
cover art by Sergio Leone

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.


“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.”

Lawrence Block writing under the pen name Sheldon Lord
1960 Midwood paperback original, “soft” porn
cover art by Paul Rader
better image than previously posted