Some Look Better Dead
Janson (Hank, pseud. Stephen Daniel Frances)
From Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 13 April 2020
From Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 13 April 2020
About this Item
First edition. 8vo. Original luridly-pictorial stapled wrappers. A 'Hank Janson' title, uncommon in the original disturbingly salacious wrappers and in such good condition. Frances enjoyed great success with his hardboiled US-style thrillers written under this pseudonym, 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). Seller Inventory # 85566
Bibliographic Details
Title: Some Look Better Dead
Publisher: Gaywood Press for S.D. Francis, London
Publication Date: 1950
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Very good
Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket as issued
Edition: First edition.
Book Type: Book
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