Well-Stacked Books

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, published simultaneously in hardcover and softcover. Square octavo, 80pp, full-color. Photography of the US Eastern Shore around the Chesapeake Bay. Abandoned buildings, ghostly houses, crumbling architecture. Near Fine.

Condition: Good Plus. Vol. 43, No. 306, November; 35 cents cover price, b/w/color throughout, 160pp, side-stapled perfect-bound. Vintage magazine devoted to men's fashion, culture, adventure & crime fiction, news, celebrities, cars, sports, non-nude pinups, and a refreshing number of women illustrators. Ran 1937-76. This issue distributed to the Midwest Area, Fawcett regions 2-6 (statement on last page). Fischer cover, Chesterfield King ad rear cover, Texas firefighter, 1835 lunar hoax, Hawaiian cowboy 1889, barbed wire, Palle Hardrup, Detroit cars 1963, Eddie Gilbert, Mills B. Lane car collection, bear hunting, buying voters, George Ignacio Mira, "Girl Watcher's Coloring Book" (8pp Wenzel booklet), muddy elks, winter fashion, NKVD agents, ads (Portage Shoes, International Correspondence, Old Spice, 7-Up, tobacco pipes, Vargas playing cards), subscriber card intact. Good Plus, tears, rubbing, bruise to front.

Condition: Very Good Plus. Evergreen Black Cat Edition BC-88, first printing, perfect-bound softcover 12mo, $1.25 cover price, 128pp, photo cover art. Vintage paperback with provocative cover art to suit the wartime theme. Very Good Plus, light rubbing and toning, a few tiny corner creases, slightly cocked.

Condition: Good Plus. Limited Edition of 1000 copies, c. 1960s, 8vo stapled softcover, 24pp. Miller's quick take on obscenity. Good Plus, toning, brief creases, a few small stains, light foxing.

Condition: Very Good. First edition, hardcover in jacket. Dawson shows you how to get the turkey. B/W photos throughout. Very Good Plus overall.

Condition: Very Good. V15 N9, September 1987; distributed by Kable News, monthly, $3.75 cover price, full-color, 114pp, saddle-stapled. Vintage adult magazine featuring non-pornographic photography, cartoons, editorial, fiction, entertainment, reviews, reader letters. Marilyn Monroe cover. Col. Harry Summers interview, "Heroes: The Vietnam Experience" memoir, gadgets, Peggy, 1974 Arab oil, Janette Littledove, Columbia connections, Judge Edwin Torres, future cars, gambling, Alaska, sexual frequency, amateurs, Dawn, Bambi.Very Good, rubbing, spine stress, 2pp cut. For mature audiences.

Condition: Good Plus. Vol. 1, No. 2/3, 1st printing, 8vo softcover, 189pp, illus. wrapper. Vintage digest paperback, literary magazine, poems, fiction, critique. Good Plus condition, rubbing, toning, foxing, a few small tears, faint pencil price.

Condition: Very Good. Zebra Books 254 (0890832544 on spine), $1.50 cover price, distributed by Kable, 256pp. First Edition, paperback original. A "Cormac Mac Art" novel. Offutt was an avid science fiction author noted for "Conan"-themed fantasies, and 100s of erotic novels pseudonymously as John Cleve, Turk Winter, John Denis, Jeff Morehead, Opal Andrews, among others. The "Spaceways" series is perhaps his ultimate collaboration between science fiction and erotica. Most institutions without personal material. Very Good Plus, slight lean, rubbing, bumps.

Condition: Very Good. V11 N3, May 1952; 15c cover price, quarto, 50pp, b/w throughout, color wrapper, saddle-stapled. Vintage tabloid magazine published monthly and devoted to celebrity sightings, sports, war, some emphasis on scantily clad women wearing high heels & pantyhose, similar to those published by Harrison (Wink, Titter, Eyeful). Began early 1940s, notable Marilyn Monroe covers, became "See for Men" 1956. Mary Sinclair cover (Jon Abbott), Shirtmakers Convention 1pp, Doubleday One Dollar Book Club ad, after Korea (Marguerite "Maggie" Higgins), baby in bull ring, Rita Hayworth 3pp, street preachers, baseball pennant (Paul Gardner), American Sculpture Exhibition at Metropolitan, Martin & Dean, juvenile delinquents (William Bernard), big game hunter Penny Converse, Paulette Hendrix NYC date w/ soldier, Borneo Tarsiers, drinks (Toots Shor), tough sports, Steve Allen show performers (Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Dinah Shore), Miss America 1946, Jonas Shoppes lingerie ad, great gams Jeanne Carmen golfing, "Two Pirates" vaudeville, radio/TV tech ad rear cover. Good, curling, small chip, tears and creases, brief pencil.

