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Red-Dirt Marijuana and other Tastes
by Terry Southern

- 1968 - Several shocking tales from the famed author of "Candy".
$7.00

The Trouble with Jake
by Michael Burn

- 1969 - Jake becomes a sex therapist, offering advice, lessons, and a bed to those who want to indulge their private fantasies.
$6.00

Inquest
by Milton K. Ozaki

- 1960 - An electrifying glimpse into some of the most insidious double-dealings and gutter morals of our day.
$6.00

Not for Beginners
by Heller Toren

- 1972 - Four former schoolmates at a private girls' school go on to lead very adult lives.
$5.00

Ellie
by Herbert Kastle
- 1974 - Shocking story of a 46 year old man's sexual obsession for a 20 year old girl.
$5.00

Where Love Has Gone
by Harold Robbins

- 1967 - A man learns that his 14 year old daughter from his previous marriage is accused of murdering her stepfather.
$4.00

Chocolates for Breakfast
by Pamela Moore

- 1957 - The precocious teenaged daughter of an aging movie star grows up with the fast crowd in Hollywood and New York.
$4.00

The Ecstasy Business
by Richard Condon
 
- 1968 - A sexy film actor is in danger of being murdered.
$3.00

Seventh Avenue
by Norman Bogner

- 1968 - Jay Blackman operated in a jungle of money and fabric and flesh. Success was what he wanted, and sex was his way to get it!
$2.50

The Snake Pit
by Mary Jane Ward

- 1946 - A state hospital where emotion turns to violence and passion...to terror! (back cover missing, but otherwise in good shape)
$2.00

Dark Master
by Raymond Giles

- 1970 - A white woman falls in love with a successful black man - a plantation master and slave owner - but that's not enough for the white men in town to allow their love!
$3.00

Farm Girl
by Star Distributors

- 1983 - Vintage sleaze from this controversial publishing company!
$15.00

Final Cut
by Max Perry (aka Jerry Oster)
- 1980- An actor in a movie about a homosexual killer is viciously murdered in real life. Did someone not want this movie made?
$2.50

Dark Duet
by Peter Cheyney
- 1971- Originally written in 1942, this is one of the author's film noir
type mysteries in his "Dark Series".
$5.00

The Far Side of the Dollar by Ross MacDonald
 
- 1966 - Hollywood detective searches for a missing adolescent.
$1.50

Behold This Woman
by David Goodis
-
1948 - A married woman has dangerous and passionate secrets.
$10.00

Case of the Backward Mule
by Erle Stanley Gardner
- 1951 - A Chinese statue bought as a gift brings bad luck and murder!
$6.00

Miss Billy - Married
 by Eleanor H. Porter
(the author of Pollyanna)
 
1926 edition of a 1914 novel - The heroine of the "Miss Billy" series gets married.
(hardcover )
 $5.00


The Hundredth Chance
by Ethel M. Dell
- 1917 - A classic tale of passion by this famous British writer. (hardcover)
$10.00


The Young Diana
by Marie Corelli

- 1918 - A man experiments on a woman by making her never appear to age. (hardcover)
$9.00


Jane Journeys On
by Ruth Comfort Mitchell

- 1922 -A young woman decides to live life without marrying young. (hardcover)
$6.00


It Never Can Happen Again
by William De Morgan

- 1909 - A Dickensian tale of poverty in a London slum (may be more to it than that - I only read the first chapter) (hardcover)
$5.00


From Corsair to Riffian
by Isabel Anderson
- 1927 - Probably non-fiction story of a journey around North Africa. With photographs! And it looks like it's autographed by the author! (hardcover)
$13.00


The Prison Wall
by Ethel M. Dell

- 1933 - An interesting book by this famous English writer. (hardcover)
$5.00

The Possessed
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
-1930 edition of a 1872 book, also known as Devils A study of atheism, showing the chaos that follows the appearance of a band of radicals in a small provincial town. (hardback)
$8.00

Ayesha
by H. Rider Haggard
1905? - The second book in the She adventure series, about a 2000 year old Egyptian Queen.
$5.00

The Poor Little Rich Girl
by Eleanor Gates

- 1966 - Originally written in 1912. A wealthy girl's nanny accidentally overdoses her on medicine, causing her days of hallucinations.
$5.00


