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JANSON**, HANK: : BELOVED TRAITOR

LONDON.ROBERTS and VINTER LTD.,1960.

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UK,slim 12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn.[This publisher also reprinted and re-titled some of the earlier 1950s Gaywood Press Ltd.(LONDON) edition issues.] VG.No owner inscrptn.Really bright,crisp,glossy colour pictorial artwork illustrated front cover with white-outlined red lettered author name and white lettering and price 2/6, some residue from a previous price label,a plain white spine/backstrip,number E155 at foot of same,spine with reading creases or wrinkles,rear cover white background with red lettering and a b/w 'HJ' figure illustration; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping or creasing to edges and corners, small diagonal corner creases to front's lower corner,but no major nicks,splits or tears or any external loss present.Book without any leaning.Top+fore-edges ubiquitously toned - as usual/normal and as these 'pulps' are all prone to - but without any foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - one accidental corner crease to lower corner of the last page - otherwise no other intentional dog-ear reading creases to any other pages' corners - appears unread, apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn,5-159pp [paginated] includes XV (15)chapters,plus [unpaginated - i.e. unnumbered] story precis with publisher's list of Janson's titles to it's reverse,b/w 'HJ' logo illustrated title page,and to the rear,recto of last page - a publisher's order form. A very acceptable and very bright copy of an example of the vintage 'pulp' genre. The pulp novel genre which peaked in popularity in the 1950s - it's ingredients of hard-boiled detective,sultry blondes, women as sex-kittens,murdered husbands et al - and of course,the lurid cover art - had little of literary merit.A term used to describe trashy story magazines produced on cheap,rough paper and by the 1930s,when their first paperbacks appeared,it was synonymous with fast-paced thrillers of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. Hank Janson (a.k.a. Stephen Daniel Frances,1917-1989) both as a pseudonym and fictional character,will forever be associated within that rather shadowy world of popular fiction.Lauded as 'England's best-selling author',Janson wrote more than 300 stories for a post-war (1940s-60s) British paperback market high on US-style gangsters and hot dames.Paper shortages during and after WW2 meant both the banning of US pulp imports and with paper rationing and conservation of that and other materials,pulping was actively encouraged,so publishers with restricted and limited quantities for publishing, opted towards highly acidic and therefore cheaper paper,allowing for more books to be produced.Books made with this cheaper material tend to degrade faster,exhibiting several faults,blemishes,foxing/spotting etc.,and subsequently are uncommon and harder to find in a particularly fine condition. In their day,Janson's covers were considered so obscene the Home Office seized copies from newsagents.His career was cut short by an obscenity trial in 1954.Prior to the reform and passing of the 1959 Obscene Publications Act,the publication of obscene materials within England and Wales was governed by the common law and the Obscene Publications Act 1857.The Janson publishers and distributors were jailed,using the original 1857 ACT,although Frances escaped prosecution by fleeing to Spain. Since April 2013 and in March 2015 too and again in this year also,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct and insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,12mo wraps,p/back original,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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