"The Throwback" By Tom Sharpe, Cover Illustration By Paul Sample (published by Arrow Books in 2002, first published by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd in 1978)

Another fantastic cover by Paul Sample. http://www.paulsample-ogri.co.uk/Paul%20Sample.html

Here is also the Guardian obituary on the great comic novelist Tom Sharpe (1928 - 2013): https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/06/tom-sharpe-dies

"Porterhouse Blue" By Tom Sharpe, Cover Illustration By Paul Sample (published by Arrow Books in 2002, first published in 1974 by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd)

 I bought the whole box set of these books - eight in all - some twelve years ago specially for Paul Sample's stunning illustrations. I've actually read most of them and they are incredibly funny - Sharpe is a master at creating these stuck-up characters, oblivious to how they are affecting people around them which leads to tragic situations - always hilarious though! "Porterhouse Blue" was adapted for a TV series for Channel 4, starring David Jason and "Wilt" for a 1990 film with Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith. "Blott On The Landscape" was also made into a mini TV series in 1985, starring David Suchet.

"Blott On The Landscape" By Tom Sharpe, Cover Illustration By Paul Sample (Published by Arrow Books in 2002, first published by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1975)

http://www.paulsample-ogri.co.uk/Paul%20Sample.html

"Wilt" By Tom Sharpe, Cover Illustration By Paul Sample (Published by Arrow Books in 2002, originally published by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd in 1976)

http://www.paulsample-ogri.co.uk/Paul%20Sample.html

"The New Men" By C. P. Snow, Cover Illustration By Philippe Jullian (published by Penguin Books, 1962, Reprinted 1963)

Three book jacket illustrations by the French illustrator, art historian, biographer and novelist Philippe Jullian (1919-1977) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Jullian  There is also a more detailed biography along with a long list of his work as a writer on JOHN COULTHART's excellent blog:  http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2010/12/13/philippe-jullian-connoisseur-of-the-exotic/ Here's an older post featuring Philippe Jullian's work http://picturesfromanoldbook.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/for-whom-cloche-tolls-scrap-book-of_12.html

"The Affair" By C. P. Snow, Cover Illustration By Philippe Jullian (published by Penguin Books, 1962, Reprinted 1963)

"The Masters" By C. P. Snow Cover Illustration By Philippe Jullian (published by Penguin Books Great Britain 1956 - Reprinted 1963)

"Visiting The Foxes" By Nicolas Bebbington, Illustrated By R.M. Turvey (published by Blandford Press Ltd, London - mid 1940's) - Part 2

Couldn't find any information on R.M. Turvey who created these beautiful pictures for thi and a number of other Nicolas Bebbington books. This is a first edition book and the printing quality is superb but, annoyingly, the  publication date is nowhere to be found! - perhaps there is a page missing. I am guessing from a quick search on the internet that it was published in the mid to late 1940's.

"Visiting The Foxes" By Nicolas Bebbington, Illustrated By R.M. Turvey (published by Blandford Press Ltd, London - mid 1940's)