One Man in His Time

Frances (Stephen D.)

Published by Pendulum Publications, London, 1946

About this Item

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. Seller Inventory # 85077

Bibliographic Details

Title: One Man in His Time

Publisher: Pendulum Publications, London

Publication Date: 1946

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition