Search Results: Authors starting with C from Well-Stacked Books

Macfadden Publications, 1936. Very Good. First appearance of Cain's "Double Indemnity," originally serialized in 8 issues of "Liberty" magazine, beginning with February 15 issue, ending with April 4 issue. Each installment illustrated by Flagg, single B/W vignettes, except February 15, with two duochrome illustrations. Canadian issues, printed in Canada, with maple leaf logo on the front, released around the time of the US issues.Uncommon publication of Cain's belated masterpiece, a serialize novella boosting his career and eclipsing his first novel, "The Postman Always Rings Twice," credited here next to Cain's name in each installment. The "perfect crime story" was published simultaneously in Canada and possibly the United Kingdom, where Macfadden had offices, but only years later did story find collected publication. Avon published the first separate edition as a digest paperback in 1943, and earlier same year came "Three of a Kind" (Knopf), a hardcover collection of novellas, including "Career… Read More

Playboy, 1979. Very Good . Vintage pinup calendars featuring stunning glamour photography of professional models, both featuring Playboy Playmates for 1979 and 1981. Desktop editions, 12 loose leaves in sturdy die-cut cardboard frames that double as wall-hangers, perforated on the rear for desk and wall. Each month is a single leaf featuring a Playmate, full-color, laid into the frame through the rear. Electro-Nite Co., 1979, 6x8 inches.Playboy Playmate Calendar, 1981, 5x7 inches, ph. Ken Marcus and Richard Fegley.Very Good Plus overall, light rubbing and toning, each with opened top perforations on the rear. For mature, consenting audiences.

Panther Books , 1972. Very Good. Vintage British Paperback, reprinting the 1968 MacGibbon first edition, reprinted in 1989 Allison & Busby anthology. Featured is front cover photo of seedy characters exchanging a black-and-white photograph of a semi-nude blonde woman, Frankie Hires, a briefly popular model in adult magazines, especially those showcasing large breasts or hippies. Callow's novel is a working class coming-of-age about a homosexual man in Leicester.Very Good Plus, slight lean, light creasing, foxing, and rubbing.

Sensual Fantasies, 1990s. Very Good. Six vintage paperbacks, adult erotic novels, from brief Texas (first Dallas, then Arlington) publisher, early 1990s. Photo covers featuring unknown models in lingerie.Scarce titles. Campus Queens; Vixens on the Run; Road Side Babes; Nurse on the Make; Too Hot, Too Lovable; Too Hot to Handle. Very Good Plus to Near Fine. For mature, consenting audiences.

Various Publishers, 1997. Very Good. Two vintage paperbacks featuring buxom pornographic actress Christy Canyon, partnering with John Dough for both covers. Produced by Star Distributors and Liverpool Press. Scarce titles. Whipped Lady (Bound to Please Bp128, 1997. No author. Very Good Plus, ring stain to rear, remainder clip).Recruit for Sin (Liverpool Press SE-237, 1997. Vivian Marsh. Very Good Plus, stamp to top edges, remainder clip).

Self published, 1940s. Very Good. Collection of 9 vintage snapshot photographs of midget race cars, from a state fair or auto show in Ohio during or shortly after WWII, with men in uniform, and "Isaly's" store sign present. Car numbers present: 1, 3, 8, 12, 24, 30 (like other sports, numbers were used by several persons). Midget cars were smaller versions of sprint cars, the sport popular during the war, began 1930s California and gradually eastwardly expanded to Midwest US, where stores like Isaly's operated. Isaly's had locations in Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania, offering fine deli products rooted in 19th century Swiss cheese. Locations ceased but products are sold to date throughout Appalachia and the Mid-Atlantic. Photos 2.25 x 3.5 inches, all with white borders. Versos have small "9" rubberstamp and numerical notation. Very Good Plus overall, a few corner creases, faint smudges.

Various Publishers, 1960s. Very Good. Five original b/w press photos featuring Tunisian actress and cult hearth-throb Claudia Cardinale, including two from her seminal role as a wayward reject, "Girl with a Suitcase" (1961), one each from "The Leopard" (1963), "A Rose for Everyone" (1967), "The Adventures of Gerard" (1970). These images were likely used for press/media purposes to promote the film, three w/ small white borders, series alpha-numerals, two are borderless, four w/ mimeo snipes/stamps, 3 w/ call labels. Claudia in top-hat, shaving cream, straight razor ("Die Grafin und ihr Oberst" [The Adventures of Gerard], 7 x 9.25 inches, German mimeo snipe, modern cello tape over tape ghosts). Claudia on the phone & showing leg as a hitcher ("Girl with a Suitcase," 8 x 10 inches & 9 x 7 inches, one small lobby card w/ cropping notations on recto, one borderless, 1961 & 1962, stamps, notations, labels on versos). Claudia in plaid against tree ("The Leopard," 8 x 10 inches, cropping notations on… Read More

N.p., 1960. Very Good Plus. Original B/W double weight bordered promotional postcard of actress Claudia Cardinale, in black 1-piece, w/ belt & pump heels, posing next to chair, her name in appealing script surrounding. A clipping from unseen publication, then reprinted on card stock w/ added titles. A hint of text is just seen next to Claudia's hip hand. Leg-centric for Cardinale, a cool image. Blank verso, without usual postcard insignia. 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Very Good Plus, light edgewear, light foxing & brief notation in pencil on the verso.

Johnson Publishing, 1986. Very Good. Vol. 70 No. 17, ISSN 00215996. Vintage digest magazine devoted to entertainment by and for the Black community, articles, picture features, reviews, columns, and advertisements. Began 1951, often pinup model covers, hailed as the "Negro Bible" by comedian Redd Foxx; notably covered the Emmett Till murder. Diahann Carroll cover/feature, General Frank E. Petersen, Dawn Hale 1pp, Sugar Ray Leonard, ads (beer, Ford, Primatene, cosmetics), vignettes (Jesse Jackson, Troy Beyer, Whitney Houston, Veronica Ali). Very Good Plus, faint creases and rubbing.

