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Harry Whittington
   
Robert Bonfils, 1968.  Photo by Earl Kemp

Harry Whittington

Born in the central Florida scrublands in 1915, Harry Whittington was once dubbed "King of the Paperbacks," having written over 150 books before his passing in 1990.  Highly imaginative and driven, his early thrillers for Gold Medal, Graphic Books, and other PBO houses were hailed by crime-writing enthusiasts around the world, especially the Serie Noire fans in France.  That Whittington wrote sleaze is only now being contemplated, and clearly it makes sense -- as the pulp and PBO crime market began drying up in the late 1950s and the new sleaze market was paying for manuscripts -- certainly "The King" would be a likely contributor.  In his own brief auto-biography, he claims to have signed a contract in 1964 with an unnamed publisher to write a 60,000 word novel a month to be published under house names.  He states he then produced 39 novels for $1000 each.  The titles of these books are as of yet undetermined.   In the late 50s and under the pseudonym "Shep Sheppard," Whittington wrote for BEDSIDE BOOKS, and later "Kell Holland" was his BEACON house name, however, I eagerly await news of other sleaze publishing efforts from Whittington throughout this mid-1960s period.

New titles will be added as they become available.  
 
   

 
CITY GIRL
Hallam Whitney (pseudonym of Harry Whittington)
Star Novels 759 (1954, 1956)
VERY GOOD
$50
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BACKWOODS HUSSY
Hallam Whitney (pseudonym of Harry Whittington)
Original Novels 733 (1952)
FINE MINUS/UNREAD or better
$150
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NAKED LUST
Shep Shepard (pseudonym of Harry Whittington)
802 (1959)
NEAR FINE
$50/SOLD
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CHECK OUT THIS BOOK!
Shep Sheppard (Harry Whittington)
953 (1959)
VERY GOOD
$18
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STRICTLY FOR THE BOYS
Harry Whittington
SL 72 (1959)
FINE MINUS/ UNREAD or better!
$75
buy!

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