Category: spicy

Brass Cupcake x 3

John D. MacDonald’s first novel

1950 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Barye Phillips

better image than previously posted

1960 Gold Medal reissue

cover art by Barye Phillips

1974 UK hardcover from Robert Hale

cover art by George Gross

George Gross Best True Fact Detective May, 1950. Cover Painting Original Art (Newsbook, 1950). This bondage cover features rich and vibrant colors in a pin-up style. Lurid covers of this type drove the pulp crime story industry. Created in gouache on illustration board. Signed in the lower left of the 13″ x 16.25″ image area.

1961 Newsstand Library paperback original ~ cover art by Robert Bonfils

“An attractive copy of Charles Willeford’s UNDERSTUDY FOR LOVE (1961), a paperback original published by the Newsstand Library.  Signed by cover artist Robert Bonfils, king of 1960’s sleaze art.”