TRASHY TUESDAY: DEVIL’S HIGHWAY by Hank Janson (Alexander Moring, 1956)
Devil’s Highway by Hank Janson (Alexander Moring, 1956) Hank Janson was the pseudonym adopted by prolific author Stephen D Frances when he created the Janson...
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TRASHY TUESDAY: MURDER CAN’T STOP by W. T. Ballard (Phantom, 1955)
Murder Can’t Stop by W. T. Ballard (Phantom #644, 1955) Australian Phantom Books were produced between 1951 and 1961. During that time they released around 300...
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TRASHY TUESDAY: THE VOLCANOES OF SAN DOMINGO by Adam Hall (Fontana, 1971)
The Volcanoes of San Domingo by Adam Hall (Fontana, 1971) I am not usually a fan of photographic covers, but this 1971 one for Adam Hall’s The Volcanoes of San...
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TRASHY TUESDAY: HORWITZ COVERS – THE PENGUIN SERIES
The Unorthodox Corpse by Carter Brown (Horwitz, 1965) Horwitz were arguably the prime Australian publishers of paperbacks and pulp fiction in the 1950s and 60s....
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TRASHY TUESDAY: SAME COVER DIFFERENT BOOK! #2
Beat Not The Bones by Charlotte Jay (Avon, 1955) Supernatural Stories No. 39 (Badger, 1961) At first glance there would seem to be little connection between an Edgar...
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TRASHY TUESDAY: BUTCHER OF AUSCHWITZ by John Slater (Horwitz, 1965)
Butcher of Auschwitz by John Slater (Horwitz, 1965) In the early 1960s Australian paperbacks featured a steady stream of books about the horrific treatment of...
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