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The Mushroom Jungle: A History of Postwar Paperback Publishing Paperback – January 1, 1993

by Steve Holland (Author)
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Nominated for a Bouchercon Anthony Award. The definitive story of the emergence of the post war publishers, with an introduction to pre-war publishers. Extensive coverage of: the emergence of Panther, Corgi, Pan and others from the fly by night post war publishing world; the mystery surrounding publishers such as Scion, Gannet, Muir Watson, Brown Watson, R&L Locker, Harborough and many, many more; the search for the origins of those many pseudonyms and house names, such as Griff, Hank Janson, Ben Sarto, Vector Magroon, Volsted Gridban, Roland Vane, Dale Bogar The story of the entanglement of publishing with a sleazy underworld and the complete lowdown on the Hank Janson Obscenity Trials. Also a run down on the 50s comics purge, the superb artists of the period--Reginald Heade, Ron Turner, Denis McLoughlin, James McConnell, Perl--with prime examples of their work, and interviews and comments from the authors and publishers of the era. A superb book that documents Steve Holland's many years of research in a one well illustrated authoritative volume. All the information is illustrated by many b&w and colour illustrations of those great paperback covers.
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    English
  2. Publisher
    Zardoz Books
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    January 1, 1993
  4. Dimensions
    6.75 x 0.5 x 9.25 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1874113017
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1874113010
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zardoz Books (January 1, 1993)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1874113017
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1874113010
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 0.5 x 9.25 inches
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    Steve Holland has been a freelance author and editor for over twenty years. He began writing seriously in the mid-1980s and went full time in 1990 since when he has had over 1,500 articles published and written or edited over 50 books. An expert on British comics and pulp paperbacks, he has appeared numerous times on radio and television. His The Mushroom Jungle was nominated for an Anthony award at Bouchercon and The Trials of Hank Janson was a runner-up for the Crime Writers' Association's Silver Dagger Award for non-fiction. He is an avid blogger, posting at Bear Alley. Since 2011 he has published a range of books through his Bear Alley Books imprint, ranging from reprints of and indexes to classic comics to biographies and reprints of classic thrillers.

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