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Weitere BilderVerlag: Pendulum Publications, London 1946
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, Vereinigtes KönigreichLycanthia Rare Books
Verkäufer/-in kontaktierenVerkäufer/-in mit 3 SternenZustand: Gebraucht - Gut
EUR 498,42
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Zustand: Very good. First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6. The semi-autobiographical first book by Frances, who would go on to great success with hardboiled US-style thrillers written under the pseudonym Hank Janson. These books were phenomenally successful in their time, opening the way for a variety… of copycat British authors writing in a similar vein, but they did also court controversy when a murder supposedly inspired by one of the Hank Janson titles led to the publishers being taken to court and successfully prosecuted for obscenity (the author managed to avoid a similar fate on it seems a technicality). The publisher Pendulum was set up by Frances, with a doctor friend of his. Bookplate and bookseller's small sticker to front endpapers; a very good copy; jacket a little chipped with minor loss to spine ends. The semi-autobiographical first book by Frances, who would go on to great success with hardboiled US-style thrillers written under the pseudonym Hank Janson. These books were phenomenally successful in their time, opening the way for a variety of copycat British authors writing in a similar vein, but they did also court controversy when a murder supposedly inspired by one of the Hank Janson titles led to the publishers being taken to court and successfully prosecuted for obscenity (the author managed to avoid a similar fate on it seems a technicality). The publisher Pendulum was set up by Frances, with a doctor friend of his. Jacket artwork by Rodger. (illustrator). Book.
