I have it, it's a paperback The hardback paperback line was
simply meant to betoken that this was not pulp fiction but a
novel that would have been worthy of a hardback edition even
though it was actually being published as a paperback
original.
John
Juri Nummelin wrote:
>
> One thing has been bugging me for years and I
thought to ask:
>
> was the first edition of Willeford's COCKFIGHTER a
paperback of
> hardcover?
> It was published by Chicago Paperback House, but
they boasted in the
> cover
> (which I've seen in scans only) that it's the
world's only hardcover
> paperback original (or some such, I forget the exact
wording). Which
> one is
> it? And what the f**k is "hardcover paperback
original"?
>
>
> .
>
>
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