Tag: Hank Janson

The prices do not include postage the list below is nearly up to date, I should have another 24 titles that I can’t locate. If you want more information please contact me david.sheard@ntlworld.com

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Auther	Title	Publisher	Condition	Date	Edition	Letter	Number	Price
Janson Hank	48 Hours	Moring	vg+				0	£7.50
Janson Hank	Amerous Captive “Bygone Ages Vol 2	HJ	vg				0	£5.00
Janson Hank	Amerous Captive Vol. 3	HJ	vg				0	£6.00
Janson Hank	Amok	Gaywood	vg+				0	SOLD
Janson Hank	Angel Astray	Compact	vg			E	211	£5.00
Janson Hank	Auctioned	Gaywood	vg+				0	£50.00
Janson Hank	Beauty and the Beat	HJ	vg			E	186	£10.00
Janson Hank	Beloved Traitor	R&V	vg	1960	1st	E	155	£7.50
Janson Hank	Berlin Briefing	Compact	vg-			F	267
Janson Hank	Bewitched	Moring	vg+				0	£7.00
Janson Hank	Bid for Beauty	Compact	vg	1966		F	320	£5.00
Janson Hank	Brand Image	Compact	vg		1st	F	221	£5.00
Janson Hank	Brazen Seductress	Gold Star	vg				3
Janson Hank	Break For A Lovely	HJ	vg			E	184	£7.50
Janson Hank	Bring me Sorrow	Moring	vg-				0	£2.50
Janson Hank	Chicago Chick	HJ	vg	1962		E	188	£10.00
Janson Hank	Come Quick Honey	R&V	vg	1960	1st	E	156	£5.00
Janson Hank	Conflict	Gaywood	vg				0	SOLD
Janson Hank	Cool Sugar	Moring	vg-			E	162	£5.00
Janson Hank	Corruption	Gaywood	vg+				0	SOLD
Janson Hank	Crime on my Hands	HJ	vg	1962		E	190	£10.00
Janson Hank	Crowns Can Kill	HJ	vg+	1961		E	173	£7.50
Janson Hank	Dateline Diane	Compact	vg			E	212
Janson Hank	Deicious Danger	HJ	vg	1961			167	£7.50
Janson Hank	Desert Fury	Gaywood	f				0	£55.00
Janson Hank	Desert Fury	Moring	Poor				0	£2.50
Janson Hank	Devil’s Highways	HJ	vg				0	£5.00
Janson Hank	Doctor Fix	Compact	vg			F	245	£5.00
Janson Hank	Don’t Scare Easy	Moring	vg-				0	£5.00
Janson Hank	Don’t Scare Easy	Moring	vg	1958	1st	E	175	£10.00
Janson Hank	Double Take	Compact	vg			F	257
Janson Hank	Expectant Nymph	Gold Star	vg-	1964			12	£5.00
Janson Hank	F.E.U.D.	Compact	G+	1966	1st	F	330
Janson Hank	Fan Fare	Compact	vg			F	241	£5.00
Janson Hank	Fanny	Gold Star	vg				11
Janson Hank	Fast Buck	Compact	vg			F	228	£5.00
Janson Hank	Flight from Fear	Moring	vg-	1958			0	£5.00
Janson Hank	Frame and Fortune	Compact	vg				0	£5.00
Janson Hank	Frame and Fortune	Compact	vg			F	355
Janson Hank	Globe Probe	Compact	vg	1969	1st	F	352	£5.00
Janson Hank	Go With a Jerk	HJ	vg			E	214	£5.00
Janson Hank	Heartache	Compact	vg			F	222	£5.00
Janson Hank	Hellcat	Moring	vg				0	£5.00
Janson Hank	Hell’s Angel	Moring	vg				0	£5.00
Janson Hank	Hell’s Angel	HJ	vg				0	£5.00
Janson Hank	Hillary’s Terms	Compact	vg			F	225	£5.00
Janson Hank	Honey For Me	HJ	vg+			E	195	£10.00
Janson Hank	Hotsy-You’ll be Chilled	Gaywood	vg				0
Janson Hank	I for Intrigue	Compact	vg-				218	£4.00
Janson Hank	Invasion	Moring	vg	1959			0	£5.00
Janson Hank	Jack Spot	Moring	vg	1958	1st		0	£40.00
Janson Hank	Janson Go Home	R & V	vg+	1961	1st		0
Janson Hank	Janson Go Home!	HJ	vg	1961	1st	E	170
Janson Hank	Junk Market	Compact	vg	1965		F	276	£5.00
Janson Hank	Kill Her if you Can	Gaywood	vg+				0	SOLD
Janson Hank	Kill Me For Kicks	HJ	vg	1962		E	201	£10.00
Janson Hank	Kill This Man	HJ	vg	1958			0	£5.00
Janson Hank	Lake Loot	Compact	vg			F	234	£5.00
Janson Hank	Lament for a Lover	Compact	vg			F	356	£5.00
Janson Hank	Love – In and Lamentation	Compact	vg-	1968	1st	F	346
