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

Fairleigh Dickinson University / Associated University Presses, 1975. Very Good. First Edition, hardcover octavo in orig. dust jacket, 394pp. Inscribed by the author to several people, all indicated by initials only, "all best wishes, much admiration, Geoffrey Wagner" in ink on the front endpaper. Very Good, rubbing, toning, foxing, slight warp; jacket w/ rubbing, toning, foxing, short tears. Uncommon.

Greenleaf Classics, 1983. Very Good. Companion Book CB-4394, $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 overall, rubbing, toning, creases, edge bruises. For mature, consenting audiences.

Arnold Magazines, 1957. Good. Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1957, first issued in series, premier issue, softcover quarto, color wrapper, stapled, perfect-bound. Vintage adventure magazine featuring great pinup color artwork, women & dudes in peril, eye-catching advertising for soldiers returning home, wartime editorials, pinup models. Coccinelle, python priestess, Hamburg, Findoven witch. Good only, rubbing & toning, brittle, chips, front 2pp nearly detached.

Visual Varieties, 1978. Very Good. Vintage digest magazine featuring nude model photography & erotic illustration, also art by Bill Ward, a polished artist & cartoonist known for erotic cartoons & illustration, among others. Many contributors to Humorama issues also found in men's magazines like Adam. Distributed by CCC (Curtis), 75c cover price, stapled softcover 12mo, 82pp, b/w t/o, color wraps. Good Plus, light rubbing, toning, foxing, small front stains, short creases.Wheely Nutz, May 1978, Ward fc/3pp, Lindesmith, Goldberg, Hagglund, Marilyn Maher, Kirk, Keller, Basil Wolverton, Rene Bond, centerfold, Henri, Kremos, Wenzel.For mature, consenting audiences.

Knight, 1968. Very Good. Three vintage magazines featuring photography, illustration & editorials aimed at the "stag" male reader, all feature art by Bill Ward, a polished artist & cartoonist known for erotic cartoons & illustration. Many contributors to these issues also found in Humorama issues. Distributed by AADC, all "One Dollar" cover price, softcover quartos, 66pp (2 stapled), 98pp (1 perfect-bound), b/w t/o, color wrappers. Very Good overall, rubbing and toning, foxing, slight lean, a few creases & scuffs. Adam Stag Humor III [The 3rd Adam Book of Adult Stag Humor], 1968, Bill Ward cover/10 full-pp, seminude photos t/o, Schroeder, limericks, silent film captions, astrology, Wyma, Linkert, Lutner, Stanfield, Engleman, Harrison, de Carlo, Rodrigues, Wenzel, Allen Ginsburg, Andy Warhol, Rotsler.Adam Sextra Laughs, No. 2, 1968, Ward 17pp, Dennis, Linkert, Lutner, Orehek, Ludway, Trogdon, Wenzel, Lindesmith, Rog.Adam Sextra Laughs, No.4, 1969, Ward 5pp, Lutner, Orehek, Ludway, Trogdon,… Read More

Warren Publishing, 1967. Good Plus. November, PDC (dist.), First Printing, 8.25 x 10.75 inches, quarto softcover, stapled, 66pp, b/w, color wrapper. Vintage comic book, monstrous masterpieces in comic-book form! Good Plus, rubbing, toning, foxing, brief stains, insect chew to rear pages.

Publisher's Consultants, 1988. Very Good. GRL-123, 1988. Vintage adult paperback, distributed by Parliament News, by John Waters (the filmmaker?). Insatiable minx follows blues bands. Remainder clip, rubbing, reader creases. Very Good Plus. Scarce.

Self published, 1991. Near Fine. Vintage science-fiction erotica space opera literary magazine, stapled octavo, 62pp. Signed by Bunk on the front wrapper verso. Light toning and faint rubbing, else Near Fine. From the estate of noted science-fiction & erotica writer, Andrew J. Offutt.

Greenleaf Classics, 1981. Very Good Plus. Greenleaf Readers GR-2233, $3.95 cover price, First Edition/printing unless noted, perfect-bound softcover 12mo, 152[60]pp, color front panel photo and eye-catching title font. Vintage adult paperback, explicit fetish fiction. Very Good Plus overall, light rubbing, toning, tiny bruise o the front. For mature, consenting audiences.

Various Publishers, 1970s. Very Good. Twenty-two vintage press photographs of trains, railroad scenes, and other images related to railroads, trains, locomotives. Varying moods and subjects, train wrecks, model trains, subway, Spokane rail workers, B&O car-carriers, streetcars, Union Pacific, New York Central leverman, arts & crafts Southern Pacific, mountain tours, interurbans, monorail, wheels. Nearly all with ink or pencil notations and associated press marks (rubber-stamps, mimeo snipes or affixed press clippings) on the versos, and a few with visible cropping notations on the image side. Most were published in newspapers or related periodicals, many of the best photographs taken by enthusiasts as well as documented photographers. Dates range 1947 to 1995. Photos sizes 8 x 10 (16) and smaller variations (6); black/white (19), color (3). Good to Very Good, most with toning and faint wrinkling, brief bruises on the versos, but all suitable for framing.

