Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1931. 32mo, stapled wraps. Gibbs 1585, first noted state of contents, first noted wrapper state. A scarce title in the series, being an interview with Menninger by the Unitarian pastor Birkhead. Near fine with fading to wraps and minor toning to extremities. More
New York: Mr. Romance, c. 1960's. 8vo, single sheet folded once to make a 4 pp. booklet. A leaflet advertising a computer dating service based out of New York City, at 1245 Amsterdam Ave, aimed speficially at college students. The booklet states that "MR. ROMANCE began at Columbia University. It..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled green wraps titled in black, with printing slug to back cover. One of the scarcer books in the series, and a superb one, written by Jim Thompson's mentor, and author of the Rideout novels The Green Corn Rebellion and Pretty Boy. "Erotic enjoyment is..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1928. 32mo, saddle-stapled wraps (2 staples). Gibbs 1283, first record printing, in first wrapper state. One of the scarcer books in the series, and a superb one, written by Jim Thompson's mentor, and author of the Rideout novels The Green Corn Rebellion and Pretty Boy. "Erotic enjoyment..... More
New York: Hillman Books, 1961. First edition. 16mo, 160 pp, paperback. First and only edition of this novel of bisexual life in Greenwich Village, which was written under pseudonym by the New York School writer Joseph LeSueuer, written while he was living with Frank O’Hara. The actually ends up in..... More
Napoli: Gennaro M. Priore, 1905. 8vo, 281 pp, complete with all 15 plates as called for. early rebind in workmanlike green cloth, not preserving the original wraps, with typewritten title label affixed to spine. Red silk bookmark bound in. First edition of this important early study of tattoos and tattooing..... More
![Item #28785 Sex Symbolism [Little Blue Book No. 655]. William J. Fielding](/images/noimage.png)
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1925. 32mo, saddle-stapled in light green wraps. Published as Volume X of the Rational Sex Series. Near fine with light toning and a small chip to heel. More
![Item #30575 Sex Symbolism [Little Blue Book No. 904]. William J. Fielding](/pictures/thumb/30575.jpg?v=1673553482)
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1925. 32mo, saddle-stapled in wraps. Gibbs 904, first recorded printing, in the second wrapper state. Published as Volume X of the Rational Sex Series. Very good with fading to wraps and toning. More
![Item #30479 How to Make Money on Wall Street [Little Blue Book No. 998]. J. George Frederick](/pictures/thumb/30479.jpg?v=1670624109)
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1926. 32mo, stapled wraps. Gibbs 998, first noted state of contents, first noted wrapper state. A book on investing on Wall Street published just three years before the crash by, Frederick, a pioneer in business and market research and a founder of the Better Business Bureau, who..... More
np: Compass Line, 1967. First edition. 12mo, 160 pp, illustrated wraps. Beat exploitation novel set in New York City, the protagonist a college student who wanders the streets and a series of clubs, including a gay club named "The Harlequin" and a club called "The Inverted Donkey." "Free Lust...They lived..... More
![Item #30476 How to Love [Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 98]. Walter M. Gallichan](/pictures/thumb/30476.jpg?v=1670624282)
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, stapled wraps. Gibbs 98a, third noted variation. A long essay on love and sex by the controversial British journalist, birdwatcher, eugenicist, and author of The Poison of Prudery. A scarcer title in the series - in 1924 this title was graveyarded and assigned instead to..... More
![Item #30359 Confidential Chats With Wives [Little Blue Book No. 645]. Gloria Goddard](/pictures/thumb/30359.jpg?v=1669160283)
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1927. 32mo, saddle-stapled wraps wraps. Gibbs 645b, in the LBB(2) binding. A work of marriage advice by Goddard, who was one of the most frequent writers in the Little Blue Book Series, along with her partner, Clement Wood. A very good example with a touch marginal toning..... More
![Item #30364 Evolution of Love [People's Pocket Series No. 172]. Ellen Key](/pictures/thumb/30364.jpg?v=1669244973)
Girard, Kansas: Appeal Publishing Company, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled blue wraps. Gibbs 172b. A long essay on love by the Swedish feminist and suffragette, including cultural ramifications, erotic love, etc. "She will no longer be captured like a forest or hunted like a quarry; nor will she like a placid lake..... More
![Item #30487 How to Be Happy Though Married [Little Blue Book No. 964]. James Oppenheim](/pictures/thumb/30487.jpg?v=1670627225)
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1927. 32mo, saddle-stapled wraps [2 staples]. Gibbs 964b, first recorded state, in the first recorded state of the wrapper. A remarkable work based upon the theories of Jung, with references to Faust, the soul image, etc. Oppenheim was a self-proclaimed Jungian who contributed a number of other..... More
![Item #30312 Debate on Birth Control [Little Blue Book No. 208]. Margaret Sanger, Winter Russell](/pictures/thumb/30312.jpg?v=1666818151)
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company, 1921. 32mo, saddle-stapled in blue wraps. Gibbs' 208a, variation no. 4, with the LBB(2) binding. An early printing, likely made around 1924 or 1925, of this important debate on birth control in the LBB series. Besides the title debate, it also includes Shaw vs. Roosevelt on..... More