The Hard Boiled Paperbacks
On this page I’m posting photos of the paperback covers chronologically, along with as much information as I can, such as publication date, edition and cover artist. Please feel free to send me information, corrections, and suggestions. There has been very little research or writing on William Ard, so we’re all pioneers here.
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| You’ll Get YoursLion 87 1952Art: Harry Schaare | The Perfect FramePopular 416 1952Art: | ShakedownPopular 467 1952Art: |
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Double Cross Popular 494 1953
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The Diary Popular 477 1953
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A Girl For Danny Popular 502 1953
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You Can’t Stop Me
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A Private Party
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No Angels For Me Popular 591 1954 Art: |
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Don’t Come Crying To Me Popular 639 1955 Art: |
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Down I Go
Popular 653 1955
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Mine To Avenge Gold Medal 490 1955 Art: Floherty |
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You’ll Get Yours Lion 129 1956 Art: Schaare |
Mr. Trouble Popular 723 1956 Art: Johnson |
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Hell is a City Popular 756 1956
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I Fear You Not Popular 763 1956 |
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Shakedown Popular 1467 Reprint |
A Private Party
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No Angels For Me Popular 1591 Reprint |
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Cry Scandal
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You Can’t Stop Me Popular 1526 |
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Cry Scandal Popular G236 |
The Blonde & Johnny Malloy Popular EB104 1958 |
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One Man Massacre
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Deadly Beloved Dell 991 1958 |
Buchanan Says No Gold Medal 662 1957 |
One Man Massacre Gold Medal 742 1958 |
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Buchanan Gets Mad
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Buchanan Gets Mad Gold Medal 803 1958 |
All I Can Get Monarch 124 1959 Art |
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Guns of Revenge
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Sins of Billy Serene
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Guns of Revenge Monarch 145 1960 |
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March 19, 2009 at 10:21 pm |
Interesting site you have created. I became aware of Ard last week when he was mentioned in one of the blogs i read. Am thinking of picking up a book to try. Do you have any suggestions for a good first book to try?
March 20, 2009 at 12:02 am |
Hi Frank,
Glad you like the site. I’d suggest Hell is a City, The Perfect Frame, Down I go.
The Lou Largo series he wrote as Ben Kerr are harder and more violent, whereas the Timothy Dane series are a little lighter. They’re all good, fun reads.
The real trick will be to find his novels. Most of the ones I have were collected in the late 80s and more recently on eBay. Don’t know if your local library might have any titles or could get them through inter library loan.
Good luck and let me know how you like him!