sf1 Pirates of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Pub: 1932, Cover 4 Square 1217 1964)
sf2 The Master Mind of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Pub 1927, Cover 4 Square 1216 1964)
Synthetic Men of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Cover 4 Square 1964)
b12 The Master Mind of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Pub 1927, Cover 4 Square 751 1962)
Read: gutenberg.net.au 0100201h.html
b1 Chessman of Mars (Originally published 1922, Cover edition 4 Square 661 1962).
Read: gutenberg.org 1153-h.htm
The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (4 Square 367 1961)
b11 Thuvia Maid of Mars (Pub 1916, Cover 4 Square 613 1962)
Read: gutenberg.org 72-h.htm
b14 A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Pub: 1912, Cover 4 Square 306 1961)
Read: gutenberg.org 62-h.htm
b9 Two Hours to Doom by Peter Bryant (Corgi SN1091 1961)
The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Cover 4 Square 1199 1964)
Breakthrough by John Igguden (4 Square 873 1963)
b4 The Canopy of Time by Brian W Aldiss (4 Square 821 1963)
b10 The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Pub 1913, Cover 4 Square 353 1961)
Read: gutenberg.org 64-h.htm
b27 The Battle of Britain by Edward Bishop (Corgi FB1029 1961)
Famous Fighting Aircraft (Cover b/w)
Famous Fighting Aircraft (Cover colour)
The Dragon Tree by Victor Canning (4 Square 818 1963)
The Red Beret by Hillary St George Saunders (4 Square 334 1961)
Judgement of Oleron by Donald Moore (Corgi GB1096 1962)
b29 The Burning Sea by Iain Crawford (Corgi GB1030 1961)
Siege at Ma-Kouie (Corgi SB990 1961)
Wolf Pack by Kenneth Poolman (Corgi SB702 1959)
Tempt Not the Stars by Mervyn Mills (Corgi GB856 1960)
Dangerous Trade by Gilford Hackforth-Jones (Corgi SB940 1960)
Turn the Tigers Loose by Col. Walt Lasly (1957)
b17 Time Enough to Live by Dan Brennan (Corgi S512 1958)
Tobruk: The Story of a Siege by Anthony Heckstall-Smith (Corgi GB954 1961)
Taken at the Flood by Bernard Newman()
Teach 'em to Die by Kenneth Poolman (Corgi S687 1959)
Target Island by John Brophy (Corgi SB881 1960)
Silent Victory by Duncan Grinnell-Milne (Corgi S677 1959)
Nine Days to Mukalla by Frederick Prokosch (Corgi GN994 1961)
Private Navy by David Satherley (Corgi SB879 1960)
Lonely Warrior by Jean Offenburg (Corgi S448 1957)
Night Fighter by C F Rawnsley and Robert Wright (1959)
Maximum Effort by James Campbell (Corgi S656 1959)
Last in Convoy by James Pattinson (Corgi S665 1959)
b24 Invasion '44 by John Frayn Turner (Corgi FB929 1960)
Jock by James Kennedy (Corgi SN740 1959)
Desert Squadron by Victor Houart (Corgi SB917 1960)
The Hump by Jack Barnard (Corgi SB1073 1961)
The Destined Hour by John Joly (Corgi GB1004 1961)
Day of Infamy (Corgi S629 1959)
Come to Dust by Robin Maugham (Corgi S471 1957)
Crispins Day by Leigh Howard (Corgi GB842 1960)
b30 Brazen Chariots by Robert Crisp (Corgi GB892 1960)
b5 Coal-Scuttle Bigade by Alexander McKee (Corgi S557 1958)
Cassino: Portrait of a Battle by Fred Majdalany. (Corgi GB751 1959)
b18 All this and a medal too by Tim Carew(1960) (no text)
All This and a Medal Too by Tim Carew (with captions Corgi GB779 1960)
b28 Across the River by Richard Jocelyn (Corgi GB894 1959)
The Admiralty Regrets by C E T Warren and James Benson (Corgi GB894 1960)
b2 Harvest on the Don by Mikhail Sholokhov(4 Square 742 1962)
b6 The Dark Light by Bart Spicer (Corgi S446 1957)
The Occupation: Britain under the heel!
The Fault of the Apple by Frederic Wakeman (4 Square 737 1962)
Most of the paperback book cover were signed ROY CARNON. There are a few unsigned, which I have attributed to Roy. If you know different please tell me and I will delete.
Many thanks to Rog Peyton, for contributing many images and helping to complete the above collection. Go to his site: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/rogpeyton/ for
larger, higher-resolution images, also showing art from many other paperback book covers. All genres including Science Fiction & Fantasy.
A number of the books are by author Edgar Rice Burroughs who was well known for inventing new words, often as anagrams of existing words, or existing words
spelled backwards. Interestingly Roy Carnon operated his artistic business under the trade name of YORDERF, phone number RENown 6731. "YORDERF" is
own abbreviated name "Fred Roy" backwards !
If you can help with improved titles or comments below the thumbnail images above, please submit the image reference number (e.g. b1 to b26) or name of the book and author and your suggested text or link by email to me
at eric@satsig.net. Also welcome are suggestions for inclusion of additional thumbnail images, or links to web sites where the
book covers are featured in more detail or where the books themselves are for sale.
Fans of Edgar Rice Burroughs who are members of Facebook are welcome to visit this Facebook page: The British Edgar Rice
Burroughs Society
There are a few high resolution images at pulpcovers.com/tag/roycarnon/
Page updated 13 July 2023