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11 juillet 2018

Rumble 5




Rumble
issue 5

Steve Palfrey & Martin J. Heaphy
Exeter & London, U.K.
32 pages, 1992
no ISSN




Rumblin'
     by Steve Palfrey
Reform School wildcats, pt. 1 & 2
     (anonym)
The 1st UK vintage paperback bookfair
     (anonym)
Self service (Pedigree books)
     (anonym)
Harlan Ellison :
  Memos from purgatory
  A touch rare
     (anonym)
James Dean
     (anonym)
Gang Girl
     (anonym)
Junkie
     (anonym)
Teenage Bop
     (anonym)
JD or not JD. That is the question
     (anonym)
Hard one's
     (anonym)




Rumble 1




Rumble
issue 1

Steve Palfrey & Martin J. Heaphy
Exeter & London, U.K.
32 pages, no date
no ISSN



Rumble
     by Steve Palfrey & Martin J. Heaphy
U.S. Ace paperbacks
     by Steve Palfrey
Classic english covers, n° 1
     (photo)
They don't call them Teddy Boys (reprint of a 1956 article)
     by Evelyn Irons
Have you read the previous article ?
     by Martin J. Heaphy
Teenage Bop
     by Steve Palfrey
Brooklyn's thrill killers
     by Steve Palfrey
Re-vamped violence
     by Steve Palfrey
Killers' playground (reprint of a 1960 article)
     (anonym)
Dope
     by Steve Palfrey
"Do me a favor, pal - kill him !" (reprint of an old article)
     (anonym)
Book reviews
     by Steve Palfrey
Billy Fury
     by Martin J. Heaphy
Hot Rod Man : Henry Gregor Felsen
     by Steve Palfrey



Smut Peddler 1




Smut Peddler !
issue 1

Miriam Linna
New York, U.S.A.
48 pages, 1992
no ISSN




Intro
     (anonym)
End of intro : books-representative faves (Specialty, Lily St. Cyr, Betty Brosmer, Fabian,
Sabre, Neva,...)
     (anonym)
Vintage adult paperbacks gallery
     (anonym)
The Angora attic, Ed Wood's girls part 1 : Maila Nurmi
     (anonym)



10 juillet 2018

Bad Seed 5




Bad Seed 
issue 5


Miriam Linna
New York, U.S.A.
28 pages, 1988
no ISSN




Uncensored
     by Miriam Linna
Anglo file
     (anonym)
English J.D. books
     by M.J. Heaphy
Street Queens are taking over teenage gangs
     (anonym)
Alco-lescents : our boozing bottle-babies
     (anonym)
Goofball, unlimited !
     (anonym)
Beacon Books : sin street slag
     (anonym)
Orrie Hitt
     (anonym)
"I'm a damned maniac !"
     (anonym)
Teentime S.O.B.
     (anonym)




Bad Seed 3




Bad seed
issue 3


Miriam Linna
New York, U.S.A.
28 pages, 1985
no ISSN




Chico's girl
     by Mann & Weil
The shocking truth about Teen-age Vice
     (anonym)
Bad Girl ! Girls of the slums
     (anonym)
Mitchell Hooks
     (anonym)
Ace
     (anonym)
Teen-age crime investigation : Charlie Starkweather
     (anonym)
Wenzell Brown books
     by Miriam Linna


Bad Seed 2



Bad Seed
issue 2


Miriam Linna
New York, U.S.A.
28 pages, 1985
no ISSN




Juvenile delinquent
     by Ronnie Allen
Halt ! High school terror gang
     (anonym)
Teen Challengers
     (anonym)
The Pied Piper of Tucson, part 2 : Teen-agers' strange hero stands trial for multiple murder
     (anonym)
Patty McCormack
     (anonym)
Monkey on my back
     (anonym)
"I was born to do wrong : William Edward Cook
     (anonym)
Crash the Party
     (anonym)



Bad seed 1



Bad seed
issue 1


Miriam Linna
New York, U.S.A.
44 pages, 1984
no ISSN


Ballad of a juvenile delinquent
     by Phil Johns & the Lonely Ones
Gang War
     (anonym)
Teen-age "sex clubs"
     (anonym)
The pied piper of Tucson 
     (anonym)
Juvenile Hoods
     (anonym)
This is it : Hal Ellson
     (anonym)
Sin in the streets
     (anonym)
Retitled books
     (anonym)
Juvenile jungle
     by Miriam Linna




