Hal Ellson Ray Johnson (6 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition THUS. 1st printing of this mass market paperback edition, 1963, Monarch Books, Inc. Very good mass market paperback copy, from a private home collection. Cover design by Ray Johnson. 154 pages plus ads for other Monarch titles. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good. Exterior looks very nice, shelfwear is very minor. Copyright page has "published in December, 1963" statement, no additional printings listed, and cover declares "first publication anywhere", though author's copyright goes back to 1959, so presumably a first edition THUS. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Ray Johnson Good Girl Art Painted cover! (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. 154 pages. "Running wild from darkness till dawn - snatching at love in deserted alleys or lonely rooftops - today's tough juvenile punks have turned our city streets into asphalt jungles of terror and lawlessness. This is the savagely realistic story of a teen-age gang - the Sultans - and their mixed-up leader, Silkie Meegan, whose desperate search for manhood drove him into frenzied excesses of violence and vice . From the vengenance beating with bicycle chains of a rival gang . to the degraded sharing of sweet, virginal Carol with the rest of his gang. And finally to the fateful family feud with his own father over Charlotte - his father's prostitute mistress - who first taught Silkie her own kind of Jailbait Street love, then hired him to dig new 'business' for her." >>> Spine slant; Surface scratching to covers; edge wear to covers. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair / Good, This is a Reading. Ray Johnson (GGA) Painted Cover. (illustrator). PBO - Paperback Original (True 1st). 143 pages. "Dusty was a vicious teen-ager who lived by the ruthless laws of Harlem's dead-end streets. He took girls by force & went mugging for a fast buck. His weapons were sheer guts, fists, switchblades & pistols. But in the brutal city jungle where everyone was prey to another, Dusty became marked for destruction. For, rival gans were ready to rumble - and betrayal faced Dusty on every side." >> Cover creasing, cover scuffing; spine slant. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Johnson, Ray (illustrator). First Edition. Second printing from 1963. Monarch 399. Originally published by Monarch as a paperback Original, number 137, in 1959. Light trace of label residue at the top right corner of the front cover and there is a small crease across the bottom right corner. The spine has light edge wear but the covers are otherwise clean and unmarked. Slight discolouration to the page edges. Book store stamp to the first page and there is a little yellow spotting to the insides of the covers and to the first and last pages. The pages are a little browned but are otherwise clean and unmarked. Cover illustration by Ray Johnson. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.

softcover. Condition: vg. Ray Johnson (illustrator). pop lib 776.

First Edition. No. 776. First Edition, a paperback original. Very Good plus in wrappers, moderately creased, with a lightly toned spine. Holroyd, p. 460.