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

Fandom, 2000. Very Good Plus. Original promotional postcard (herald) for the Western comic book series and online graphic novel, featuring the central female gunslinging character, reminiscent of popular model Carol Vitale. Full-color single-weight, 5 x 7 inches, full-color recto, b/w printed recto with details about the onlince graphic novel from Fandom's website; not designed to be sent as post. Very Good Plus, faint rubbing.

Greenleaf Classics, 1981. Very Good Plus. Greenleaf Readers GR-2252, $3.95 cover price, First Edition/printing unless noted, perfect-bound softcover 12mo, 149[60]]pp, color front panel photo of Leslie Winston. Vintage adult paperback, explicit fetish fiction. Very Good Plus overall, light rubbing, toning, a few small creases and bruises. For mature, consenting audiences.

Greenleaf Classics, 1985. Very Good Plus. Greenleaf Readers GR-2434 $4.95 cover price, First Edition/printing unless noted, perfect-bound softcover 12mo, 149[60]pp, color front panel photo and eye-catching title font. Vintage adult paperback, explicit fetish fiction. Very Good Plus overall, light rubbing, toning. For mature, consenting audiences.

Self published, 1965. Very Good. Vintage enhancement product catalogue & workout manual digest booklet, w/ tips on how to use the product, a female "bust developer," popular model & actress June Wilkinson showcasing various techniques for effective uses on the cover & throughout.The device was widely marketed in California, particularly via periodicals aimed at the female community, promising to transform "flat bustlines into firm, shapely fullness." The product can be seen in pornographic films & magazines of the 1970s, mainly used as a gag prop. As far as its medical applications, one is left to wonder. Mark Eden's company eventually folded after a lengthy interaction w/ the US Postal Service, beginning about the time of this publication. This product even had a sequel: Mark Eden II Bust Developer. After several indictments of mail fraud, the company and its distributor, Feather, a figure salon kingpin of California, finally disappeared in the early 1980s. Other variants of the bust developer… Read More

Univ. Massachusetts, 1968. Very Good. Two issues, Vol. 9, No. 4, Autumn, 1968, and Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter, 1970; both 8vo softcover, both 200+pp, illus. wrapper. Vintage digest magazines, featuring poetry, essays, literature, criticism. Very Good condition, light rubbing, toning, & foxing, spine creases.

Red Lion Publications, 1988. Very Good Plus. [Vol. 1, No. 1], $6.50 cover price, 44pp, saddle-stapled softcover quarto, color wrapper, cf & a few pp, distributed by prolific California company, Parliament News. Vintage adult magazine featuring explicit photography of nude female models, emphasizing large busts, w/ brief seduction text, several full-pg photos, several multi-panel pp. Very Good Plus, light rubbing & toning. For mature, consenting audiences.

New American Library, 1970. Very Good . Two volumes, Book 1, Signet Book Q-4182, 1970, 1st printing. Book 3, Signet Book Q-4276, 1970, 1st printing, both 12mo softcover, b/w t/o. Vintage paperbacks, social consciousness literary & art magazines released in paperback format. MC5, Tim Leary, LSD, Diane di Prima, the Black Panther Party, and, Allen Ginsberg, Glauber Rocha, Ronald Lipking. Very Good overall, light rubbing & toning, spine crease, a few tiny stains, spine creases, light fading, brief pencil on 3.

Greenleaf Classics, 1979. Very Good. Greenleaf Reader GR-2139, $2.95 cover price, First Edition/printing unless noted, perfect-bound softcover 12mo, 149[60]pp, color front panel photo with eye-catching title font. Vintage adult paperback, explicit fetish fiction. Very Good overall, rubbing, toning, a few small scuffs, ink price, lean, faint remainder mark. For mature, consenting audiences.

