A1.
THE |
GORILLA’S | DAUGHTER | by | THOMAS P. KELLEY | [ornament: company logo] | A
NEWS STAND LIBRARY POCKET EDITION
Collation:
pp. [1-4] 5-127 [128-130] 131-160; 177 x 107 mm.
Contents:
p. [1] This Book at a Glance; [2] NEWS STAND LIBRARY POCKET EDITION |
Copyright 1950 by | EXPORT PUBLISHING ENTERPRISES LIMITED | First Printing | August 1950 | Printed and
Bound in Canada | Export Publishing Enterprises Limited | Toronto London
New York; [3] title; [4] blank; 5-127 text; [128] blank; [129] AWAKEN | THE
DEAD! | by HALLS WELLS; [130] blank; 131-160 text.
Binding: Perfect. Inside covers illustration
– greenish brown.
Note:
Paperback original. “This Book at a Glance” on page [1] and back cover blurb have
“defenseless” spelled as “defenceless.”
A2.a. second
printing – number R122
Binding: Perfect. Inside covers illustration
– blue. Back cover blurb has “defenseless” spelled correctly but “This Book at
a Glance” is still incorrect.
A2.b.
Binding: Perfect. Inside covers illustration
– light black. Back cover blurb and “This Book at a Glance” as A2.a.
A1.
SPICY |
DETECTIVE | STORIES | By | N. WOOTEN POGE | ELLERY WATSON CALDER | ROBERT A.
GARRON | ROBERT LESLIE BELLEM | ARTHUR WALLACE | CARY MORAN | KEN COOPER |
COLBY QUINN | PETER GRANT | [ornament: company logo] | A NEWS STAND LIBRARY
POCKET EDITION
Collation:
pp. [1-4] 5-98 [99] 100-160 177 x 108 mm.
Contents:
p. [1] This Book at a Glance; [2] NEWS STAND LIBRARY POCKET EDITION | Printed and Bound in Canada | First Printing
| August 1950 | Export Publishing Enterprises Limited | TORONTO LONDON NEW
YORK; [3] title; [4] blank; 5-24 Silk Stocking Clue; 25-40 Murder Debt; 41-58
The Thin Dame; 59-78 Gypsum Blizzard; 79-96 Lady Dick; 97-118 Case of the
Limber Corpse; 119-136 Death in the Third Act; 137-144 Killer’s Rights; 145-160
Star Witness.
Binding: Perfect. Inside covers illustration
– blue.
Note:
Paperback original. The stories were first published in the May 1937 issue (Volume
7 #1), of the American pulp of the same name published by New York’s Culture
Publications. The front cover lists the first eight stories with the title
“Eight Daring Detective Stories”. The ninth story, Star Witness, is missing. A comic strip in the pulp is not in the
Export book.
The listed
authors are:
Silk Stocking
– N. Wooten Poge. Pseudonym of Norvell W. Page.
Murder Debt –
Ellery Watson Calder. Pseudonym of Robert Leslie.
The Thin Dime
– Robert A. Garron. Pseudonym of Howard Wandrei.
Gypsum
Blizzard – Robert Leslie Bellem.
Lady Dick –
Arthur Wallace.
Case of the
Limber Corpse – Cary Moran. Pseudonym of Edwin Truett Long.
Death in the
3rd Act – Ken Cooper.
Killer’s Right
– Colby Quinn.
Star Witness
– Peter Grant.
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