ACCUSED.
by JANSON, Hank" - [FRANCES, Stephen Daniel, 1917-1989] :
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : New Fiction Press, [1952]. First edition : the variant with the coloured advertisement for the never published "Blonde Dupe" on the lower wrapper. The most notorious and most scrutinised of the books in the 1954 obscenity trial, with Heade at his very best on the front cover, with a tenderness sometimes lacking. Evidently based on James M. Cain's "The Postman Always Rings Twice", it is thought that the outline of the plot was supplied to Frances by Geoffrey Pardoe (Holland p.299). "Powerfully evokes the claustrophobic little café" (John Fraser). Crown 8vo (19cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers - a braceleted Heade blonde in lilac and an agony-or-ecstasy pose; slight tear and tiny scuff to spine; price alteration sticker on upper wrapper; a few slight marks; text lightly tanned, but a very good copy. Just a single copy (British Library) located in any major library worldwide. Williams and Holland 41.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43090
- Title
- ACCUSED.
- Author
- JANSON, Hank" - [FRANCES, Stephen Daniel, 1917-1989] :
- Illustrator
- Reginald Heade
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- London : New Fiction Press, [1952].
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Crime, Detective Fiction, Pulp Fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ash Rare Books
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London
About Ash Rare Books
Ash Rare Books. Founded in 1946 and long one of London's more interesting small book businesses. Owned and run by Laurence Worms, former President of the ABA.
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- First Edition
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- Wrappers
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