26 novembre 2017

Albatross Books




Charmaine Gamisch

Albatross Books
Ein Pionier des modernen Taschenbuchs

Initialen 26
Mainzer Institut für Buchwissenschaft
Mainz, Germany
80 pages, 2016
ISBN : 978-3-945883-36-5



Abbildungsverzeichnis

1. Einleitung
     1.1. Moderne Taschenbücher
     1.2. Forschungsstand und Quellenlage

2. Albatross Books
     2.1. Zur Geschichte des Verlags
     2.2. Das Konzept des Verlags
     2.3. Das Verlagsprogramm
     2.4. Die Gestaltung der Bücher
          2.4.1. Äußerer Aufbau und Goldener Schnitt
          2.4.2. Layout und Satzspiegel
          2.4.3. Das Farbkonzept
          2.4.4. Gestaltungsvarianten der Reihen Mystery Club und Crime Club
          2.4.5. Internationale Produktionsunterschiede
          2.4.6. Parallelen zur zeitgenössischen Kunst

3. Tauchnitz Editions und Albatross Books - ein Vergleich
     3.1. Zur Geschichte des Bernhard Tauchnitz Verlags
     3.2. Das Konzept des Tauchnitz Verlags
     3.3. Die Gestaltung der Tauchnitz Editions

4. Penguin Books Und Albatross Books - ein Vergleich
     4.1. Zur Geschichte des Penguin Books Verlags
     4.2. Das Konzept des Penguin Books Verlags
     4.3. Die Gestaltung der Penguin Bücher

5. Der Erfolg der Albatross Bücher

6. Albatross Books - Zusammenfassung

Literaturverzeichnis
     Quellen
     Forschungsliteratur

Anhang 
     Bibliografie der erschienenen Werke im Albatross Verlag



Tauchnitz international editions in english 1841 - 1955




William B. Todd & Ann Bowden

Tauchnitz international editions in english
1841 - 1955
A bibliographical history

Oak Knoll Press & The British Library
New Castle, Delaware, U.S.A.
London, U.K.
XXIV + 1080 pages, 2003
ISBN : 1-58456-116-5 (USA)
ISBN : 0-7123-4825-5 (UK)





Introduction
Summary of descriptive procedure
Libraries and archives
References
Illustrations

The Tauchnitz firm under the first Baron
     1. Early publications and overtures  1841-1848
     2. Further innovations  1848-1860
     3. Governing principles and procedures  1860-1869
     4. The later exploits of Baron Tauchnitz  1869-1895

The Tauchnitz firm under later management
     5. The brief regime of the second Baron  1895-1912
     6. Desperate expedients  1912-1929
     7. The interim stock company  1929-1934
     8. The final dispensation  1934-1943

Other Tauchnitz publications and special series
     A. Additional volumes  1843-1938
     B. "Series for the young"  1860-1883
     C. "Collection of german authors"  1867-1892
     D. The Tauchnitz Magazine  1891-1893
     E. "Novel Series"

Tauchnitz subsidiary issues
     F. Shakespeare part-issues and complete works  1843-1916
     G. "Cabinet edition of english classics"  1862-1864
     H. "Students' series"  1886-1917
     I. "English text-books" & "Tauchnitz Pocket Library"  1916-1918
     J. "Students' series Neue Folge"  1926-1939
     K. "Bernard Shaw's plays"  1931

The Tauchnitz firm : ancillary issues
     L. Promotional publications
          1. Anniversary histories
          2-7. Bilingual dictionaries : German, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Russian
          8. Catalogues : Monthly, Quarterly, Special, General
          9. Ephemera : Book-marks, Leaflets, Colored bands, Miscellanea
     M. Publications in other languages
     N. Affiliations with other firms
     O. Reissues in the Albatross series

Postwar series by successor Tauchnitz firms
     P. Hamburg : "Tauchnitz edition"  1946-1949
     Q. Hamburg : "Tauchnitz students' series"  1948-1950
     R. Milan  1950-1951
     S. Stuttgart : "Tauchnitz edition New series"  1952-1955
     T. Wiesbaden : "Tauchnitz students' series"  1952
     U. Wiesbaden : "Students' series Sonderbände"  1952-1954

