Thursday, 6 March 2025



A Visual History of Digit Books 1956-1967 (4)

 

 Artic Inferno  Eric Navisen
Digit Books N.N.

Lonely Water  Franklin Norris
1957 Digit Books N.N.

A Chip on My Shoulder  Eric North
1956 Digit Books N.N.

Blood Sky  Nelson C. Nye
1958 Digit Books N.N.

South Fork  Nelson C. Nye
1958 Digit Books N.N.

Man With a Gun  H R Oldham
1957 Digit N.N

Nerve Beat  J.B. O'Sullivan
1957 Digit Books N.N.

The Faramus Story  Frank Owen
Digit Books N.N.

Yasumai!  G.R. Parvin
1957 Digit Books N.N.

Starbuck  Brian Peters
Digit Books N.N.

The Secret Pact  Captain A.O. Pollard V.C., M.C., D.C.M.
1956 Digit Books N.N.

Gestapo Fugitive  Captain A.O. Pollard V.C., M.C., D.C.M.
1956 Digit Books N.N.

Double Cross  Captain A.O. Pollard V.C., M.C., D.C.M.

Finger on the Trigger  J.B. Poray
1956 Digit Books N.N.

The King's Pleasure  Lozania Prole
1957 Digit Books N.N.

Springboard to Victory  Guy Ramsey
Digit Books N.N.

Bombs Away!  Colonel Livry-Level and Remy
Digit Books N.N.

Dawn Landing  Wallace Reyburn
Digit Books N.N.

Seventy Thousand to One  Quentin Reynolds
Digit Books N.N.

A Stone For Danny Fisher  Harold Robbins
1957 Digit Books N.N.

Coverplan  Robert Ryder V.C.
1956 Digit Books N.N.


Sunday, 2 October 2016

A Visual History of Digit Books 1956 - 1967 (1)

Digit Books were one of a series published by Brown Watson first appearing in 1956 with the first 160 or so being unnumbered, numbering started with D139 April 1958.
Mostly Fiction and reprints although some were originals, genres included Science Fiction, Crime, Battle, Horror, Romance, Esoteric with a few Westerns plus about 20 Juvenile Delinquent titles mainly reprints of American titles which included the very scarce copy of Junkie by William Lee pseudonym of William S Burroughs 1957, this was the first time printed a a stand alone novel originally published in the U.S. as an Ace Double with Narcotics Agent by Maurice Helbrant Ace Books D-15, 1953.
All books are from my collection, N.N. = No Number, years of publication given where known.

Contact Details: aligemkerbooks2014@gmail.com

The Smouldering Sea  U.S. Andersen
1956 Digit Books N.N.

We Rendezvous at Ten  'BLAKE' Wing Commander Ronald Adam O.B.E.
1957 Digit Books N.N.

Spy Island  Michael Annesley
1956 Digit Books N.N.

Three Men Went to War  Bernard Ash
Digit Books N.N.

Nor Iron Bars a Cage  W.H. Aston M.M.
1957 Digit Books N.N.

Dachau  K.G. Bailey
1957 Digit Books N.N.


Prairie Fire  Denver Bardwell
1957? Digit N.N.


Run Silent Run Deep  Edward L Beach
1957? Digit N.N.

Submarine Commander Edward L. Beach U.S.N.
1958 Digit Books N.N.

Scramble!  Richard Townshend Bickers
1957 Digit Books N.N.

Air Patrol Biscay  Richard Townshend Bickers
1957 Digit Books N.N.

Steps in the Dark  Mansell Black
1957 Digit Books N.N.

Shadow of Evil  Mansell Black
Digit Books N.N.

White August  John Boland
1957 Digit Books N.N.

The Robot Brains  Sydney J. Bounds
1957 Digit Books N.N.

The Moon Raiders  Sydney J. Bounds
1958 Digit Books N.N.

Salute the Red Duster  Commander A.B. Campbell R.D.
1957 Digit Books N.N.

Outrageous Fortune  James Campbell
Digit Books N.N.

Free Agent  Eddie Chapman
Digit Books N.N.

Railroad of Death  John Coast
1957 Digit Books N.N.

Vengeance Trail  Robert Cole
1957 Digit Books N.N.

Canyon Rattlers  Eli Colter
1956 Digit Books N.N.

The Chinese Room  Vivian Connell
1957 Digit Books N.N.
also reprinted 1959 as same edition.

Prisoner Beyond the Chindwin  Hilda R. Corpe
Digit Books N.N.

Doctor Underground C. Corby
1958 Digit Books N.N.

Guns Across the Imjin  Rene Cutforth
Digit Books N.N.

Stranger In Bighorn  Paul Daner
1957 Digit N.N.

The Stone Frigate  Lieutenant John Davies R.N.V.R.
Digit Books N.N.

Captive in Korea  Philip Deane
Digit Books N.N.

Eagle Butte  Boone Denver
Digit Books N.N.

The Folies Bergere  Paul Derval
1956 Digit Books N.N.

The Deep Six  Martin Dibner
1957 Digit Books N.N.