
Mrs. Peel and John Steed

Mrs. Peel and John Steed

N.p. N.p., Circa 1963, vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1963 film, with a blind stamp in the upper corner of each.
Based on the 1948 novella by Robin Maugham.
The first of Joseph Losey’s three legendary collaborations with screenwriter-playwright Harold Pinter, a dark, squeamish parable that tells a servant-becomes-master tale, but goes beyond what could have been a mediocre finish and journeys into the psyche and personal problems of the servant himself. Stunningly photographed by Douglas Slocombe. A classic of 1960s British cinema.
Set in and shot on location in London.
8 x 10.25 inches.

1958 Horwitz paperback original from Australia

The Blonde, Carter Brown paperback cover, 1958 Signet
Gouache on board, 28 x 18 inches (71.1 x 45.7 cm) (image)
Signed faintly lower right: Barye


undated Dutch edition – cover art by Moriën

1967 Signet reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis
better image than previously posted


later Signet reissue – cover art by Barye Phillips

September 1948 issue ~ debut of the story
cover art by Earle Bergey

1949 Dutton hardcover – first book appearance

1950 Bantam reissue – cover art by Herman Bischoff
better image than previously posted

1951 Boardman hardcover from Britain – cover art by Dennis McLoughlin

1954 Bantam reissue – cover art by Charles Binger
better image than previously posted

1954 Boardman paperback reissue – cover art by Pagram

1978 Bantam reissue – cover art by Paul Lehr

1978 Pennyfarthing Press hardcover, limited edition reissue
cover art by Grant Canfield
