NEWS GIRL – Hilary Brand (aka Stephen Francis, Hank Janson)
Compact Books 1963 1st vg+ (near fine) Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£12.50
PEAK OF FRENZY – Hilary Brand (Hank Janson, Stephen Francis
Compact1964 vg- Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£6.50
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.
The list below have been stock checked this year, so theoretically I know where they are
Stock Prices do not include postage – also not stock checked recently.
| Title | Publisher | Price | Condition | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Astray | Compact | £3.00 | vg | |
| Dateline Diane | Compact | £3.00 | vg | |
| Go With a Jerk | HJ | £5.00 | vg | |
| I for Intrigue | Compact | £2.50 | vg- | |
| Reluctant Hostess | HJ | £2.50 | vg | |
| Sentence for Sin | HJ | £3.50 | vg | 1960 |
| Amok | Gaywood | £50.00 | vg+ | |
| Auctioned | Gaywood | £50.00 | vg+ | |
| Baby, Don’t Dare Squeal | Gaywood | £50.00 | vg | |
| Bewitched | Moring | £7.00 | vg+ | |
| Conflict | Gaywood | £40.00 | vg | |
| Corruption | Gaywood | £50.00 | vg+ | |
| Death Wore a Petticoat | Gaywood | £50.00 | vg | |
| Desert Fury | Gaywood | £55.00 | f | |
| Don’t Dare me, Sugar | Gaywood | £40.00 | vg | |
| Frails Can Be so Tough | Gaywood | £20.00 | vg | |
| Hotsy-You’ll be Chilled | Gaywood | £40.00 | vg | |
| Jack Spot | Moring | £50.00 | vg+ | |
| Janson Go Home | R & V | £20.00 | vg+ | 1961 |
| Kill Her if you Can | Gaywood | £40.00 | vg+ | |
| Lola Brought Her Wreath | Gaywood | £40.00 | vg | |
| Milady Took the Rap | Gaywood | £15.00 | vg | |
| Sadie don’t cry now | Gaywood | £40.00 | vg | |
| Sister Don’t Hate Me | Gaywood | £15.00 | vg | |
| Suspense | Gaywood | £40.00 | vg+ | |
| Sweetie, Hold Me Tight | Gaywood | £25.00 | vg- | |
| The Bride Wore Weeds | Gaywood | £35.00 | vg | |
| The Exotic Seductress #13 | Gold Star | £2.50 | vg- | 1964 |
| The Lady Has a Scar | Gaywood | £20.00 | vg | |
| They Die Alone | Moring | £10.00 | vg | |
| Torment | Gaywood | £40.00 | vg+ | |
| Torment for Trixie | Gaywood | £20.00 | vg | |
| Whiplash | Gaywood | £25.00 | vg | |
| Berlin Briefing | Compact | £2.50 | vg- | |
| Bid for Beauty | Compact | £2.50 | vg- | |
| Brand Image | Compact | £4.00 | vg | |
| Doctor Fix | Compact | £4.00 | vg | |
| Fan Fare | Compact | £2.50 | vg | |
| Fast Buck | Compact | £5.00 | vg | |
| Frame and Fortune | Compact | £4.00 | vg | |
| Globe Probe | Compact | £2.50 | vg- | 1969 |
| Heartache | Compact | £4.00 | vg | |
| Hillary’s Terms | Compact | £2.50 | vg | |
| Junk Market | Compact | £2.50 | vg- | |
| Lake Loot | Compact | £2.50 | vg | |
| Lament for a Lover | Compact | £5.00 | vg | |
| Limbo Lover | Compact | £2.50 | vg | |
| Make Mine Mink | Compact | £2.50 | vg- | 1966 |
| Mayfair Slayride | Compact | £2.50 | vg- | |
| Model in Mayham | Compact | £5.00 | vg | |
| Nerve Centre | Compact | £2.50 | vg- | 1963 |
| Pattern of Rape | Compact | £2.50 | vg | |
| Sprung | Compact | £2.50 | vg | |
| Square 1 | Compact | £5.00 | vg | 1964 |
| Strange Ritual | Compact | £4.00 | vg+ | |
| Tail Sting | Compact | £2.50 | vg | |
| The Last Lady | Compact | £5.00 | vg | |
| The Long Arm | Compact | £3.00 | vg | |
| The Love Makers | Compact | £2.50 | vg | |
| The Spy in my Bed | Compact | £5.00 | vg | |
| The Young Wolves | Compact | £3.00 | vg | |
| Twilight Tigress | Compact | £5.00 | vg | |
| Ultimate Deterrent | Compact | £5.00 | f | 1970 |
| V for Vitality | Compact | £5.00 | vg | 1963 |
| Villon of the Peace | Compact | £4.00 | vg | |
| Visit from a Broad | Compact | £5.00 | vg- | |
| Voodoo Violence | Compact | £5.00 | vg | |
| Why Should Sylvia | Compact | £2.50 | vg- | |
| Will-Power | Compact | £4.00 | vg | 1964 |
| Zero Takes All | Compact | £2.50 | vg- | 1967 |
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.