Condition: Very Good Plus. Vol. 153, No. 5, quarto, perfect-bound, 138pp, full color. Vintage entertainment magazine featuring Christina Hendricks on the front, articles throughout including Lady Gaga, more Hendricks, Carol Bartz, Paris Hilton, Padma Lakshmi, Neil Patrick Harris, and ads for fashion, watches, booze. Very Good Plus, light foxing, rubbing, toning. For mature audiences.

Condition: Very Good. Mercury Book, [No. 17], First printing, 8vo, perfect-bound, 125pp, green/yellow wrapper. Vintage digest paperback. Very Good condition, light rubbing, toning, slight lean, tiny corner scuffs, faint pencil on 1st pg.

Condition: Very Good. Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1960. Perfect-bound octavo softcover, color wrapper, 128pp.ÂVintage digest magazine featuring science fiction, works byÂJames White, Peter Hawkins, Donald Malcolm, Philip E. High, E.R. James, Colin Kapp.ÂVery Good, slight lean, a few tiny bruises and small soil, with rubbing, toning.

Condition: Very Good. Vol. 1 No. 2, June 7, 1964. Copy belonging to noted science-fiction & erotica author, Andrew J. Offutt, with his rubber-stamp on the contents page. Scarce experimental New York literary magazine, founded by poet Harry Smith.ÂMenke Katz, Hugh Zachary, Robert Chute, John Stevens Wade, Herschel Kovacs, Hamilton Jay, Sinzer James, Richard Thoma, Ian Hammer, John Tagliabue, Lewis Turco, David Cornel DeJong, Robert Bassil, Coburn Britton. Stephen Dwoskin cover art. Brief ink notations on a few pages. Very Good, rubbing, light stains and foxing, slight roll.

Condition: Very Good. The Olympia Press, 1969, 1st edition, 12mo hardcover lacking dust jacket, 250pp. Vintage erotica, ships, Italy, family. Very Good, slight lean, light foxing, rubbing & toning, a few fore-edge stains. For mature, consenting audiences.

Condition: Very Good. First printing, 16mo softcover, printed wrapper, $2.25 cover price, 260pp, ads, b/w full-pg illus. throughout. Vintage adult paperback, lurid fiction, Arab themes, drugs, warfare. Also published by Avon, Panurge, even newer reprints. Very Good overall, heavy rubbing, toning, a few creases. For mature audiences.

Condition: Near Fine. First Printing, 6.5 x 10.25 inches, octavo softcover, perfect-bound, 54pp, color wrappers, full-color throughout. Volume 1 of a 2-vol set. Vintage comic book, daring adventures in a magical world, uncommon title. Light rubbing overall, about Near Fine. No nudity, but for mature audiences.

Condition: Very Good. V4 No. 1, February 1959; 50c cover price, 70pp, side-stapled and perfect-bound, distributed by Kable News, B/W/Color throughout. Vintage magazine devoted to erotic photography, literature, tongue-in-cheek illustration, acknowledging the preferred lifestyle of a progressive single male, akin to Playboy. Series ran 1955-2006, becoming like so many, pornographic after the VHS revolution. An important magazine with regard to music coverage and a staff of "Humorama" regular artists. Fashion redhead & stud cover/5pp, Buelow illus. rear cover, Jean Patrick 5pp, Terry Higgins seminude in desert 5pp/vignette, jazz 1958 4pp, "America's Top Illustrators", Brandy liquor, drinkware, fiction (hi-fi, fairy tale, Christmas play, and "Crashout" by McCoy). Very Good overall, rubbing, creases, tiny chips, light foxing. For consenting, mature audiences.

Condition: Very Good Plus. Vol. 42, No. 42, Issue 2168. Vintage digest magazine devoted to television listings, articles, picture features, reviews, columns, and advertisements. Began 1953, and was published weekly with full-page ads, many being illustrations, at this point. Melissa Gilbert featured on the front & in an article by Deborah Starr Seibel. Very Good, light rubbing & foxing, small heel chip, faint wrinkles.

