Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gold Medal Book #s1087. Mystery, suspense. Lash by bloody lash, the she-devil from Dallas would get her revenge. Light edge and overall wear. A very good copy.
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Sander, W. Franklin/Willeford, Charles. Whip Hand. Gold Medal Books, 1961.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gold Medal #s1087, 1961. Stated first printing, paperback original. Very Good condition. Slight spine slant. Rubs to the corners and spine tips. Tiny paint chip at the base of the spine. Some faint stress creases at the spine seams. Dusting to the rear cover. Charles Willeford was an unaccredited co-author of this novel.
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
W. Franklin Sanders. Whip Hand. Gold Medal #1087, 1961.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: W. Franklin Sanders was a pseudonym of Charles Willeford. A posthumous find in his letters revealed that he wrote the book. This copy is in Very Good condition. There is wear and toning along the back of the spine and a 1 inch scuff that has removed the surface at the bottom of the back cover. Also a damp stain to the FFP and the Title page and faintly the inside of the front cover. Story is a PBO.
Seller: Parrots Roost Vintage Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
W. Franklin Sanders (Charles Willeford). Whip Hand pbo. Gold Medal s1087, 1961.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Paperback Original (pbo). Suspense noir novel with S&M. The story is that it was written primarily by Charles Willeford though the exact details seem elusive. VG; spine lean; some rippling through the book. Presents quite well.
Seller: DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$96.00 + shipping
Description: S-1087 very good - fine, spine ridges, reading crease PBO. Cover by Abbett. correspondence discovered in Willeford's estate revealed him as the un-credited co-author of this book paperback,
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
[Willeford, Charles] and Sanders, W. Franklin. Whip Hand. Gold Medal, New York, 1961.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: "Lash by bloody lash, the she-devil from Dallas would get her revenge." Gold Medal s1087. Thirty-five cent cover price. Credited to Sanders but ghostwritten or rewritten by Charles Willeford. First edition (first printing). A fine, unread copy.
Seller: Downtown Brown Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Sanders, W. Franklin (Charles Willeford). Whip Hand. Gold Medal, Greenwich, CT, 1961.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Vintage Paperback PBO Gold Medal s1087. Ghost written by Charles Willeford, (Lovisi, p.131). Sharp 1st Printing of this Paperback Original. February, 1961. $.35 Cover Price. Square, tight and clean throughout. A few shallow cover creases and a bit of edge-wear. Appears unread. A few minor defects but fresh and bright with no chipping or tears . A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Willeford, Charles. WHIP HAND. Gold Medal, 1961.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: An uncommon paperback original. A sharp, unread copy w/mild age darkening to interiors.
Seller: Tim's Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
W. Franklin Sanders AKA Charles Willeford. Whip Hand. Gold Medal 1961, 1961.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Paperback. First Printing. Near Fine Condition. Flat spine with just the barest hardly noticeable creasing. A very bright attractive collectors grade copy. The only flaws of any note is some very slight dust soiling to the outer edges of the book and some very slight browning to the edges of the interior pages although this is primarily on the first few pages in and the last few pages. Bright uncreased covers. A very attractive clean copy.
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Willeford, Charles Ray. Whip Hand. Gold Medal, Greenwich CT, 1961.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine null Gold Medal (1961)., 1961. First edition. Paperback original. A touch of browning to the page edges and a tiny bump to one corner else a fine, fresh copy of one of the author's scarcest paperback original novels, a desperately noir S&M story. Originally published in a different form as Whip Hand under the name of Franklin Sanders, who extensively revised and rewrote Willeford's story and had it published apart from his knowledge.
Seller: Nothing Like a Good Book, Miller Place, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Gold Medal #s1087. Paperback original.
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal #s1087. Paperback original. A fine, unread copy. (#125668)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
WILLEFORD, CHARLES. Whip Hand. By W. Franklin Sanders. New York Gold Medal 1961, 1961.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Paperback original. Near fine. Long rumored to have been co-written by Charles Willeford, the recent surfacing of the original typescript for the novel entitled ÒDeliver Me From Dallas!Ó shows the title page is credited to both Sanders and Willeford. A xerox copy of the typescript is included and shows a number of differences from the finished book. Why WillefordÕs name was taken off at publication remains a mystery. ÒLash by bloody lash, the she-devil from Dallas would get her revenge.Ó ÒThis guy wasnÕt treating me like a pro. To him I was just a roll in the hay if he played it right. For me, thatÕs progress.Ó
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Sanders, W. Franklin (Charles Willeford). Whip Hand. Gold Medal Books, New York, 1961.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 176 pages. First edition, first printing. A paperback original #s1087. Front cover art by Robert Abbett. This tittle has generally been attributed to Willeford but recent research has created a more cloudy story with a possible joint effort with Sanders. Fine book with no rubbing or wear. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Sanders, W. Franklin (Charles Willeford). WHIP HAND - REVIEW COPY. Gold Medal, Greenwich, 1961.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: First Printing. A Near Fine copy of Willeford's pseudonymous novel, a dark S&M affair. The spine is faintly slanted with a few glue ridges running down the center, and the yellow edgestaining is a touch uneven at the side of the textblock. Appears unread, and the kinky Bob Abbett cover does tend to leave a lasting impression. This is a Review Copy, with the original Gold Medal slip laid in. Published under the sole by-line of W. Franklin Sanders. In his files, Willeford had a manuscript of this novel called "Deliver Me From Dallas!" by "W. Franklin Sanders and Charles Willeford." Willeford's name is never mentioned on the Review Slip, though the publisher's description of Sanders sounds a whole lot like him. One of the less common Willeford paperback originals, especially so as a Review Copy.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
WILLEFORD, Charles as W. Franklin Saunders. The Whip Hand. Gold Medal, Greenwich CT, 1961.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Paperback original. A superb, fine and fresh copy of one of the author's scarcest paperback original novels, a desperately noir S&M story.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.