Stock This is a list (probably not complete) that I think I have.
| Title | Publisher |
|---|---|
| 48 Hours | Moring |
| Amerous Captive “Bygone Ages Vol 2 | HJ |
| Amerous Captive Vol. 3 | HJ |
| Amok | Gaywood |
| Angel Astray | Compact |
| Auctioned | Gaywood |
| Baby, Don’t Dare Squeal | Gaywood |
| Beauty and the Beat | HJ |
| Beloved Traitor | R&V |
| Beloved Traitor | R & V |
| Berlin Briefing | Compact |
| Bewitched | Moring |
| Bid for Beauty | BAG 09 |
| Bid for Beauty | Compact |
| Brand Image | Compact |
| Brazen Seductress | Gold Star |
| Break For a Lovely | HJ |
| Break For A Lovely | HJ |
| Bring me Sorrow | Moring |
| Chicago Chick | HJ |
| Come Quick Honey | R&V |
| Conflict | Gaywood |
| Cool Sugar | Moring |
| Corruption | Gaywood |
| Crime on my Hands | HJ |
| Crowns Can Kill | HJ |
| Dateline Diane | Compact |
| Death Wore a Petticoat | Gaywood |
| Deicious Danger | HJ |
| Delicious Danger | BAG 09 |
| Desert Fury | Moring |
| Desert Fury | Gaywood |
| Devil’s Highways | HJ |
| Doctor Fix | Compact |
| Don’t Dare me, Sugar | Gaywood |
| Don’t Scare Easy | Moring |
| Don’t Scare Easy | Moring |
| Double Take | Compact |
| Expectant Nymph | Gold Star |
| F.E.U.D. | Compact |
| Fame and Fortune | BAG 09 |
| Fan Fare | Compact |
| Fanny | Gold Star |
| Fast Buck | Compact |
| Flight from Fear | Moring |
| Frails Can Be so Tough | Gaywood |
| Frame and Fortune | Compact |
| Globe Probe | Compact |
| Go With a Jerk | HJ |
| Heartache | Compact |
| Hellcat | BAG 09 |
| Hellcat | Moring |
| Hell’s Angel | HJ |
| Hell’s Angel | Moring |
| Hillary’s Terms | Compact |
| Honey For Me | HJ |
| Hotsy-You’ll be Chilled | Gaywood |
| I for Intrigue | Compact |
| Invasion | Moring |
| Jack Spot | Moring |
| Janson Go Home | R & V |
| Janson Go Home! | HJ |
| Junk Market | Compact |
| Kill Her if you Can | Gaywood |
| Kill Me For Kicks | HJ |
| Kill This Man | Moring |
| Lake Loot | Compact |
| Lament for a Lover | Compact |
| Limbo Lover | Compact |
| Lola Brought Her Wreath | Gaywood |
| Love – In and Lamentation | Compact |
| Make Mine Mink | Compact |
| Mayfair Slayride | Compact |
| Milady Took the Rap | Gaywood |
| Mistress of Fear | HJ |
| Model in Mayham | Compact |
| Murder | Moring |
| Nerve Centre | Compact |
| Obsession | UPC |
| Passionate Waif | Moring |
| Passionate Waife | BAG 09 |
| Pattern of Rape | Compact |
| Persian Pride | Moring |
| Quiet Waits the Grave | R & V |
| Reluctant Hostess | HJ |
| Revolt | Moring |
| Ripe for Rapture | R & V |
| Sadie don’t cry now | Gaywood |
| Sentence for Sin | HJ |
| Short-Term Wife | HJ |
| Sinister Rapture | Moring |
| Sister Don’t Hate Me | Gaywood |
| Situation Grave | Moring |
| Slaves for Seduction | HJ |
| Sprung | Compact |
| Square 1 | Compact |
| Strange Destiny | Moring |
| Strange Ritual | Compact |
| Sultry Avenger | HJ |
| Suspense | Gaywood |
| Sweet Fury | Moring |
| Sweetie, Hold Me Tight | Gaywood |
| Tail Sting | Compact |
| Take This Sweetie | HJ |
| Tension | Moring |
| The Bride Wore Weeds | Gaywood |
| The Exotic Seductress #13 | Gold Star |
| The Lady Has a Scar | Gaywood |
| The Last Lady | Compact |
| The Long Arm | Compact |
| The Love Makers | Compact |
| The Spy in my Bed | Compact |
| The Young Wolves | Compact |
| They Die Alone | Moring |
| This Hood For Hire | HJ |
| This Hood for Hire | R & V |
| Tomorrow and a Day | Moring |
| Too Soon to Die | HJ |
| Torment | Gaywood |
| Torment for Trixie | Gaywood |
| Twilight Tigress | Compact |
| Twist for Two | HJ |
| Ultimate Deterrent | Compact |
| Uncover Agent | HJ |
| Untamed | Moring |
| V for Vitality | Compact |
| Villon of the Peace | Compact |
| Visit from a Broad | Compact |
| Voodoo Violence | Compact |
| Whiplash | Moring |
| Whiplash | Gaywood |
| Why Should Sylvia | Compact |
| Wild Girl | Moring |
| Will-Power | Compact |
| Zero Takes All | Compact |
Again I have not stock checked these below and I am not that confident that I know where they are.
Stock
| 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 |
Stephen Frances – This Woman is Death
Mayflower Dell 1965 1st vg Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me. I will apply a discount for simultaneous purchases, If I remember.
£6.50
Not in Heckmondwike Book Shop 