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John Franklin Bardin Publishing History


This page is a reference to aid fans of John Franklin Bardin in locating his books (many of which are out of print).


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The Deadly Percheron The Last of Philip Banter Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly The Case Against Myself
The Burning Glass The Case against Butterfly A Shroud for Grandmama  
So Young to Die Christmas Comes but Once a Year Purloining Tiny  


The Deadly Percheron. 1946 by Dodd, Mead. In England, 1947 by Victor Gollancz. In paperback in the USA & UK, 1976-1991 first as part of the JOHN FRANKLIN OMNIBUS and then in a separate edition. In 1998 by Poisoned Pen Press. In Scotland, 2000 by Canongate Books, Ltd (Canongate Crime Classics). In 2006, an edition published by The Millipede Press (now The Centipede Press) with an introduction by Jonathan Lethem and three chapters of "I LOVE YOU, TERRIBLY" THE CENTIPEDE PRESS. Has been published in the following languages -- Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish.

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The Last of Philip Banter. 1947 by Dodd, Mead. In England 1947 by Victor Gollancz. In paperback in the USA & UK, 1976-1991 first as part of THE JOHN FRANKLIN OMNIBUS and then in a separate edition. Has been published in the following languages -- Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Portuguese and Swedish.

 

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Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly. In England 1948 by Victor Gollancz. In the USA, 1967 by Macfadden-Bartell (paperback). Again in paperback in the USA & UK, 1976-1991 first as part of THE JOHN FRANKLIN OMNIBUS and then in a separate edition. In Scotland, 2001, by Canongate Books, Ltd (Canongate Crime Classics). Has been published in the following languages -- Danish, French, German, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish.

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The Case Against Myself. (Published under the pseudonym Gregory Tree*). 1950 by Charles Scribner's Sons. 1951 by Bantam. In England, 1951 by Victor Gollancz.

 


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The Burning Glass. 1950 by Charles Scribner's Sons. In England, by Victor Gollancz.

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The Case Against Butterfly. (Published under the pseudonym Gregory Tree*). 1951 by Charles Scribner's Sons. Has been published in the following languages -- Dutch and Spanish and Swedish.

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A Shroud For Grandmama. (Published under the pseudonym Douglas Ashe* and in England under the pseudonym Gregory Tree*). 1951 by Charles Scribner's Sons. In England, 1952 by Victor Gollancz. In USA, 1970 by Paperback Library (retitled THE LONGSTREET LEGACY).

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So Young To Die. (Published under the pseudonym Gregory Tree*). 1953 by Charles Scribner's Sons. In England, 1952 by Victor Gollancz. In the USA, 1969 by Macfadden-Bartell (paperback). Has been published in the following languages -- Dutch, Norwegian and Spanish.

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Christmas Comes But Once A Year. 1954 by Charles Scribner's Sons. In England, 1954 by Peter Davies.

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Purloining Tiny. 1978 by Harper and Row. Also published in Spanish.

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* Pseudonyms have been deleted from all reprints after 1981. (Formal statements were made to U.S. Copyright Office identifying the author.)

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