Addenda : Miscellaneous records and documents
     V. Tauchnitz in America  1849-1893
     W. Obituary accounts of the first Baron Tauchnitz  1895
     X. Notes on Tauchnitz collections
     Y. A Tauchnitz Gazetteer
     Z. Bibliographical peculiarities of Tauchnitz Books
          1. Type and paper
          2. Half-title leaf and censor devices
          3. Title leaf : imprints, Printing notes, Impression registers
          4. Colophon variants
          5. Wrappers : Wrapper imprints, Date references, Price quotations, Import lines
          6. Publisher or trade bindings
          7. Gift or presentation bindings
          8. Dust-jackets

Acknowledgements and permissions
Author - Title register
General index



18 janvier 2017

The mushroom jungle




Steve Holland

The mushroom jungle
a history of postwar
paperback publishing

Zeon Books
Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire, U.K.
204 pages, 1993
ISBN : 1-874113-01-7



Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction

1. Growing pains
2. The rise of the mushroom publishers
3. The new british pulps
4. The mushroom jungle
5. Riders of the range
6. "One and Sixpenny dreadfuls"
7. "The best of the tough gangsters writers"
8. The trials of Hank Janson
9. After the storm
10. Whatever happened to the mushroom publishers ?

Appendix : The horror comics campaign
Select bibliography
About the author
Index




British science fiction paperbacks and magazines 1949-1956




Philip Harbottle & Stephen Holland

British science fiction
paperbacks and magazines 
1949-1956
An annotated bibliography and guide

Borgo Literary Guide n° 7
R. Reginald / The Borgo Press
San Bernardino, California, U.S.A.
232 pages, 1995
ISBN : 0-8095-1204-1
ISSN : 0891-9623
(paperback edition)




Dedication
Acknowledgments
How to use this book
Introduction

A. Original science fiction paperbacks, 1949-1956
B. Paperback books from established houses, 1949-1956
C. A checklist of british science fiction magazines, 1949-1956
D. A complete author index to the stories in the british science fiction magazines, 1949-1956

Book title index
Short story title index
About the authors


23 novembre 2016

Vakre damer og blodig død




Willy B.

Vakre damer og blodig død

den norske pocketbokas 
historie 1949-1994

Bladkompaniet
Oslo, Norway
304 pages, 1994
ISBN : 82-509-3191-2


1. Forord
2. Pocketbøker generelt
3. Hva er en pocketbok ?
4. Billigbøkenes og pocketbøkenes historie i korte trekk
     A. Europa - fra Tauchnitz til Penguin
     B. Amerika - fra dime-novels til Pocket Books Inc.
5. Folkelesning og billigbøker i Norge
     A. 1875 - 1920
     B. 1920 - 1943
     C. 1945 - 1949
6. De norske pocketbøkenes historie
     A. Den første norske pocketboka 1949
     B. De første norske pocketbokseriene 1949-1952
     C. Den store pocketbok-eksplojonen 1953-1958
     D. Western-bølgen rir inn på midten av femtitallet
     E. Den amerikanske invasjonen 1958-1965
     F. De såkalte kvalitetsbilligbøkene
     G. Morgan Kane, hemmelige agenter og sex 1965-1975
     H. Grøssete og stor-pockets på sytti- og åttitallet
     I. De siste ti årene
7. Leksikalsk oversikt over pocketbokserier i Norge 1949-1994
8. Omslaget - mer enn et omslag
9. Norske omslagsillustratører fra A til Å
10. Noen biografier, populærvitenskapelige serier og diverse andre bøker i pocketformat
11. Norske barne- og ungdomsbøker i pocketformat
12. Norske krim- og spenningsromaner i pocketformat
13. Litteraturliste



03 février 2016

From the pulps into paperbacks



Roy G. James 

From the pulps into paperbacks
A reference document

Gryphon Publications
Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A.
100 pages, 1994
ISBN : 0-936071-39-7



Introduction

Part 1 : Heroes in series
     The Avenger
     Buck Rogers
     Captain Future
     Conan the Barbarian
     Other R.E.H. heroes
     H.P. Lovecraft's horror
     Doc Savage
     Dr. Death
     Dusty Ayres
     Flash Casey
     Flash Gordon
     G-8 and his Battle Aces
     The Golden Amazon
     Jan of the jungle & O.A. Kline
     Jongor
     Jules de Grandin
     Operator 5
     The Phantom Detective
     Professor Jameson
     Race Williams
     Secret agent X
     The Shadow
     The Spider
     Tarzan of the Apes
     Other E.R.B. heroes

Part 2 : Selected pulp-related Pb's

Part 3 : The "Best of" series

Bibliography