Roman Press Photo / Bill Doll & Company, 1960-61. Very Good. Original B/W single weight borderless press photographs of actress Anita Ekberg on the set of "La Dolce Vita" (1960). Highlighting variances in international press, two complimenting photographs of the tall Swedish blonde in her most memorable role.In an Italian photograph, a candid shot, exclaiming gleefully in black dress, hands in the air. "Roman Press Photo" rubberstamp, & brief ink notation, on the verso. Rubberstamp somewhat faded, no photographer credited, no date but circa 1960. 7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine, a few faint creases & wrinkles. In the NY photograph, a scene from the film, just before an epic sequence w/ costar Marcello Mastroianni in the Trevi Fountain. Anita racing to the top of St. Peter's Cathedral dome, flanked by two photographers, intensely lit & showcasing legs/heels, same black dress, shash. Fellini's masterwork described by the Bill Doll company as "haunting fresco of contemporary Roman life ... progresses to… Read More

RKO Unique, 1957. Very Good. Original vinyl LP records, featuring Artie Wayne singing tributes to actress Anita Ekberg, who graces the cover in a lavish pink gown, arms up, seated on giant pillows. Credits Anita starring in Hal Wallis' "Hollywood or Bust" (1956), even though none of these tracks appeared in the film, still 2 years before "The Screaming Mimi" (1958) and 8 years before her iconic role in "La Dolce Vita" (1960). Singer, songwriter, eventual gold-record winner Artie Wayne's debut LP. Very Good Plus, sleeve lightly rubbed, album appears only briefly played.

N.p., 1970s. Very Good Plus. Original photograph featuring blonde Swedish actress Britt Ekland, sitting reverse in panties and long-sleeve shirt, demure and provocative. Behind her the helm of a boat. Photographer uncredited, but the work of Terry O'Neill, who snapped Ekland in addition to copious other leading and supporting actresses in Hollywood and abroad. Ekland's output reached an apex in the 1970s, including "The Year of the Cannibals" (1970), "Get Carter" (1971), "Endless Night" (1972), "The Wicker Man" (1973), "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1974), and "King Solomon's Treasure" (1979). 8 x 10 inches, b/w, single weight, small white border. Very Good Plus, with faint central crease, discreet touchup to one of Ekland's legs, brief numerical notations on the verso. For consenting, mature audiences.

Macfadden Publications, 1950. Very Good. V8 N4, April; 25c cover price, distributed by ID, 96pp, b/w/color throughout, side-stapled perfect bound. Vintage magazine devoted to sports, mostly baseball. Three pages on cockfighting, or game fowl, and its associations with prominent historical figures, its legal and moral issues, recent vice raids, and images of dueling cocks, spectators/participants. Casey Stengel front cover (ph. Ozzie Sweet), boxing referees, Eddie Waitkus, John McGraw, Detroit hockey, Leo Durocher, Slammin' Sam Jackson Snead, boxer Joann Hagen, Kyle Rote, Andy Pafko, horse racing, Grover Cleveland Alexander, golf fashion, smoking Kirk Douglas rear cover. This issue with variant covers, all changing the white banner headlines on the front cover, this being the only one crediting Lardner's cockfighting. Very Good, light rubbing, small tears and bruises, rear panel creased.

Nightstand Books, 1959. Very Good. NB-1501, ASN (dist.), First Edition, 12mo softcover, illustrated wraps, 192pp. Signed by the author in ink on the title page, w/ "The first Nightstand Book" also in ink. Vintage paperback, adult erotic literature, drug theme, corresponding cover art possibly Harold McCauley or Al Brule. Scandalous all around. Very Good, lean, rubbing, light soil, spine fade & creasing, ink initials on the front wrapper verso. While none of the current "curse words" are present, still for mature, consenting audiences. Scarce.

Point Magazines, 1956. Very Good Plus. V5 N5, November 1956 & V7 N5, November 1957, stapled 16mo softcovers, photo-illus., b/w throughout, 66pp, color wrapper. Two vintage digest magazines, pocket-sized versions that lasted shorter than slightly larger standard digest magazines, featuring color pinup photo wrappers while internal content ran from sports to scandal, film reviews, actresses, expose, some emphasis on lurid film, juvenile delinquency. displayed at any newsstand. 1956: Blonde Eve Williams in red-stripe bikini front cover (Blackwell), house favorite Shirley Kilpatrick kneeling on table in geometric bikini & perfect hair/makeup rear cover (Prange OR Topix), Frances Beck front inside, ballet (Pamela Perry, Felicia Farr, Diane Hingley, Noelle Adams, Norma Arnould, Karen Sharpe, Vera Day), test pilots & supersonic jets, June Blair, Joyce Winfield, Gere Goss, Karate, sex laws, Anne Fleming center, Olympics, the "first cowboy," Lynn Bartno 5pp, Bill Ward art 1p, Mt. McKinley climbers, Chris… Read More

Knight Publishing, 1969. Very Good Plus. Vol. 13, No. 9, All America Distributors Corp. [AADC] (dist.), 75c cover price, 82pp, saddle-stapled softcover quarto, b/w/color, color wrapper. Vintage adult magazine featuring photography of nude women, great writing & art throughout the series. "Are You Listening?" (Ellison), Honey Styles (Elmer Batters model), Uschi Digard, Ron Vogel. Very Good Plus, light rubbing & foxing, spine scuffs. For mature, consenting audiences.

