Showing posts with label Charles Paine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charles Paine. Show all posts

Friday, April 6, 2012

The Purple Pagoda - Betty Roland


From Girl Annual #4 an eight page story written by Australian writer Betty Roland  (22 July 1903 – 12 February 1996) and beautifully painted by Englishman Charles Paine. They also collaborated on The Rajah's Secret for Girl Annual #5. Originally published by Hulton Press in 1956. Hulton were taken over by Longacre in 1960 who in turn were subsumed by IPC Magazines in 1964.









Images copyright IPC Magazines or possibly Warner Brothers.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

The Rajah's Secret - Betty Roland

The Rajah's Secret written by Australian Betty Roland and illustrated by Charles Paine from Girl Annual #5 published by Hulton Press 1957.