Janson Hank	Make Mine Mink	Compact	vg	1966		F	332	£5.00
Janson Hank	Mayfair Slayride	Compact	vg-			F	306
Janson Hank	Milady Took the Rap	Gaywood	vg				0
Janson Hank	Mistress of Fear	HJ	vg	1958		E	196	£10.00
Janson Hank	Model in Mayham	Compact	vg			F	262	£5.00
Janson Hank	Murder	Moring	vg				0	£10.00
Frances Stephen – Janson Hank	Naked City -Panic in the City	Consul	vg		1st		791	£5.00
Janson Hank	Nerve Centre	Compact	vg	1963		F	226	£5.00
Janson Hank	Nerve Centre	Compact	vg-	1963			226	£5.00
Brand Hilary – Janson Hank	News Girl	Compact	vg+	1963			229	£10.00
Janson Hank	Obsession	UPC	vg-	1959			0	£5.00
Janson Hank	Passionate Waif	Moring	vg	1960		E	158	£5.00
Brand Hilary – Janson Hank	Peak of Frenzy	Compact	vg-	1964			240	SOLD
Janson Hank	Persian Pride	Gaywood	vg+				0	£25.00
Janson Hank	Persian Pride	Moring	vg				0	£5.00
Janson Hank	Quiet Waits the Grave	R & V	vg	1960		E	151	£7.50
Janson Hank	Reluctant Hostess	HJ	vg	1961		E	179	£5.00
Janson Hank	Revolt	Moring	vg+	1957			0	£4.00
Janson Hank	Ripe for Rapture	R & V	vg-			E	152	£5.00
Janson Hank	Sentence for Sin	HJ	vg	1960	1st	E	153	£5.00
Janson Hank	Short-Term Wife	HJ	vg			E	180	£5.00
Janson Hank	Sinister Rapture	Moring	vg	1957			0	£7.50
Janson Hank	Situation Grave	Moring	vg				0	£10.00
Janson Hank	Slaves for Seduction	HJ	vg	1960			0	£4.50
Janson Hank	Sprung	Compact	vg			F	350
Janson Hank	Square 1	Compact	vg	1964		F	251	£5.00
Janson Hank	Strange Destiny	Moring	vg				0	£5.00
Janson Hank	Strange Ritual	Compact	vg+			F	224	£5.00
Janson Hank	Sultry Avenger	HJ	vg				0	£5.00
Janson Hank	Suspense	Gaywood	vg+				0	£SOLD
Janson Hank	Sweet Fury	Moring	vg-				0	£2.50
Janson Hank	Tail Sting	Compact	vg			F	280	£5.00
Janson Hank	Take This Sweetie	HJ	vg+	1962	1st	E	194	£10.00
Janson Hank	Tension	Moring	vg+				0	£5.00
Janson Hank	The Exotic Seductress #13	Gold Star	vg-	1964			0
Janson Hank	The Lady Has a Scar	Gaywood	vg				0	£20.00
Janson Hank	The Last Lady	Compact	vg			F	254	£5.00
Janson Hank	The Long Arm	Compact	vg			H	362	£5.00
Janson Hank	The Love Makers	Compact	vg	1963		F	223	£10.00
Janson Hank	The Spy in my Bed	Compact	vg			F	354	£5.00
Janson Hank	The Young Wolves	Compact	g			F	345	£3.00
Janson Hank	They Die Alone	Moring	vg				0	£10.00
Janson Hank	This Hood for Hire	R & V	vg	1960		E	154	£7.50
Janson Hank	This Hood For Hire	HJ	vg+	1960		E	154
Frances Stephen – Janson Hank	This Woman is Death	Mayflower	vg	1965	1st		8799	£5.00
Janson Hank	Tomorrow and a Day	Moring	vg				0
Janson Hank	Too Soon to Die	HJ	vg			E	197	£10.00
Janson Hank	Torment	Gaywood	vg+				0	SOLD
Janson Hank	Torment for Trixie	Gaywood	vg				0	£20.00
Janson Hank	Twilight Tigress	Compact	vg			F	358	£5.00
Janson Hank	Twist for Two	HJ	vg	1962		E	204	£10.00
Janson Hank	Ultimate Deterrent	Compact	f	1970	1st	F	357	£5.00
Janson Hank	Uncover Agent	HJ	vg			E	191	£4.00
Janson Hank	Untamed	Moring	f				0	£12.50
Janson Hank	V for Vitality	Compact	vg	1963		F	232	£5.00
Janson Hank	Villon of the Peace	Compact	vg			H	361	£4.00
Janson Hank	Visit from a Broad	Compact	vg-			F	233	£5.00
Janson Hank	Voodoo Violence	Compact	vg				242	£5.00
Janson Hank	Whiplash	Moring	vg				0	£10.00
Janson Hank	Whiplash	Gaywood	vg-				0	SOLD
Janson Hank	Why Should Sylvia	Compact	vg-			F	282	£5.00
Janson Hank	Wild Girl	Moring	poor	1959			0	£2.50
Janson Hank	Will-Power	Compact	vg	1964		F	243	£5.00
Janson Hank	Zero Takes All	Compact	vg-	1967		F	334	£5.00

