Vintage A.A. Merritt Horror Fantasy Science Fiction Paperbacks

 Abraham Grace Merritt was better known as A.A. Merritt. During the 1910's through the 1930's, he wrote several classic horror/fantasy/science fiction books with a pop of supernatural flair. While working as an assistant editor for the American Weekly Magazine, he hired the now famed artists Virgil Finlay and Hannes Bok, who are two of the most well known and talented artists whose art grace many pulp magazines of the era. Merritt was also a journalist and had many interesting hobbies, which informed his writing. His writing have  lost civilizations, hideous monsters, and a aura of suspense and the fantastic and his works inspired the likes of H.P. Lovecraft. 

Shown are 3 Avon paperbacks from the early 1950's.  Great art on these and awesome tag lines. 

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A great Hans Bok Pill art Pill case from a Weird Tales pulp magazine!

A Guide to Bad Girl Vintage Paperbacks

Bad Girl Vintage Paperback Showcase

Featured here is a small group of "bad girl" themed vintage paperbacks. These vintage pulps feature awesome titles, cover blurbs, and illustration art! 

A book of short stories about BAD GIRLS! They prowl the underworld for kicks! Why yes they do! Classic 1950's James Dean looking bad boy thug hipster on this vintage pulp! She is certainly ready for that action!

She'll Get Hers! She always does...she's a bad girl! Just look at that face! WOW! Looks like she just took a shot of heroin in her arm!

The Wild One. She always gets what she wants! Look at that smoking hottie! Ready to take it to the streets! You gotta smoke a cigarette if you are a 1950's bad girl cover!

Trailer Park Trash in this 1962 novel from Monarch Books. The Trailer Park Girls always take their loving where they can! Carefree bad girls in action! Check out that shirt!

Woman Without Morals. Beacuase if you are a bad girl, you just have to leave morals at home. She will whip you good!

A vintage pulp with the title of "Hell Bent"! She could tantalize and tease but she knew how to please!!! The story of Joan who loved her way out of the gutter and back! Classic vintage paperback blurb! Great art of a male menace!

BAD GIRL. Not Sorry. It's as simple as that! A great pill box that can be had for just $7.50 here!

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How Girls Go Wrong. From a vintage pulp magazine from the 1930's! Vice Exposures! Read this book to avoid the pitfalls of Life! The shame, horror, and sadness! Cigarette case design is only $9.99 here!

Asylum of Hell! A sleaze paperback from the 1960's! This shows a very sexy cover of a beautiful woman taking advantage of a cowering male figure. 

That completes this short tour of BAD GIRL designs from the golden age of Vintage Paperback and Pulp Illustrations!

Swinger Lifestyle Wife Swapping Vintage Sleaze Paperbacks

Swinger Lifestyle Wife Swapping Vintage Sleaze Paperbacks

The topic of Swinging was always a popular one for authors writing sleaze novels during the late 1960's and early 1970's. Hundreds of books were published with swinging themes from wife swapping clubs to the cess pool suburbs full of husband swapping perversions! Phrases like "switch Partners", "Wife swapping", "Suburban sex cult", and "Weekend Party" were all common as titles for these swinger novels. The best part of these books today is their awesome cover art illustrations and the great taglines and copy. 

A great reference book to start with on Sleaze paperbacks is Sin-A-Rama: The Sex Sleaze paperbacks of the Sixties. It shows hundreds of great vintage sleaze books!

Vintage sleaze paperbacks are a great collectible-they can easily be found in ebay which has a vintage paperback category. Typing in the word "Sleaze", "sleaze paperback", or "sleaze pb" will allow you to find such campy kitsch treasures on ebay. 

Collecting vintage paperbacks in a topical way can get you an entire collection of gay/lesbian themed books, SF books, Westerns, or any sort of odd assortment from topics like vintage paperbacks with cover art showing deep sea equipment to books having to do with the Wife Swapping phenomenon. 

A great place to find vintage paperback related gifts with great art and kitsch is at SWEETHEARTSINNER! They have many pulp related and vintage paperback themed items-all under $10!

Vintage Sleaze Pulp Paperbacks With Spanking Fetish Covers

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Vintage Office Themed Sleaze Paperbacks 2

This is a great video on vintage sleaze paperbacks! Sweetheartsinner has plenty of sleaze and paperback cover art themed cigarette cases, pill cases, and jewelry! Check them out!

Vintage "Sleaze" Gay Pulp Paperbacks

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Vintage Sleaze Paperback Artwork of Bill Edwards

Vintage paperbacks with Politically Incorrect titles and blurbs!

The forties and fifties produced many vintage books with less than politically correct themes and titles. They were a product of their times. Here are a few from our private collection!

 

Which Lesbians Prefer Males? Vintage lesbian Pulp fiction sleaze paperback!

This 1960's era book asks the important social question....Which Lesbians Prefer Males?

 

 

 

This features cover art by Bill Edwards, who was a rodeo and film star as well as noted artist! He specialized in Western art but did cover art for many paperbacks in the 1960's. Here is one of the more racy titles from the Sixties.  It features a sexy brunette being spanked by a guy presumably because she is a lesbian. Accordingly, the artist and author believe that those lesbians that prefer males must be spanked to get them "straight".

 

While these books are not at all politically correct or sensitive, they are "campy" and fun in their own way. The obvious answer to the question posed is "NONE!" Lesbian paperbacks are fun to collect for their campy covers and taglines! They can be very valuable, make awesome displays, and are great cultural artifacts. Titles can be found on ebay for anywhere from $10 to $100 each.

 

I would love to see a book called "What heterosexuals prefer being gay?"

 

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