Double Trouble: A Bibliographic Chronicle of Ace Mystery Doubles (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781557421197)

It was the 1950s in postwar America, and paperback books were the hot new product in the publishing industry. Of course, to stand out from the crowd and sell, one needed a gimmick. Into this newly exuberant market came a publishing house named Ace Books, with the seductive promise of two books for the price of one. It also had the eye-catching premise of two separate covers, joined at the spine like Siamese twins. Finished with one book? Flip the paperback over and begin again with a new novel, complete with its own package. It was something completely different -- and it sold "Double Trouble" tours the short yet popular era of the Ace Mystery Doubles, and includes both author-title and title indexes for easy reference.

Author: Sheldon Jaffery
ISBN-10: 1557421196
ISBN-13: 9781557421197
Publisher: Wildside Press
Language: English
Published: 09/21/2007
Pages: 168
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d