The Last of the Crazy People
by Timothy Findley
- 1968 - A young boy deals with the craziness in his family in his own way.
$5.00


One Sunny Day
by Joan Alexander
- 1978 - An isolated, sociopathic young man starts to act out his bizarre beliefs.
$4.00

 


Silver Street Woman
by Les Savage, Jr.
- 1955 - A turbulent novel of life on the Mississippi.
$4.50


Green Light
by Lloyd C. Douglas
- 1959 - A young surgeon finds new purpose after rejection and discredition.
$4.50

 


The Wheel is Fixed
by James M. Fox

- 1951 - A man is a crime king's stooge - until he sees an innocent girl tortured.
$4.00


Queen of the East
by Alexander Baron
-1958 - The ancient queen Zenobia tries to maintain her city's freedom from Rome, while she resists her desire for its emperor, Aurelian.

$4.00


The Golden Ones
by C. V. Terry

- 1958 - An adventurer in Elizabethan England finds an enemy in a tempestuous Spanish beauty - who could make any man lose his wits.
$4.00


The Golden Frame
by Joseph Chadwick
- 1955 - A beautiful young woman proves to be quite dangerous!
$4.00


Helen's Babies
by John Habberton

- 1930? edition of the 1875 book where an uncle babysits his 3 and 5 year old rambunctious nephews while his sister and husband go away on vacation. (hardcover)
$3.00


The View From Pompey's Head
by Hamilton Basso
- 1956 - A man grows suspicious of his wife's passionate nature.
$4.50


Girl in Jeopardy
by Maysie Greig

- 1967 - A young girl becomes trapped in a web of malice and slander - and no one believes her innocence. (hardcover)
$5.00


Tenderloin
by Samuel Hopkins Adams

- 1960 - A racy, rollicking novel of society and sin in New York's gaudy Gay Nineties.
$3.00

Magnificent Obsession
by Lloyd C. Douglas
- 1944 - A reckless man becomes a surgeon to right the wrongs he did.
$3.50

The Gentleman from Indianapolis by Booth Tarkington
-
1957 - A treasury of 3 of the author's novels, as well as a selection of his short stories. Includes a few color illustrations, and many black and white drawings. (hardcover)
$3.00

Tales from the Decameron
by Giovanni Boccaccio
 
- 1948 - A collection of stories from 14th century Italy. Includes some very nice illustrations.
 $3.00


The Block Busters
by Lou Cameron
- 1965 - The taut national, religious and racial and antagonisms of a typical NY city block are here laid bare with results that will shock liberal and racists alike!
$6.00


Ever After
by Elswyth Thane
- 1955 - A tragedy unravells the lives of a man, his wife, and his young lover.
$3.00

The Marmot Drive
by John Hersey

- 1960 - Two lovers are on an explosive weekend in a small New England town.
$3.00


The Highwayman
by Noel B. Gerson
- 1957 - A tale of an 18th century highwaymen who robbed the rich but wooed the ladies.
$3.00


Maggie - Her Marriage
by Taylor Caldwell
- 1953 - A tale of a young girl, married too soon
$3.00


Call It Sleep
by Henry Roth

- 1965 edition of a 1934 book - A young Jewish immigrant boy grows up in the New York tenements of the early 1900s.
$3.00

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith

- 1947 - A young girl grows up to be a strong woman, despite the hardships of life in a tenement in New York in the early 1900s.
$2.50

7 Westerns of the 40s
edited by Damon Knight

- 1978 - Seven tales of the "Wild West" originally published as pulp fiction during the 1940s.
$5.00

The Brotherhood of Velvet
by David Karp
- 1967 -A man is marked for death by the most nightmarish secret fraternity that ever threatened America! Rare!
$9.00

Bitterbrush Basin
by Russ Thompson
- 1966 - A lone rider comes into a dangerous area and is projected into a fight he did not want and kills a man he did not know. (hardcover)
$6.00

The Buddha of Suburbia
by Hanif Kureishi
- 1991 - A young Indian man struggles with living in suburban London during the 1970s.
$4.00

Suburban Guerrillas
by Joseph Freda
- 1996 - A neighborhood of historic homes unites to fight against condo developers.
$4.00

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