Category: spicy

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.”