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@aol.com> 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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