21st Century Archives / Kitchen Sink, 1990s. Near Fine. Nearly 900 pinup trading cards, base cards originally source from wax packs (not from boxed sets), reprinting classic full-color artwork by many of the greatest talents, men & women alike. Gil Elvgren, Earl Moran, Margaret Brundage, Peter Dribben, Zoe Mozert, Alberto Vargas all are showcased, w/ several other artists represented as well. Weird Tales, spicy pulps, Hollywood stars, dope fiends, long legs. Included are complete sets of Bizarre Detective, Dope Fiends, Spicy, Spicy: Set Two, The Women of Whisper, Varga (4 sets, postcard), Elvgren (5 sets). A few foil cards absent, otherwise each set complete as issued, some w/ prototypes & gold-leaf cards. No original packaging present. In black ring binders, in archival 8 & 9-pocket sleeves. All Near Fine, most gingerly handled if at all. Extra shipping & international shipping billed at cost for heavy items.

Knave Publications, 1978-80. Very Good. Four vintage adult magazines devoted to nude and glamour pictorials, cartoons, fiction, editorials, forum, entertainment reviews, politics, color centerfolds, in the vein of Penthouse. B/W/Color throughout, $2.25 cover price, 98pp, saddle-stapled, distributed by Kable News. US version of Russell Gay's British series, not related to same title of 1950s,this ran 1976-2000s. Photography credits boat quality name, like Randall, Ohlsson, and Vogel, as well as top fiction writers, and a sexy, well-executed comic strip by Simons. Included: V3 N5, June 1978; V3 N6, July 1978, V3 N7, September 1978; V5 N2, May 1980.Very Good Plus overall, slight roll, light edge wear, spine rubbing, a few centers loose but present.

Engle's Angle Publishing, 1982. Very Good Plus. Second edition, stapled octavo softcover, 24pp, printed wrapper. Signed by the author to "Andy" in ink on the title page. One act drama about a witch, love, and spell casting. Engle was a Kentucky poet and playwright, but little is documented and his works are scarce. A title list of his self-published poetry is on the rear wrapper recto. Very Good Plus, moderate toning, corner stain.

Arnold Magazines, 1957. Very Good. [V1] N4, Summer 1957. Distributed by ANC. B/W throughout, 50pp. Vintage photography enthusiast magazine featuring layouts devoted to nude modeling, international travel/culture, & celebrities. Less than 10 issues in the series.Marla English cover and Russ Meyer's Diane Webber layout. Articles: Siam, Korea, waterfronts, South Sea islands. Photographers: Zoltan Glass (nudes), Heath (war, Harlem), Lou Bernstein (Brooklyn), Hildegard (Europe), Gerry Low (glamour girls), various nudes. Very Good Plus, stain on the rear.Todd Fry, "collecting Vintage Men's Magazines," 2013.

Pearlite Enterprises, 1950s. Very Good. Vintage nude pinup digest magazine featuring model known as "inimitable blonde," name uncredited, posing & emphasizing natural assets, in the nude w/ drapes, on couches, black high heels, great centerfold. Exotic bleach blonde w/ lush dimensions, curious appeal. Hundreds of similar digest magazines were produced by fly-by-night operations, mainly around New York, notably Burmel Publishing (Lenny Burtman's enterprise). Many were published as photography and/or art "studies" booklets, w/ technical camera data, exposure chart, & the standard emphasis on sexual liberation; early issues featured several models per issue & many maintain airbrushing techniques rolled over from nudist magazines, much of the posing naturally obscures otherwise censored areas. Still scarce institutionally. 32pp, 5.25 x 8.25 inches, B/W throughout, duochrome wrapper, saddle-stapled. Very Good Plus, faint rubbing, pencil price.Jim Linderman, "Proto-Porn: The Art Figure Study Scam of… Read More