Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Evening Reader / ER772

authorJohn Dexter
titleDoubled in Lust
series/numberEvening Reader  / ER772
publisherGreenleaf Publications, Evanstown IL [then: San Diego, CA]
year (pages)1st book edition 1965
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Beacon Softcover Library / S75166

authorKay Johnson
titleThe Corrupted
series/numberBeacon Softcover Library / S75166
publisherUniversal Publishing - New York, NY.
year (pages)1966
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France / F48

authorMort Gillian [John Gilmore]
titleDark Obsession
series/numberFrance / F48
publisherInternational Publications, Hollywood, CA
year (pages)1963
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France / F28

authorTom Gay
titleLion Lover
series/numberFrance / F28
publisherInternational Publications, Hollywood, CA
year (pages)1963
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Saber / SA 11

authorOscar Peck
titleSex Life of a Cop
series/numberSaber / SA 11
publisherWest Coast News Co., Fresno, CA., Clovis, CA., Los Angeles, CA.
year (pages)1959
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note"Sex Life of a Cop" was written by Oscar Peck and published by Sanford Aday in 1959 under his Saber Books imprint. It was the only one of seven books published by Aday which was found to be "obscene, lewd, lascivious and filthy" by a jury in Federal Court in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They convicted Aday of trafficking in obscenity across state lines to Michigan. Aday received a 25 year sentence and $25,000 fine. In June 1967, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the book was not obscene and the earlier decisions were overturned.
Aday was an unsuccessful novelist. Part of it was his books were too racy for the mainstream. Frustrated, he started his own press, with three imprints: Vega, Saber, and Fabian. These books often pushed the envelope when it came to incest, homosexuality, and detailed sex acts.
As a jab to the local cops, he published "Sex Life of a Cop", by an alleged former cop, publicizing the book as being a true account of how cops are crooked and take liberties with the law and sex.
Aday belonged to the early gay rights organization, the Mattachine Society. Aday was among the first to openly publish gay and lesbian themed books under his three imprints: Vega, Saber, and Fabian." (from EBAY offer)
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Nitelight Reader / MR 128

author[no author listed]
titleSin Studio
series/numberNitelight Reader / MR 128
publisherArt Enterprises / Epic
year (pages)~ 1965
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Bantam / 794

authorRay Morrison
titleAngels Camp
series/numberBantam / 794
publisherBantam Books, Inc., New York, NY.
year (pages)[1st Bantam printing: July] 1950
coverGillen
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Graphic Giant / G208

authorMario Pai
titleSwords for Charlemagne (Swords of Anjou)
series/numberGraphic Giant  / G208
publisherGraphic Publishing Co. Inc., New York, NY, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 1949 - 1957
year (pages)1955
coverRobert A. Maguire
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Newsstand Library / U 116

authorMarch Hastings
titleFear of Incest
series/numberNewsstand Library  / U 116
publisherNewsstand Library Magenta Books; Chicago, IL
year (pages)1st book edition 1959
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Blue Lite Book / BL 104

authorHyman Dutch
titleKiller Whore
series/numberBlue Lite Book  / BL 104
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year (pages)1st book edition 1965
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France Book / F 69

authorHarley Brisson
titlePassion Merchant
series/numberFrance Book  / F 69
publisherInternational Publications, Hollywood, CA.
year (pages)1st book edition 1963
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Sundown Reader / SR 528

authorAlan Marshall
titlePassion Doll
series/numberSundown Reader  / SR 528
publisherGreenleaf Publications, Evanston, IL. [later:] San Diego, CA.
year (pages)1st book editon 1964
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Brandon House / 990

authorJohn Barry
titleChastisement
series/numberBrandon House  / 990
publisherAmerican Art Agency [later:] American Art Enterprises North Hollywood, CA.
year (pages)1st. book edition 1966
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Beacon / B476

authorLouis Lorraine
titleWives and Lovers
series/numberBeacon / B476
publisherUniversal Publishing New York, NY
year (pages)1st printing 1962
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Newsstand Library / U126

authorJoseph Heron
titleAgreement to Love
series/numberNewsstand Library  / U126
publisherNewsstand Library Magenta Books; Chicago, IL
year (pages)1960
coverRobert Bonfils
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Beacon / B524F

authorPaul Gregory
titleThe Casting Couch
series/numberBeacon  /  B524F
publisherUniversal Publishing New York, NY
year (pages)1962
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Brandon House / 612

authorStanley Curson
titlePassion Hill
series/numberBrandon House / 612
publisherAmerican Art Agency [later:] American Art Enterprises North Hollywood, CA.
year (pages)1963
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Monday, August 11, 2014

primitive passions

authorJoe McDow
series/numberDomino Books / 72-717
publisherDomino Books (Lancer Books)
New York, NY
year1964
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this bed we made

authorArtemis Smith
series/numberMonarch Books / [Mon-]183
publisherMonarch Books; Derby, Connecticut
year1st edeition 1st printing 1961
coverRafael DeSoto
note"She loved her husband - and her girlfriend" "Here is a daring 'hip' novel of a young girl's search for sexual identity in the decadent world of today's Greenwich Village..."
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kiss me quick

authorKarl Kramer
series/numberMonarch Books / MB 121
publisherMonarch Books
Derby, Connecticut
year1st printing 1959
coverRobert Maguire
note"SHE WAS WILD AND WILLING - BUT SHE PLAYED FOR KEEPS" - "Red Winslow was a pushover for dames - especially well-stacked blondes. So when the Organization - the crime syndicate - picked Red for a special job they sent a pimp to fetch him, curvaceous blonde Frances Dorset to seduce him and a thug to soften him up. And suddenly, like it or not, he found himself working for the underworld..."
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