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Comment on Eugene Hastain Dustwrapper Artist by Damien

Damien — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:13:48 +0000

Hi My friend that I am hunting for is the great granddaughter of one of Eugene’s brothers, Albert Edward, who was also a bit, um, secretive about his life. Please feel free to email me at eccles@arsimagica.net about this, we are still chasing.

Comment on Hodder & Stoughton Publisher by Nicholas

Nicholas — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:47:52 +0000

I absolutely love the Hodder paperback Saint covers from the mid-1960s, invariably a lurid or pastel frame with 60’s lettering and a simple motif, my favourite being Ace of Knaves. Would love to find the original artwork source but I guess the only way to frame one would be to scan and print…d’oh.

Nicholas

Comment on Eugene Hastain Dustwrapper Artist by simone

simone — Sat, 09 May 2009 18:39:18 +0000

Hi Lesley…Im guessing if we r related its by marriage only. Damien up there that wrote a message could be my nephew. My husbands name is Darren Hastain. He is the son of David (brian) Hastain. The Hastain family tree is so very interesting. It goes on and on… I know for sure that the illustrator Eugiene was my husbands grandfather (but a broken marriage made relations harder im guessing). Darren my husband drew a picture wen he was very young of a sea sceen and my goodness its so similar to the one Eugiene had done, in the way it was drawn!!!!! My son is also very artistic, as is my daughter, the younger one we will see bless her!!!!!!

Comment on Eugene Hastain Dustwrapper Artist by Lesley Hastain

Lesley Hastain — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:52:09 +0000

I was just ‘googling’ myself(to find out how someone from my past started emailing me!)and here was this interesting piece about my grandfather Eugene. The French side of the Hastains are fast dwindling in numbers but I can share what I know with anyone who is interested - Simone I would love to know who your husband is, because we are certainly related!

Comment on Welcome to the Site by john o'hara

john o'hara — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:55:50 +0000

i am trying to find other names of titles by margaret erskine as some of the listed titles are not the same in canada.

thank you
john

Comment on Eugene Hastain Dustwrapper Artist by Rod

Rod — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:43:09 +0000

Hi Simone
thanks for the comment, any family info that might otherwise be lost would be great if you felt you could or would want to share it.
EH is still very popular and it seems a shame that more is not known about him
Regards
Rod

Comment on Eugene Hastain Dustwrapper Artist by simone

simone — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:33:27 +0000

Hi. My husband is Eugenes grandson. This very interesting!!

Comment on Eugene Hastain Dustwrapper Artist by Rod

Rod — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:25:14 +0000

Hi Damien
nothing like I’d like to find out I’m afraid. I was contacted by a relative via another site of mine Classic Crime Fiction but sadly all the details she said she would put together never came to fruition
Regards
Rod

Comment on Eugene Hastain Dustwrapper Artist by damien

damien — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:14:18 +0000

Hiya,

I’m wondering if you’ve found any of the history of Eugene Hastain? There are some hints that he might be related to a friend that i have been doing family history research for, so I’m trying to get more information

Comment on Edmund Crispin Bibliography Biography Information by Rod

Rod — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:36:55 +0000

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