A. Fox, 1957. Near Fine. Original salesman sample calendar topper featuring model Diane Webber. Full-color, white border, blank verso, approx. 12 x 16.5 inches. Samples like this were advertisement fodder for salesmen and mobster cronies, varying in size but most often used as toppers (decorative backings) for calendars, the target audience being men or any auto mechanic or exactly the kind of person dealing with those cronies. Here, Diane tugs at a rope on the deck, white sail/ocean background, wearing white pants, topless but arms concealing buxom bust. About Near Fine. For mature, consenting audiences. Shipped rolled.

Aurelien, 1978. Very Good. V1N6, First Edition (printing), stapled softcover 4to, 50pp, b/w/c, color wrappers. Vintage French magazine featuring pinups of Raquel Welch, a filmography (up to 1977), images from her films, and short biography.

Various Publishers, 1960s. Very Good Plus. Vintage silver gelatin film photographs featuring actress Raquel Welch. Two are stills from "The Biggest Bundle of Them All" (1968, with Robert Wagner on the beach), the third photo a still from "The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge" (1974, bent over at the market). All are about 8 x 10 inches, b/w, single-weight, all with mimeo snipes or stamps on the versos, one photo verso with cropping notations. Very Good overall, all with faint creases mostly at the perimeter, faint toning, two with a short edge tear, one with pinholes.

N.p., 1979. Very Good. Vintage silver gelatin, publicity photograph featuring actress Raquel Welch sitting on a barstool with her legs crossed, a bit of her pelvis in full view. Welch was no stranger to intimate exposures, and this perhaps the most scandalous, non-candid publicity shot of the actress. 7.75 x 10 inches, full color, single-weight, borderless but film frame visible at the sides. Developed at or near the time of the photo shoot. Very Good overall, faint curling, rubbing and toning, pinholes, small tear, small crease, light stains and brief cello tape on the verso. For mature, consenting audiences. Scarce.

N.p., 1980s. Very Good Plus. Vintage silver gelatin, reprint publicity photograph featuring actress Raquel Welch sitting on a barstool with her legs crossed, a bit of her pelvis in full view. Welch was no stranger to intimate exposures, and this perhaps the most scandalous, non-candid publicity shot of the actress. 8 x 10 inches, black-and-white, single-weight, borderless but film frame visible at the sides. Pinholes and surface abrasions seen are indigenous to the original, full color photograph, not these b/w reprints. Very Good Plus overall, faint curling, rubbing and toning. For mature, consenting audiences. Scarce.

SRI, 1971. Very Good Plus. First Edition, softcover 8vo, 128pp, b/w throughout. Vintage digest paperback devoted to pinup artist Wenzel, and his antics as appeared in the Sex to Sexty magazines. Very Good Plus, light rubbing and toning, a few faint stains. Cheeky fun, nude art. For mature, consenting audiences.

Hillman Publications, 1950s. Very Good. Novel Selections: Fighting Western 20. 128pp, "The Miracle at Gopher Creek" blurb rear inside. Vintage digest paperback Western, undated w/ copyright being 1948 (E.P. Dutton). First paperback edition of West's novel about a haunted Arizona ranch, stolen loot, Apache Indians, "plenty of bareknuckle action and heavy-breathing suspense." All the allure of the West, w/ a supernatural draw. Reprinted by Lancer (1967). Uncredited cover art of hombre firing six-shooter through window. Very Good, dampstain to front wrapper, lean, creases, pencil to front panel.

Weirdbook, 1978. Very Good. First Edition, limited edition, perfect-bound softover, 63pp, a few illus. Vintage science fiction formerly published in 1960s and 1970s. Very Good overall, rubbing, toning, light foxing, a few bumps and scuffs.

Longanesi, 1964. Very Good. Suspense! series No. 41, Octoberr; 300 lire cover price, 16mo, 208pp, perfect-bound, color wrapper. Vintage Italian paperback, translation of White's 1961 novel "A Grave Undertaking." Similar to the "Gialli" imprint, offering translations of crime fiction in slick, regular fashion. This series featured blue eye logo, pinup cover and internal b/w photos. June Wilkinson cover/1pp, centerfold (Shelley Fabares, Kelly Hamilton), Joan Freeman 2pp, 1pp (Laetitia Roman, Stella Stevens, Babbette Martel, Ellen O'Donnell, Lady Morrison, Marguerite Perrein, Paula Rutheman, Regina Summers, Claire Kelly, Sherri Davis, Roberta Holiday, Ziva Ro-Dann, Sheila Connolly, women in peril). Very Good Plus, slight lean, light rubbing and brief laminate lift.

Libertine Books, 1970. Very Good. Libertine Original LR-208, AMD (distr.), softcover 12mo, 192pp, illus. wraps. First Edition, a paperback original, dude in tophat logo. BDSM, flagellation, NJ to NY. Very Good, rubbing & toning, ring stain w/ bruising on the rear. For mature, consenting audiences.