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“AMBLER, Dail" – [WILLIAMS, Betty Mabel Lilian, 1919-1974] : THE LADY SAYS WHEN : A DANNY SPADE STORY. London : Scion, (1952). First edition. Among the most glamorous, unexpected and toughest of the stable of pulp-fiction writers who wrote for Scion was Betty Williams, also known by her married name of Betty Uelmen, who under her “Dail Ambler” and “Danny Spade” personas, became one of the most successful of all of the British pulp-writers. With some experience of Hollywood, she later found some notoriety for the storyline and screenplay of perhaps the most interesting of the British teen rebellion, beatnik and coffee-bar movies, released in 1960 as “Beat Girl” in the UK and “Wild for Kicks” in the USA, and starring Adam Faith, David Farrar, Shirley Anne Field, Gillian Hills, Christopher Lee, Peter McEnery, Oliver Reed, etc. SOLD |
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“SPADE, Danny” – [WILLIAMS, Betty Mabel Lilian, 1919-1974] : THE LADY HOLDS A GUN! London : Scion, (1951). First edition. An oldish man delivers a grimy envelope to New York private eye Steve Sudden before dropping very dead at his door. Betty Williams was among the most glamorous, unexpected and toughest of the mid-century pulp writers, and under her “Dail Ambler” and “Danny Spade” personas became one of the most successful of them all. SOLD |
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“SPADE, Danny” – [WILLIAMS, Betty Mabel Lilian, 1919-1974] : THE LADY LIKES TO SIN. London : Milestone Publications, (1953). First edition. Although the Danny Spade pseudonym appears on the front cover and title-page, there is a glamour shot of the author under another of her pseudonyms as “Miss Dail Ambler, playwright, novelist and ex-Hollywood screen writer” on the lower wrapper. She later found some notoriety for the storyline and screenplay of perhaps the most interesting of the British teen-rebellion, beatnik and coffee-bar movies, released in 1960 as “Beat Girl” in the UK and “Wild for Kicks” in the USA, and starring Adam Faith, David Farrar, Shirley Anne Field, Gillian Hills, Christopher Lee, Peter McEnery, Oliver Reed, etc. SOLD |
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