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I am posting this text from home and have been more than surprised about how little Google or Wikipedia have on this author, not only because he was so prolific, but also the pivotal roll he had in the UK censorship fiasco that culminated in the stage managed Lady Chatterley Show Trial.

The persecution he faced in the UK that saw him move to Spain to avoid arrest, Reginald Head (the illustrator of many Hank Janson titles) changing his name to Cy Webb and the publishers ending up in jail. All of these “facts” may not be true as I am relying on my memory, though I am sure I have a full account of the trials and tribulations somewhere in the shop.

Today the vast majority of people will not even have heard of Hank Janson but the number of books he sold in the 50’s and 60’s far outstrips the number sold by Booker Prize winners, yet the “inteligencia” look down their privileged noses at “Popular fiction” or in this case “Hard Boiled Fiction”.

Granted the covers on these 60’s example are not a patch on the covers Reginald Head was driven out of the country for painting. The persecution and trials of the 50’s is a fascinating story in itself culminating as it did in the fake, arranged Lady Chatterley Trial that voiced the now notorious test of respectability “Would you let your servant read that”

However I digress, as a great lover of the 50’s art work, and not totally unmoved by later covers, I have over the years assembled significant examples of the genre, Hank Janson in particular. I realise that the market for this important contribution to literature is rapidly declining, a pity in many ways, not least my ability to sell copies.

Again I have not stock checked these below and I am not that confident that I know where they are.

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Auther	Title	Publisher	Price	Condition
Frances Stephen	Naked City -Panic in the City	Consul	£3.00	vg
Frances Stephen	Naked City -The Day the Island Almost sank	Consul	SOLD	vg
Frances Stephen	Naked City -The Fault in our Stars	Consul	SOLD	vg
Frances Stephen	Pattern of Life	Consul	£10.00	vg
Frances Stephen	Twilight People	Consul	SOLD	vg