No, no, that wasn't the case with Spillane as Dutton did all
of his early books in hardcover.
Signet, the paperback publisher of both Spillane and Erskine
Caldwell, started out as Penguin Books in the late 1940s with
Ian Ballentine as the guiding genius. The success of Signet,
in no small degree the success of Spillane and Caldwell,
helped spark the entire paperback revolution. Ballentine, of
course, ended up founding his own company in the early
1950s.
But none of Mickey Spillane's early novels were paperback
originals. They were wild best sellers in paperback but all
had first of all a Dutton first edition.
Richard Moore
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Patrick King
<abrasax93@...> wrote:
>
> Are you sure about that? I thought the whole
thing
> with Spillane was no hardback pub would touch
him
> until he rocked the world with his paperback
sales.
> All his paperbacks were reissued as hardbacks in
the
> mid-50s, but I'm pretty sure his first books
were
> paperback originals.
>
> Patrick King
> --- Richard Moore <moorich@...>
wrote:
>
> > I hesitate get in the middle of this discussion
with
> > a factual
> > correction but to say I, THE JURY was a
paperback
> > original is simply
> > wrong. The first edition was published in
hardcover
> > by Dutton in
> > 1947.
> >
> > Richard Moore
> >
> >
> > --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Patrick King
> > <abrasax93@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Not to mention that the book did not get a
hard
> > bound
> > > printing until it sold several millions
copies in
> > > paperback. I, THE JURY was a Signet
Paperback
> > > Original.
> > >
> > > Patrick King
> > > --- Allan Guthrie <allan@>
wrote:
> > >
> > > > Given that conservative estimates
suggest a
> > quarter
> > > > of adults in the
> > > > developed world are functionally
illiterate (ie
> > > > unable to read brochures,
> > > > time tables, road maps, instructions
for
> > household
> > > > appliances, etc) being
> > > > able to afford the hardback might be
a secondary
> > > > consideration.
> > > >
> > > > Al
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message
-----
> > > > From: "Michael Robison"
<miker_zspider@>
> > > > To: <
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com>
> > > > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 6:14
AM
> > > > Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Mickey
Spillane
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > John Lau wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > proving that "popular culture"
is but another
> > > > oxymoron
> > > > >
> > > > > ***************
> > > > > Yup. Real culture takes money
and education.
> > > > Them
> > > > > knuckle dragging mouth breathing
high school
> > > > drop-outs
> > > > > couldn't even afford the
hardback copy of I,
> > The
> > > > Jury.
> > > > >
> > > > > miker
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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