Spy Publishing Partners, 1990. Very Good. Vintage magazine, a monthly devoted to culture, news, and events in and around New York, with some global coverage, intended as a satirical comment on media and entertainment. Ran 1986-98, notably poking political personalities like Donald Trump. Uncommon title. Featured actor Ed Begley, Jr. cover, as he falls from skyscrapers, promoted as "That Overaged Guy." Forum, Mike Milken, pencil-thin eyebrows, Nan Kempner, Polka America, ads (cigarettes, They Might Be Giants, alcohol). 8 x 10.5 inches, 96pp, perfect-bound. Very Good Plus, slight roll.

Greenleaf Classics, 1979. Very Good Plus. Greenleaf Readers GR-2157, $2.95 cover price, First Edition/printing unless noted, perfect-bound softcover 12mo, 152[60]pp, color front panel photo and eye-catching title design; also one of few to feature rear cover blurb. Vintage adult paperback, explicit fetish fiction. Very Good Plus overall, light rubbing, toning, slight lean, light spine crease. For mature, consenting audiences.

Gold Medal Book 695, 1957. Very Good. First Edition Paperback Original, vintage paperback. A Fawcett imprint. Featuring pin-up model & Playboy Playmate (July 1957), Jean Jani. Jean was photographed for Playboy by Peter Gowland, & noted for her appearances in adult magazines like Adam. Rear panel duplicates front in vignette. Possible photographers for this appearance of Jean include Russ Meyer, Keith Bernard, & Gowland. She would even appear in various novelty decks of playing cards, alongside the likes of Diane Webber, Judy O'Day, & Virginia Gordon.Very Good Plus.

Eros Publishing, 19673. Very Good. First Editions, 12mo softcover, 205pp, photographic cover art, color plates. Vintage adult digest paperbacks, case-study theme w/ explicit, lurid text. Both covers feature Uschi Digard (one in blue, one in red), a cult & adult film actress noted for her work in porn & Russ Meyer films. Eros was a Parliament News fetish imprint, leaning towards the occult, counterculture, sexual identity, & other subjects most publishers wouldn't touch, produced several titles featuring amateur pornographic photos throughout. Very Good overall, all w/ light rubbing, toning, edge foxing; Vol. 1 VG+, Vol. 2 signatures/plates loose but present. For mature, consenting audiences.

Bedside Books, 1959. Very Good. Bedside Books BB-808, softcover 12mo, 183pp, color wraps, cover art by Oscar Liebman (presumed). First Edition, a paperback original. Silverberg tackles shameless coeds & "the immoral jungle of... erotic debaucheries"! Very Good, rubbing, toning, light foxing, binding wrinkles, a few tiny tears. Scarce. For mature, consenting audiences.

Cameo Productions / Pathe-America, 1961. Very Good Plus. Original 1-sheet poster for the 1961 film, w/ 1959 copyright on the recto. Crime noir exploitation about beatniks, bullies, and bullets. And blondes with guns. Approx. 27 x 41 inches, printed recto, folded as issued. Very Good Plus, light toning, two central tears, studio-stamped on the verso, red pencil notation on the verso, small black ink notation on the recto.

Joe David Bellamy, 1974. 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.

Globe Photos, Inc., 1968. Very Good Plus. Vintage contact sheet photograph, c. 1968, featuring Ann Chapman, as photographed in her swimming pool love scene in Russ Meyer's "Finders Weepers, Lovers Keepers!", a sexploitation crime heist film. 34 images are captured, with a few having development issues resulting in a black square. Some of the more intimate images involve the carved stairwell of the pool. Photo 8.5 x 11 inches, b/w, glossy, A KODAK PAPER marks on the verso, Globe rubber-stamp on the verso, Globe imprint in the border on the recto. Very Good Plus, a few faint creases, brief ink and pencil notations on the verso. For mature, consenting audiences.

Whitestone Publication, 1963. Very Good Plus. V15 N155, Oct 1963. Vintage magazine devoted to adventure/crime fiction, news and celebrities, cars, sports, some pinup. Many "true" accounts in this title have names changed to protect the real culprits & victims. Notable in this issue is Marilyn Maher (front), a model who posed for several Leonard Burtman "proto-porn" digests. Meat-cutting School ad, Bobby Kennedy & call girls). Very Good, rubbing, edge creasing, spine stress/tears.

[Star], 1970s. Very Good. First Editions, no publisher/copyright/date stated; "Printed in U.S.A." on rear cover. Stapled 8vo softcover, $2.50 cover price, 72pp, color photographic front, b/w full-pg photos t/o. Vintage adult digest paperbacks, similar to modern "chapbooks" but explicit erotic fiction, nearly every other pg a grainy b/w softcore pornographic image. Covers feature posed models in heated embrace. Often these imprints lean towards occult, counterculture, sexual identity, & other subjects prominent publishers wouldn't touch, produced several titles featuring amateur pornographic photos throughout, these being a prime example. Very Good overall, all w/ light rubbing & toning, heavy edge foxing, 2 w/ remainder dots on page edges. Jersey Shore Sex, Ted Chase; Teenage Slaves, Casper Le'Duc; Surfside Sex, Adam Wilson. For mature, consenting audiences.

Popular Library, 1976. Very Good Plus. Popular Library 445-00358, 1976. Mariano cover. Signed by Chilson on 1st pg. Very Good Plus, rubbing, toning, a few short creases.