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When Lurid Was Beautiful
Friday, January 28, 2011
Quote of the month
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"Whenever a new book comes out, I read an old one." - William Lyon Phelps, 'Books News and Views,' The Rotarian , Ma...
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Avon 126 (1947)
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Title[s] : Cold-Blooded Murder Author[s] : Freeman Wills Crofts Cover art : Ann Cantor [ New York, Avon Paperback, 1947. No. 126. Ori...
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Gold Medal 199 (1951)
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Title : Sumuru Author : Sax Rohmer Cover art : Barye Phillips [Greenwich, Conn. : Fawcett Gold Medal, 1951. No. 199. Paperback orig...
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Ace Double D-379 (1959)
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Title[s] : Drink with the Dead ; Mistress of Horror House Author[s] : J. M. [Jay] Flynn ; William Woody Cover art : Paul Rader ( Drink wi...
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Friday, November 26, 2010
Brit noir
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Title : Gunning in England Author : William J. Elliott Cover art : uncredited [London: Gerald Swan, 1946. First printing. Miniature-si...
Friday, November 12, 2010
Dell 833 (1952)
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Title : Recipe for Homicide Author : Lawrence Blochman Cover art : Verne Tossey style *** substance ** collectibility ** Despite the g...
Thursday, October 21, 2010
The gestalt of the hardboiled
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Geoffrey O'Brien, Hardboiled America: Lurid Paperbacks and the Masters of Noir , New York: Da Capo Press, 1997. Expanded edition. 1...
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