{"product_id":"josh-kirby-alfred-hitchcock-film-book-cover-portrait-art-postcard","title":"Josh Kirby Alfred Hitchcock Film Book Cover Portrait Art Postcard","description":"\u003cp\u003eNP115  A rare circa early 1980s Alfred Hitchcock postcard from Josh Kirby from the Arrow paperback book cover of Month Of Mystery from 1973 with Hitchcock on the cover from his painting he designed and is an amazing fantasy art portrait which reverse states is the first edition too unused and outstanding condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRonald William \"Josh\" Kirby (27 November 1928  23 October 2001) was a British commercial artist Over a career spanning 60 years, he was the artist for the covers of many science fiction books including Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.  Kirby's most significant work in the 1980s was the covers for the Discworld series, a commission that Kirby thought would be a \"one-off\". Starting with The Colour of Magic, he eventually produced the covers for 26 of the series until his death in 2001.Upon his passing, his successor Paul Kidby painted a portrait of Kirby into the cover art of the novel Night Watch, in tribute to the artist.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Postcard Finder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56206460354886,"sku":"195014","price":4.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/3216\/9030\/files\/josh-kirby-alfred-hitchcock-film-book-cover-portrait-art-postcard-195014-p.jpg?v=1773762773","url":"https:\/\/postcardfinder.co.uk\/products\/josh-kirby-alfred-hitchcock-film-book-cover-portrait-art-postcard","provider":"Postcard Finder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}