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Sugar and Vice
by Hank (pseudonym of Stephen Frances) Janson
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition
- Seller
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Alexander Moring, Ltd, London, 1958. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Cover Art after (or possibly by, but unsigned) Reginald Heade. Hank Janson is both a fictional character and a pseudonym created by the English author Stephen Daniel Frances who died in 1989. He was the most popular and successful of British pulp fiction authors of the 1940s and 1950s. Although he had never been in Chicago, or even America, his books were violent "pseudo-American" thrillers sold in paperback editions featuring erotic cover art, and it is estimated that some five million copies were sold by 1954. In the 1950s, the authorities attempted a crack-down on allegedly obscene pulp literature, targeting the Janson books among others. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 160 pages. no Dust Jacket as published.. Black titles spine. light wear to edges. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Crime Fiction; Crime Fiction. Inventory No: 2963. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2963
- Title
- Sugar and Vice
- Author
- Hank (pseudonym of Stephen Frances) Janson
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Alexander Moring, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Crime/Crime Fiction/Gangster Fiction/Hank Janson/Pulp Fiction Crime Fiction; Crime Fiction. Unbranded Hank (pseudonym of Stephen Frances) Janson Sugar and Vice
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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