List of Ace Miscellaneous Double Titles
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Ace Books
published 8 Ace doubles that did not fit into their normal genre categories between 1952 and 1961 in dos-à-dos
format.
, mysteries
, and westerns
, as well as books not in any of these genres
. Collectors of these genres have found the Ace doubles an attractive set of books to collect, because of the unusual appearance of the dos-à-dos format. A few doubles were not in the three main genres, and those are listed here.
The list given here gives a date of publication; in all cases this refers to the date of publication by Ace, and not the date of original publication of the novels. For more information about the history of these titles, see Ace Books
, which includes a discussion of the serial numbering conventions used and an explanation of the letter-code system.
Ace Books
Ace Books is the oldest active specialty publisher of science fiction and fantasy books. The company was founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn, and began as a genre publisher of mysteries and westerns...
published 8 Ace doubles that did not fit into their normal genre categories between 1952 and 1961 in dos-à-dos
Dos-à-dos binding
In bookbinding, a dos-à-dos binding is a binding structure in which two separate books are bound together such that the fore edge of one is adjacent to the spine of the other, with a shared lower board between them serving as the back cover of both...
format.
Genres and collectability
Ace published science fictionScience fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
, mysteries
Mystery fiction
Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...
, and westerns
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
, as well as books not in any of these genres
Literary genre
A literary genre is a category of literary composition. Genres may be determined by literary technique, tone, content, or even length. Genre should not be confused with age category, by which literature may be classified as either adult, young-adult, or children's. They also must not be confused...
. Collectors of these genres have found the Ace doubles an attractive set of books to collect, because of the unusual appearance of the dos-à-dos format. A few doubles were not in the three main genres, and those are listed here.
The list given here gives a date of publication; in all cases this refers to the date of publication by Ace, and not the date of original publication of the novels. For more information about the history of these titles, see Ace Books
Ace Books
Ace Books is the oldest active specialty publisher of science fiction and fantasy books. The company was founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn, and began as a genre publisher of mysteries and westerns...
, which includes a discussion of the serial numbering conventions used and an explanation of the letter-code system.
D Series
- D-013 NA Theodore S. DrachmanTheodore S. DrachmanTheodore Solomon Drachman was a public health official and an author.,Drachman attended the University of Minnesota, where he earned his M.D. in 1938, and then earned an M.S.P.H. at Columbia University in 1941....
Cry Plague! / Leslie EdgleyLeslie Edgley-Works:*Fear No More, New York, Simon and Schuster, 1946, 202p.**Reprinted by Ace, 1953, bound dos-à-dos with Hal Braham , Never Kill A Cop*The Angry Heart, Garden City, N.Y., Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday, 1947, 190p....
The Judas Goat (1953) - D-025 NA P. G. WodehouseP. G. WodehouseSir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE was an English humorist, whose body of work includes novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He enjoyed enormous popular success during a career that lasted more than seventy years and his many writings continue to be...
Quick ServiceQuick Servicethumb|1st edition Quick Service is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on October 4, 1940 by Herbert Jenkins, London and in the United States on November 11, 1940 by Doubleday, Doran, New York....
/ The Code of the WoostersThe Code of the WoostersThe Code of the Woosters is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published on 7 October 1938, in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States by Doubleday, Doran, New York...
(1953) - D-026 NA Harold ActonHarold ActonSir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton CBE was a British writer, scholar and dilettante perhaps most famous for being wrongly believed to have inspired the character of "Anthony Blanche" in Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited...
and Lee Yi-Hsieh (translators) Love In A Junk And Other Exotic Tales / Charles PettitCharles PettitCharles Pettit was an American lawyer and merchant from New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served as a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Confederation Congress from 1785 to 1787.-Biography:...
The Impotent General (1953) - D-035 NA Rae Loomis The Marina Street Girls / Jack HoustonJack HoustonJohn William "Jack" Houston was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Bulimba in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1980....
Open All Night (1953) - D-050 NA Wilene Shaw The Mating Call / Ozro Grant The Bad 'Un (1954)
- D-182 NA Émile ZolaÉmile ZolaÉmile François Zola was a French writer, the most important exemplar of the literary school of naturalism and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism...
Shame / Thérèse RaquinThérèse RaquinThérèse Raquin is the title of a novel and a play by the French writer Émile Zola. The novel was originally published in serial format in the journal L'Artiste and in book format in December of the same year.-Plot introduction:Thérèse Raquin tells the story of a young woman, unhappily married to...
(1956)
F Series
- F-101 NA Joan SargentJoan SargentJoan Sargent is a pen name of romance novelist Sara Jenkins Cunningham. Her published work includes:* The Good Sheperdess * Crime and Miss Olivia * Head in the Clouds...
Cruise Nurse / Margaret Howe Calling Dr. Merriman (1960) - F-112 NA Jeanne Judson Barbara Ames - Private Secretary / Nell Marr Dean Ratzlaff (as Nell Marr Dean) Fashions For Carol (1961)