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Cabinet 11: War & Espionage

John Slater, White Slaves of the Swastika. 1st ed. London ; Sydney: Horwitz, 1964. Pulp Literature Special Collections PR9611.S62 W55

____, White Slaves of the Swastika. 2nd ed. London ; Sydney: Horwitz, 1968. Pulp Literature Special Collections PR9611.S62 W55 1968

Jim Kent, Death’s Paradise. Sydney: Scripts, 1968. Pulp Literature Special Collections PR9611.K49 D42

____, Death’s Paradise. 2nd ed. Sydney: Scripts, 1971. Pulp Literature Special Collections PR9611.K49 D42 1971

In the 1960s and 70s, Horwitz pumped out an endless stream of lurid war-themed paperbacks, most featuring the sadistic torments that the German and Japanese powers meted out on their enemies during the Second World War. And what better for Horwtiz when they could put on the cover: ‘Reprint by Demand’.

Here are two titles, each having two completely different covers. Scripts was a Horwitz imprint, generally reserved for their more salacious titles. Ray Slattery wrote most of the John Slater novels. Col Cameron created the cover for the first edition of Jim Kent’s Death’s Paradise.

John Slater, White Slaves of the Swastika. 1st ed. London ; Sydney: Horwitz, 1964. Pulp Literature Special Collections PR9611.S62 W55

____, White Slaves of the Swastika. 2nd ed. London ; Sydney: Horwitz, 1968. Pulp Literature Special Collections PR9611.S62 W55 1968

Jim Kent, Death’s Paradise. Sydney: Scripts, 1968. Pulp Literature Special Collections PR9611.K49 D42

____, Death’s Paradise. 2nd ed. Sydney: Scripts, 1971. Pulp Literature Special Collections PR9611.K49 D42 1971