Crown series
The crown series was a series of books in softcover format for humorous and satirical crime novels and in one case each for a humorous science fiction -novel or a Western parody. The series was published in the GDR by Eulenspiegel-Verlag , which became part of the Eulenspiegel publishing group after reunification . The hallmark was the signet of the row, an owl with too large a crown, which held a bomb with a burning fuse in the left muzzle and a revolver in the right muzzle. On the banners next to the owl there was “Kronen” on the left and “Krimi”, “Knüller”, “Western” or “Fiction” alternately on the right. Under the owl was the slogan: "Only real with the owl" and the word "INSTANT". With one exception, the series was published in 14 volumes from 1965 to 1976 . Well-known illustrators were responsible for the cover design. All volumes (up to 1977) cost 4.00 GDR marks . Up to the volume "Planet der Verliebten" by Gyula Fekete, the next volume was announced on the back. A special feature was the reprint of the novel "The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes" by Stemmle. It appeared in 1996 with a new cover and the note “1. Edition ”, and the owl logo was redesigned.
list
| Years of editions | Title (original title) | author | Remarks | translator | Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Lemonade Joe (Limonádový Joe) | Jirí Brdecka | Western (1940) | Karl Wandner | Eberhard Binder-Staßfurt |
| 1966/1996 | The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (The Detective Master (based on the movie)) | Robert Adolf Ferdinand Stemmle | Crime (1937) | Eberhard Binder-Staßfurt | |
| 1966 | A delightful morning (Rozkoszne przedpołudnie) | Alojzy Kaczanowski (d. I. Janina Ipohorska) | Crime (1961) | Jutta Janke | Eberhard Binder-Staßfurt |
| 1967 | Planet of Lovers (Szerelmesek bolygója) | Gyula Fekete | Fiction (1964) | Ita Szent-Iványi | Eberhard Binder-Staßfurt |
| 1967/1969 | No entry for the dead (Mrtvacima ulaz zabrabjen) | Timothy Tatcher (i.e.Nenad Brixy) | Crime (1960) | Barbara Sparing | Eberhard Binder-Staßfurt |
| 1970 | On the safe side (På den säkra sidan) | Elvy Ahlbeck | Crime (1965) | Udo Birckholz | Eberhard Binder-Staßfurt |
| 1971 | Just say the Bourbons are coming back! | Michael O. Güsten (d. I. Alfred Antkowiak ) | Crime (1971) | Eberhard Binder-Staßfurt | |
| 1971 | The fourteen-carat car (A tizennégy karátos autó) | P. Howard (d. I. Jenö Rejtö ) | Knüller (1940), joint edition with the Corvina publishing house, Budapest | Henriette Schade-Engl | Klaus Ensikat |
| 1972 | ... and Pinkie is sleeping on my sofa | Johannes Conrad | Crime (1972) | Eberhard Binder-Staßfurt | |
| 1972 | Hollywood against me (Hollywood protiv mene) | Timothy Tatcher (i.e.Nenad Brixy) | Crime (1964) | Barbara Sparing | Hans Ticha |
| 1972/1973 | The blonde hurricane (A szőke ciklon) | P. Howard (d. I. Jenö Rejtö ) | Knüller (1939), joint edition with the Corvina publishing house, Budapest | Henriette Schade-Engl | Klaus Ensikat |
| 1974 | The brewery on the pillow | Karla Sander (d. I. Karla Schneider ) | Crime (1974) | Klaus Vonderwerth | |
| 1975/1977 | Oakins is making a career | Erich Loest | Crime (1975) | Hans Ticha | |
| 1976 | The Saint-Ponoir Corpse Robbery | Werner Spengler | Crime (1976) | Thomas Schallnau |
literature
- Dieter Spiller: Catalog of the GDR entertainment literature . Cottbus, self-published, 1995, revised edition 2012 (with Tilo Opitz)