Eugene Hastain - Artist - Illustrator

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FRANCIS BEEDING The League of Discontent - 1930 - Hodder & Stoughton

ANTHONY BERKELEY Top Storey Murder - 1931 - Hodder & Stoughton

ALICE CAMPBELL Juggernaut - 1928 - Hodder & Stoughton

LESLIE CHARTERIS Enter the Saint - 1930 - Hodder & Stoughton Alias the Saint - 1931 - Hodder & Stoughton She was a Lady - 1931 - Hodder & Stoughton

DETECTION CLUB The Floating Admiral - 1931 - Hodder & Stoughton

ROGER EAST Murder Rehearsal - 1933 - Collins Crime Club

MARY FITT Three Sisters Flew Home - 1936 - Nicholson & Watson Murder Mars the tour - 1936 - Nicholson & Watson Bulls Like Death - 1937 - Nicholson & Watson Three Hunting Horns - 1937 - Nicholson & Watson

NORMAN FORREST aka NIGEL MORLAND Death Took a Publisher - 1936 - Harrap

R AUSTIN FREEMAN The Puzzle Lock - [1925] - Hodder & Stoughton

GEORGE GOODCHILD The Road to Marrakesh - 1931 - Hodder & Stoughton Maclean Remembers - 1936 - Hodder & Stoughton Having No Hearts - 1937 - Hodder & Stoughton

SYDNEY HORLER The Spy - 1931 - Hodder & Stoughton The Mystery of the Seven Cafes - 1935 - Hodder & Stoughton They Called Him Nighthawk - 1937 - Hodder & Stoughton The Screaming Skull - 1930 - Hodder & Stoughton

WYNDHAM MARTYN Spies of Peace - 1934 - Herbert Jenkins The Old Manor Crime - 1937 - Herbert Jenkins

JOHN RHODE Shot at Dawn - 1934 - Collins Crime Club

JOHN ROWLAND Murder in the Museum - 1938 - Herbert Jenkins

SAPPER The Island of Terror - 1931 - Hodder & Stoughton

ROY VICKERS I'll Never Tell - 1937 - Herbert Jenkins ?

PATRICIA WENTWORTH Grey Mask - 1928 - Hodder & Stoughton Kingdom Lost - 1931 - Hodder & Stoughton

ETHEL LINA WHITE Wax - 1935 - Collins

Biography - Information About the Artist We are greatly indebted to AG Hastain for the biographical details below Reproduced as received He was born in Camberwell on 9th October 1887 one of 6 children his father Louise (sic) Bernard Albert Hastain was from France and his mother Emma Colman was from Clapham. He had a middle class up bringing with home tutors and developed his talent for art at an early age. He socialized with the leading literary, poets and artists of the 1900's in the London cafe meeting houses reminiscent of the Paris societies of the 1880's. One of his greatest friends was Leslie Charteris and it was Eugene who designed the little saint logo for him on the back of a napkin whilst they were drinking at a cafe! His talent was extensively employed by Hodder and Stoughton, as well as work for The Houses of Parliament, Princess Mary's gift book and private commissions. He died in October 1957 of cancer whilst in a private Hospice in Bournemouth England.

The Great Man Himself c1915