The Classic Era of American Pulp Magazines by Peter Haining - 2001

Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2001. 1st printing, 2001. Pictorial board. Minor shelving flaws to book; a few small tears to dj edges.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+.

Chicago Review Press, 2001-04-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap.

Chicago Review Press, 2001. Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 4to (224 pages, copiously illustrated). As-new, in dust jacket.

Chicago: Chicago Review Press. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. (2001). First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1556523890 . Book and unclipped DJ are as new. No ownership or other marks. ; Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 240 pages .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

CHICAGO: CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1556523890 . First American edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Heavily illustrated reference to the golden age of pulps. .

Chicago Review Press. hardcover. New. 9x1x11.

Chicago Review Press 2002. Hardcover with dustjacket, 224pp., 30x23.5cm., lavishly illustr. in col., as new. ISBN 9781556523892. The period between the World Wars?the era of sexual liberation, Prohibition, the rise of organized crime, and the Great Depression?was also the classic era of American pulp magazines, the subject of this fascinating volume. Pulps, with their lurid color covers depicting the thrills of sex and violence, and with stories to match inside, fuelled America?s dreams?and nightmares. For a few cents they offered everything young men wanted: sex, action, adventure. But they also fostered the talents of some of the greatest popular writers of the century?Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain, and Dashiell Hammett, among others?and virtually invented the genres of science fiction and hard-boiled crime. From the cheap thrills of the ?hot? and ?spicy? pulps and the sexual sadism of the ?shudder? pulps to the weird worlds of the fantasy, sci-fi, and horror… Read More

Chicago Review Press, 2001-04-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!