UK Printings
Many of us will know the paperbacks of the Black Stallion series, which were published
in various editions by Knight, starting in the 1970s. I still have the few that
were printed with the lovely pictorial cover illustrations (mostly uncredited: The
Island Stallion’s Fury is by S Hagsted, so I assume the others are too). I was
so fond of these books I always read them with incredible care, and they have survived
in a way my bookseller self is quite proud of now. The later editions I think had
less appealing covers, and included an edition using stills-
Later 1970s printing by Knight. There’s some cunning re-
Knight late 1980s: Fred Gambino covers
All of the series were published in the 1980s with pictorial covers by Fred Gambino.
He is a British artist, best known for his sci-
Knight late 1970s: Photographic covers
This edition (or at least the ones I have seen) mostly features photographs of the black Arab stallion Malabar Rex in a square photograph. Some examples may have stills from the film. There is a picture of the Black Stallion rearing to the reverse of the cover, which is taken from the film.
Knight early 1980s: stills from the film & Pictorial
Most of the series was published in early 1980s (all the examples I have seen were published in 1982) with a black stallion logo to the rear, and an arched cover picture, which was either a still from the film, or a pictorial cover by David McAllister. For more examples of this artist’s work, click here.
Knight 1970s: S Hagsted covers
Most of these illustrations aren’t credited: The Island Stallion’s Fury is by S Hagsted, whom I assume is the Danish illustrator Sigvard Hagsted. There was an edition of The Black Stallion in this series, but as far as I know, not all titles were printed.
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