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The Little Mermaid was released in 1989 - a return to form for Disney after a few commercial duds in the 80s. With a best-selling soundtrack followed later by novels, magazines, a TV cartoon and a Broadway musical Ariel soon became the enduring face of the Modern Mermaid.
Three illustrations by Rie Cramer for Grimm's Fairy Tales (1927).
Carla, by Sheldon Lord (aka Lawrence Block) Midwood Books, 1958. Cover by Paul Rader.
More Great gothic romance titles another time. Mind how you flee now...
Lou Marchetti's wraparound cover art for She Came Back, by Patricia Wentworth. Pyramid Books, 1966.
"Electrifying Suspense" says Swank magazine...
You'll Get Yours, by Thomas Willis. Lion Books, 1956. Cover art by Harry Schaare.