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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

The Kept Woman
by Mack Reynolds

- 1963 - A woman runs out of her inheritance money in Europe and falls in with a man who agrees to support her...in exchange for her "bedroom talents".
$10.00


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 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

Behold This Woman
by David Goodis
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1948 - A married woman has dangerous and passionate secrets.
$8.00

On You it Looks Good
by Marjorie Lee

- 1963 - A young woman goes to work for a ritzy New York dept. store and tries to establish an identity apart from her family.
$5.00

California Generation
by Jacqueline Briskin

- 1971 - A group of high school friends graduate and make their way through the turbulent '60s.
$3.00

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

Harry, the rat with women
by Jules Feiffer

- 1963 - Everyone adores and spoils Harry. But what happens to him when he meets his match?
$4.00

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

Dr. Thorndyke's Discovery
by R. Austin Freeman

- 1932 - Are the murders of a well-known criminal and a police officer related? Dr. Thorndyke investigates!
$8.00

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

The Hong Kong Caper
by Carter Brown

- 1962 - Out of the exotic Hong Kong night came two dangerous dames - to approach daredevil Andy Kane with a dangerous proposition.
$4.00

A Plastic Kind of Death
by Thomas D. Carroll

- 1968 - A private eye goes on a search for the elusive connection between little toy dolls and vicious, sadistic murder!
$4.00

The Brotherhood of Velvet
by David Karp
- 1967 -A man is marked for death by the most nightmarish secret fraternity that ever threatened America!
$7.00

The Bold House Murders
by Eugene Franklin
- 1974 - Detective Berkeley Barnes investigates the case of a bestselling novelist who washes up on a beach, dead.
$4.00

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

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

Veranilda
by George Gissing

- 1905 - A historical romance by this famous author. (hardcover)
$10.00


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


Tess of the Storm Country
by Grace Miller White

- 1909 - A young woman helps out a group of evicted fishermen. (hardcover)
$5.00

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 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

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Masquerading Mary
by Emma Speed Sampson

- 1924 - I'm unsure what this one's about. (hardcover)
$6.00


The Prison Wall
by Ethel M. Dell

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


Death Points a Finger
by Will Levinrew
- 1933 - I'm not sure of the plot of this one, but it looks interesting! (hardback)
$10.00


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

The Complete Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- 1930 - All of the stories about Sherlock Holmes, in one 1122 page book! (hardcover)
$9.00

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


The Reader is Warned
by Carter Dickson, aka John Dickson Carr

- 1945 - In this book from the Sir Henry Merrivale series, he must solve an impossible crime.
$5.00


Silver Street Woman
by Les Savage, Jr.
- 1955 - A turbulent novel of life on the Mississippi.
$4.00


Green Light
by Lloyd C. Douglas
- 1959 - A young surgeon finds new purpose after rejection and discredition.
$4.00


The View From Pompey's Head
by Hamilton Basso
- 1956 - A man grows suspicious of his wife's passionate nature.
$4.00


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
 

 


Jed Blaine's Woman
by Evelyn Wells

- 1949 - A tale of a man and his wife, caught up in the lure of the Gold Rush.
$3.00


The Blonde Cried Murder
by Brett Halliday

- 1957 - Private Eye Mike Shayne's weakness for a gorgeous gal gets him involved in murder.
$3.00


Framed in Blood
by Brett Halliday

- 1957 - A young reporter's blackmail scheme gets him killed and Private Eye Mike Shayne is on the case.
$3.00

 

 

Tenderloin
by Samuel Hopkins Adams

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

Kitty
by Rosamond Marshall

- 1948 - An 18th century wench becomes a model for the famous painter Thomas Gainsborough.
$3.00

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

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 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 liberals and racists alike!
$5.00

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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


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


Women
by Charles Bukowski

- 1978 - An alcoholic writer suddenly finds fame, fortune, and women.
$6.00


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


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


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)
$5.00

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