Condition: Very Good. V4 N2, Fall 1995; 62pp, B/W/Color throughout, saddle-stapled, $5.95 cover price, distributed by Eastern News Distributors. Vintage film and TV magazine, featuring articles, cartoons, forum, with an emphasis on women in science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres, pinup photography. Ran 1992-2008. Jeanne Carmen "pin-up & monster" cover/14pp, Michelle Bauer 6pp, Vampire Vixens from Venus 6pp, Gail Harris 8pp/ctr, Tura Satana 6pp, Roger Corman's "Droid Gunner", Peggy Trentini 4pp, Jamie Donahue 4pp, back issues ads. Very Good Plus overall, light foxing, rubbing, toning. For mature audiences.

Condition: Very Good. Review Copy w/ slip laid in, 1st printing, 8vo softcover, 219pp, cover art by Lawrence Ratzkin. Vintage digest paperback. Very Good condition, light rubbing, toning, brief foxing, slight lean, spine crease.

Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition, Review copy with leaf laid in and slip affixed to the half-title, octavo hardcover in original dust jacket, [294]pp, several b/w photos. Details the Northwest Conspiracy during the Civil War and the burning of various Union cities. Very Good Plus in like jacket, lean, faint bumps and soil, and jacket with faint creasing and rubbing. Inquire for image.

Condition: Good. Third printing, softcover 12mo, wrapper art by Jack Woolhiser. Vintage paperback, racing and hotrod themes. Reading copy, with foxing, rubbing, toning, a few creases, rc price sticker/bruise and brief ink. Front still pretty crisp!

Condition: Very Good. D343, March (The Dell Great Mystery Library No. 27); 35c cover price. Vintage paperback, mystery and crime fiction. Very Good Plus, slight lean, crease to front.

Condition: Fine. V191 N1, Oct 2007. Ralph Steadman cover art of Princess Di and horse face. Gently read, Near Fine.

Condition: Very Good. Leisure Books No. 345-NK, First printing, perfect-bound softcover 12mo, 127[128]pp including Kent/True cigs ad card intact, illus. wraps featuring cover art uncredited but with Steve Holland-type model in foreground, reprints 19590 edition. Vintage adult paperback, lurid Western fiction. Very Good overall, light foxing, rubbing, toning, a few creases to front. For mature audiences.

Condition: Very Good. V3 N4, May 1977; distributed by Kable News, $1.95 cover price, full-color, 98pp, 8.5 x 11.75 inches, saddle-stapled. Vintage adult magazine featuring nude women, glamour & pornographic photography, sex news, cartoons, fiction/nonfiction, forum, ads. Began February 1975 as American edition of "Club International" with ties to "Men Only" magazine. To date only March 1975 sold out from publisher.Dee cover/layout (Olivia), Newport cigarette ad rear cover. Georgina, "tubular belles" lesbians, Brigitte outside, food, shaming, apartment dungeon, hairy women, Robert Duvall interview, vagina lore, female sexuality survey, troilism, cold fetish, fiction (Greenwich Village cult). Very Good, pp 73-80 excised. For mature, consenting audiences.

Condition: Very Good. Novel Selections: Fighting Western 20. 128pp, "The Miracle at Gopher Creek" blurb rear inside. Vintage digest paperback Western, undated w/ copyright being 1948 (E.P. Dutton). First paperback edition of West's novel about a haunted Arizona ranch, stolen loot, Apache Indians, "plenty of bareknuckle action and heavy-breathing suspense." All the allure of the West, w/ a supernatural draw. Reprinted by Lancer (1967). Uncredited cover art of hombre firing six-shooter through window. Very Good, dampstain to front wrapper, lean, creases, pencil to front panel.

Condition: Very Good. Vol. 22, No. 1, Autumn, 1st printing, 8vo softcover, 139pp, cover by Burnett. Vintage digest paperback, literary magazine, Buk w/ 2 poems. Very Good condition, rubbing, toning, foxing.

Condition: Good. Reprints 1933 edition, first printing of this edition, hardcover 8vo, 308pp, in original dust jacket. Vintage Western fiction, but in New York. Good overall, foxing, rubbing, toning, small tears and insect chew, a few stains and creases.

Condition: Good. Softcover 12mo, illus wraps, 157pp + ads. Two vintage paperbacks, espionage, crime and mystery theme, Killmaster series. Fraulein Spy, A-118-F, 3rd printing, James Bond blurb on front, China theme, Reading Copy, lean, foxing, rubbing, toning, bruises, stamps, remainder.Macao, A-294-X, 1968, James Bond blurb on front, China and South America theme, Very Good Plus, light foxing, rubbing, toning, a few tiny bruises, stamp inside rear.For mature audiences.