Yes, a great volume -- it's my understanding that PAPERBACKS USA is the same
book as THE BOOK OF PAPERBACKS (which I have), just under a different title
for the US market.
Ron
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> From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Steve Novak
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 8:06 AM
> To: RARA-AVIS
> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Historical analysis books...
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> Refer also to the excellent:
>
> Paperback USA: A Graphic History, 1939-1959 by Piet Schreuders - A Blue
> Dolphin Book, 1981 (Translated from the Dutch)
>
> Montois
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>
> On 2/19/09 2:32 PM, "Ron Clinton" <clinton65@comcast.net> wrote:
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> >
> >
> >
> > (Cross-posted in somewhat different form from Vintage Paperbacks)
> >
> > I enjoy books about the history of genre publishing, the various houses
> > behind them, how the authors eked out a living, distribution matters,
etc.
> > I presently have:
> >
> > 1). Hardboiled America
> > 2). The Mushroom Jungle
> > 3). The Fiction Factory
> > 4). The Book of Paperbacks
> > 5). Dope Menace
> > 6). UnderCover
> > 7). The Great American Paperback
> > 8). Black Mask Boys
> > 9). Sin-A-Rama
> > 10). Heartbreak & Vine
> > 11). Over My Dead Body
> >
> > ...and some author biographies (Woolrich, Thompson, Goodis, J. Cain, F.
> > Brown, et al) and a bunch of similar but pulp-related material.
> >
> > Have I missed any volumes of particular merit in anyone's opinion?
> >
> > Ron Clinton
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