Rees Joan:Shelley's Jane Williams
- Taschenbuch 1985, ISBN: 9780718305499
Gebundene Ausgabe
Toronto, Ontario, Canada..: Harlequin Books., 1953. 317 pages. 3/1953; *** ENGLISH LANGUAGE Edition (Translated from the Original 1948 French edition) " She was a wild, untamed … Mehr…
Toronto, Ontario, Canada..: Harlequin Books., 1953. 317 pages. 3/1953; *** ENGLISH LANGUAGE Edition (Translated from the Original 1948 French edition) " She was a wild, untamed creature, entirely at home dancing NAKED for her tribe, or picking the pocket of some unsuspecting soldier. It was written in the stars, the Paprika, the Gypsy Queen, would love only one man, and that man she would torture. Men fought to the death to make her their bride, yet she would have none of them. Everywhere Paprika went she caused laughter and love, death and bloodshed. For Paprika was so beautiful that all men wanted to love her, and all women wanted to kill her. Her story reveals the unbelievably cruel world in which the Gypsies lived. Theirs was a crude life full of hardship, poverty and filth. Yet through it all, they played their sad, tormented music, or drank the whole right long to the sound of women's laughter and the tattoo of dancing feet. A man could have many wives. He could kill, steal, and RAPE. And Paprika, the Blonde Gypsy, ruled them all with her beauty and her intense passion." ** The revealing story of a GYPSY camp, with its wild ORGIES, cruel laws and bloody Duels. ** RARE Title; One of the most popular Esoteric titles in the entire Harlequin Books series. *** 2nd Printing by Publisher (Previous edition was #150 with GGA Photo cover); NEW Revised Edition By Publisher, with FIRST appearance of the new GGA Painted Cover, includes Man in Bondage being WHIPPED. *** Previous owner name in pencil top of front endpage, minor creasing on spine.. NEW Revised Edition By Publisher.. Soft Cover. Very Good to Fine. Illus. by GGA - Good Girl Art Painted Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.. Mass Market Paperback.., Harlequin Books., 1953, Toronto - Winnipeg, Canada.: Harlequin Books., 1953. 224 pages. Harlequin book #233; (6/1953; Mystery; PBO - Paperback Original, True First Ed.; Author's 4th & Last Crime Fiction novel); "Throughout North America, despite the vigilance of law-enforcement agencies, the deadly traffic in narcatics grows by leaps and bounds. One of the centres of this vicious traffic is Toronto, Canada - a fast growing city of a million people, facing New York State scross the waters of Lake Ontasio, and providing a ready link with the United States. Al Morley, a Toronto newspaper reporter, in covering the apparently insignificant death of a humble newspaper seller, crosses the path of the celebrated and erudite Sir Wilfred Cremorne and his lovely daughter, Valerie. From then on he fids himslef drawn into a tangle web of intrigue with a dope ring at its centre. He watches while respectable people are bought to protect the operations of the million-dollar traffickers. The story moves towards a terrifying climax where a group of horrified people, doomed by their own avarice, helplessly await death on a luxury yacht cruising on the sunny waters of Lake Ontario." *** SCARCE book Number in the Highly Collectible Original Vintage HARLEQUIN Paperback Series; ** Minor Crease at upper right cover corner. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed.. Soft Cover. Very Good to Fine. Illus. by Painted Cover Art. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.. Mass Market Paperback., Harlequin Books., 1953, Toronto - Winnipeg, Canada.: Harlequin Books., 1952. 317 pages. 3/1952; *** ENGLISH LANGUAGE Edition (Translated from the Original 1948 French edition) " She was a wild, untamed creature, entirely at home dancing NAKED for her tribe, or picking the pocket of some unsuspecting soldier. It was written in the stars, the Paprika, the Gypsy Queen, would love only one man, and that man she would torture. Men fought to the death to make her their bride, yet she would have none of them. Everywhere Paprika went she caused laughter and love, death and bloodshed. For Paprika was so beautiful that all men wanted to love her, and all women wanted to kill her. Her story reveals the unbelievably cruel world in which the Gypsies lived. Theirs was a crude life full of hardship, poverty and filth. Yet through it all, they played their sad, tormented music, or drank the whole right long to the sound of women's laughter and the tattoo of dancing feet. A man could have many wives. He could kill, steal, and RAPE. And Paprika, the Blonde Gypsy, ruled them all with her beauty and her intense passion." ** The revealing story of a GYPSY camp, with its wild ORGIES, cruel laws and bloody Duels. ** RARE Title; One of the most popular Esoteric titles in the entire Harlequin Books series.. Second Canadian Edition By Publisher.. Soft Cover. Good to Very Good.. Illus. by GGA {Good Girl Art} B&W PHOTO Cover.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.. Mass Market Paperback.., Harlequin Books., 1952, Toronto, Ontario, Canada..: Harlequin Books., 1951. 159 pages. Harlequin book #130; (9/1951; Painted cover by Harman; Mystery; 1st paperback; Great GGA - Good Girl Art LINGERIE Painted Cover); "From the moment Lee Dedrick, husband of the fourth richest woman in the world, disappears, believed kidnapped, Vic Malloy of Universal Services is snarled up in a vicious vortex of murder, glamorous women and violent non-stop action. The curtain goes up on the sprawled, lifeless body of Dedrick's chauffeur, shot to death by an unknown hand. A frightened and lovely brunette flits across the scene, but vanishes almost immediately, shooting from a well-turned hip. Five hundred thousand dollars ransom is paid over to the invisible kidnappers, but Lee Dedrick is not returned. The whole of the country as far north as San Francisco and as far south as Los Angeles joins in the hunt for the kidnappers. Nick Perelli, gambler, is framed for the kidnapping and is arrested. Determined to save him and to find the real kidnappers, Vic Malloy, with his aides Paula Bensinger and Jack Kerman, takes a header into this mystery and intrigue which finally lands him in a situation of unparalleled danger and horror. Then, after the most gruesome and exciting experience of his already turbulent career, Malloy finds the key to the riddle of Dedrick's kidnapping." *** RARE book Number in the Highly Collectible Original Vintage HARLEQUIN Paperback Series; ***. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. Soft Cover. GOOD+. Illus. by Harman - {GGA} Good Girl Art LINGERIE Painted Cover.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.. Mass Market Paperback., Harlequin Books., 1951, London: William Kimber, 1985. Joan Rees paints a sympathetic portrait of the poet Shelley and describes how he came to meet Jane and the man whose name she took, Ned Williams. Jane became the last love in Shelley's life. The author recreates the whole circle of people surrounding the Shelleys and tells of what happened to them all after the early deaths of both Shelley and Williams. She also traces how the relationship between Mary Shelley and Jane Williams developed over the years, and of how Jane came to live with another of the Shelley circle, as his wife. A list of illustrations given.... many illustrations on heavier semi-gloss stock. Three appendices follow the 12th chapter. This book closes with source notes and index. The front panel of the price-intact dust jacket is a reproduced portrait of Jane Williams by George Clint. This copy is tight, bright and free of any signs of previous ownership.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good., William Kimber, 1985<
