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Margery Allingham

Mr Campion and Others

US$80

Illustrated by Darya Shnykina

Amateur detective Albert Campion is back on the case in the latest in Folio’s popular Margery Allingham series. This time, our doyenne of crime is illustrated by Darya Shnykina.

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Book Details
 
Production DetailsBound in printed and blocked Elephanthide paper
Plain slipcase
Dimensions9 inches x 5¾ inches
FontSet in Utopia with Victoria Titling as display
Pages280 pages
AuthorMargery Allingham
Illustrated byDarya Shnykina
IllustrationFrontispiece plus 6 full page colour illustrations
Publication Date14/10/2020
Editor's Notes
 
In these 13 short mysteries, gentleman sleuth Albert Campion is on hand to assist friends, acquaintances and Scotland Yard with a rogue’s gallery of criminal conundrums. Blackmail, jewel theft, fraud, confidence tricks and even the shady operations of the Special Branch: no sticky situation is beyond the keen eye and keener mind of ‘the cleverest man in London’. Described by Agatha Christie as ‘a shining light’, Margery Allingham was one of the most celebrated ‘queens of golden age crime’, known for her exceptionally atmospheric prose, ear for dialogue and witty characters. Albert Campion quickly became her most popular hero, starring in 19 novels and multiple short stories; readers will find that the more they read of Campion, the more they will crave his company. For this edition, produced in series with Folio’s previous Allingham novels, artist Darya Shnykina has created seven elegant images capturing the mood and style of the 1930s, as well as a gorgeous binding design crowded with the diverse shadows of London.

About the Illustrator

Darya Shnykina

Darya Shnykina is an illustrator based in Moscow. While studying Graphics and Art of the Book at Moscow State University of Printing Arts, she submitted images for Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, winning the 2017 annual Book Illustration Competition, run by the House of Illustration and The Folio Society. Although created using digital techniques, her artwork retains the charm of traditional materials and textures. Recent clients include VICE magazine, Universal Pictures, Alpha book magazine and Dark City Gallery. Shnykina was among the winning illustrators in the 2019 Communication Arts Annual.

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About the Illustrator

Darya Shnykina

Darya Shnykina is an illustrator based in Moscow. While studying Graphics and Art of the Book at Moscow State University of Printing Arts, she submitted images for Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, winning the 2017 annual Book Illustration Competition, run by the House of Illustration and The Folio Society. Although created using digital techniques, her artwork retains the charm of traditional materials and textures. Recent clients include VICE magazine, Universal Pictures, Alpha book magazine and Dark City Gallery. Shnykina was among the winning illustrators in the 2019 Communication Arts Annual.

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About the Illustrator

Darya Shnykina

Darya Shnykina is an illustrator based in Moscow. While studying Graphics and Art of the Book at Moscow State University of Printing Arts, she submitted images for Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, winning the 2017 annual Book Illustration Competition, run by the House of Illustration and The Folio Society. Although created using digital techniques, her artwork retains the charm of traditional materials and textures. Recent clients include VICE magazine, Universal Pictures, Alpha book magazine and Dark City Gallery. Shnykina was among the winning illustrators in the 2019 Communication Arts Annual.

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About the Illustrator

Darya Shnykina

Darya Shnykina is an illustrator based in Moscow. While studying Graphics and Art of the Book at Moscow State University of Printing Arts, she submitted images for Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, winning the 2017 annual Book Illustration Competition, run by the House of Illustration and The Folio Society. Although created using digital techniques, her artwork retains the charm of traditional materials and textures. Recent clients include VICE magazine, Universal Pictures, Alpha book magazine and Dark City Gallery. Shnykina was among the winning illustrators in the 2019 Communication Arts Annual.

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About the Illustrator

Darya Shnykina

Darya Shnykina is an illustrator based in Moscow. While studying Graphics and Art of the Book at Moscow State University of Printing Arts, she submitted images for Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, winning the 2017 annual Book Illustration Competition, run by the House of Illustration and The Folio Society. Although created using digital techniques, her artwork retains the charm of traditional materials and textures. Recent clients include VICE magazine, Universal Pictures, Alpha book magazine and Dark City Gallery. Shnykina was among the winning illustrators in the 2019 Communication Arts Annual.

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About the Illustrator

Darya Shnykina

Darya Shnykina is an illustrator based in Moscow. While studying Graphics and Art of the Book at Moscow State University of Printing Arts, she submitted images for Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, winning the 2017 annual Book Illustration Competition, run by the House of Illustration and The Folio Society. Although created using digital techniques, her artwork retains the charm of traditional materials and textures. Recent clients include VICE magazine, Universal Pictures, Alpha book magazine and Dark City Gallery. Shnykina was among the winning illustrators in the 2019 Communication Arts Annual.

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About Margery Allingham

Margery Allingham is pre-eminent among the writers who brought the detective story to maturity in the decades between the two world wars. She was born in London in 1904, and her first novel was published when she was seventeen, with her first detective story, The White Cottage Mystery, following in 1928. Her next book, The Crime at Black Dudley (1929), introduced the character who was to become the hallmark of her writing: Albert Campion. Atmospheric, intelligent and observant, her novels have been compared to those of Dickens for her evocation of the city’s shady underworld. She died in 1966.