Export Publishing at Auction Part I

A number of now uncommon paperbacks published by the Canadian publisher Export Publishing Enterprises Ltd in 1949 and 1950 for the American market have recently come up at auction. They are distinguished by having dust jackets glued at the spines. For close to $5,300 (average $310) you could have been the owner of 17 of the 20 books. Here are the results:

$148	4A	Each Night a Black Desire	Plagemann, Bentz
$339	5A	Offer Any Price	Willis, George
$175	7A	The Pagans	Benedict, Jack
$350	8A	Dirty City	Young, Michael
$449	9A	Torch of  Violence	Forrest, David
$300	10A	This Was Joanna	Brooks, Grant R.
$427	13A	No Place in Heaven	Warren, Laura
$275	14A	Death Be My Destiny	Perrin, Neil H.
$266	15A	Jesse James	Kelley, Thomas P.
$502	16A	Daughters of Desire	Knight, Fletcher
$342	17A	The Penthouse Killings	Brown, Horace
$202	19A	In Passion's Fiery Pit	Brown, Joy
$339	20A	Sugar-puss on Dorchester Street	Palmer, Al
$155	21A	The Door Between	Perrin, Neil H.
$271	22A	The Governor's Mistress	Desmond, Warren
$515	23A	Pick Up	Scott, Leslie
$220	24A	Overnight Escapade and other stories	Mark, Stephen

 

News Stand Library 7A with DJ - August 1949

 

News Stand Library 8A with DJ - August 1949

 

News Stand Library 9A with DJ - November 1949