Four fingers and a bent penis emerge from a pile of maize? Pocket book N: 157,105,804 JOEL TOWNSLEY ROGERS 385 the red right hand A MYSTERY COMPLETE & UNABRIDGED

Four fingers and a … uh … um … jeez … wow … ok, thumb, if you say so. Thumb. Sure, thumb. It’s certainly red, I’ll give it that. So, yeah, check out THE RED RIGHT HAND, newest Pop Sensation paperback #pulp #vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers

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Drawing for a portable radio ticket found inside Pocket Books DRACULA

One of the overlooked upsides of book collecting is the crazy shit you find tucked into books that hasn’t seen the light of day in 75 years ❤️

Drawing for a portable radio ticket found inside Pocket Books DRACULA

One of the overlooked upsides of book collecting is the crazy shit you find tucked into books that hasn’t seen the light of day in 75 years ❤️

When a Book Cover Designer Writes a Book, Who Designs the Cover? As a book cover designer, I never imagined the tables being turned and finding myself in the position of an author awaiting cover designs. But after selling my first work of fiction, Head of Househ…

For book cover lovers: Fascinating conversation about book cover design (via @danielgray.com)

(Glad they went with feet instead of, you know, head) ❤️

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Floating head of blonde looks down on dude who is standing & staring at what appears to be a dead lady near the bottom of a staircase 1090 25° THE DEVIL THREW DICE She was the kind of gal that many men might kill. AMBER DEAN THE COMPLETE BOOK

Leave your troubles in the basement and take a chance on THE DEVIL THROWS DICE (1955), newest Pop Sensation paperback

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Floating head of blonde looks down on dude who is standing & staring at what appears to be a dead lady near the bottom of a staircase 1090 25° THE DEVIL THREW DICE She was the kind of gal that many men might kill. AMBER DEAN THE COMPLETE BOOK

Leave your troubles in the basement and take a chance on THE DEVIL THROWS DICE (1955), newest Pop Sensation paperback

#pulp #vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers

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Redhead man grabbing frightened dark haired lady by white dress. Tearing it. Looking like he’s about to backhand her while ghost waiter looks on When a girl prefers men who mix love with murder, she's... ASKING FOR TROUBLE JOE RAYTER Author of THE VICTIM WAS IMPORTANT

When you dare to enter the violent world of competitive hand-dancing, you’re … ASKING FOR TROUBLE (1956), newest Pop Sensation paperback

#pulp #vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers

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Man yelling at woman tough, realistic novel of Hollywood 35c WHAT D'YA KNOW FOR SURE? LEN ZINBERG

Meet the world’s worst philosophy teacher … in WHAT D’YA KNOW FOR SURE? (1955), newest Pop Sensation paperback

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Man yelling at woman tough, realistic novel of Hollywood 35c WHAT D'YA KNOW FOR SURE? LEN ZINBERG

Meet the world’s worst philosophy teacher … in WHAT D’YA KNOW FOR SURE? (1955), newest Pop Sensation paperback

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Man embracing woman as lady looks on through window 1083 BETBOo 20 25° THE COMPLETE BOOK A novel of love and violence • AND SOMETIMES DEATH (THE TROUBLE IN THOR) POCKET BOOKS INC. JO VALENTINE

Hugging and voyeurism … AND SOMETIMES DEATH (1955), newest Pop Sensation paperback

#pulp #vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers

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Blonde watching brunette caress lothario’s freshly shaven face 134 She was forced to share a forbidden love SAVAGE TRIANGLE LOUIS-CHARLES ROYER Author of "LOVE CAMP" 25¢

A squared + b squared = [screeeeeam!] … it’s the SAVAGE TRIANGLE (1954), newest Pop Sensation paperback

#vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers #pulp

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Blonde in white top and skirt w pink scarf floating underwater

Float your cares away with the UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN (~1961), newest Pop Sensation paperback

#vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers #pulp

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Bald dude w green eyes whose body is a spacescape of green planets and firing spaceships Tales of now, then, and never by the supreme master of the strange VISIONS AND VENTURERS Theodore Sturgeon 12648 • 1.75 ذ لكل

Stare down the green-eyed monster in VISIONS AND VENTURERS (1978), latest Pop Sensation paperback

#vintagepaperbacks #pulp #bookcovers

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Cover of KILLER’S PAYOFF by Ed McBain Woman in turquoise dress holding white gloves being stared at by man in foreground holding a letter and what looks like a picture of the woman from her stripper days

The naked truth about a classy dame … it’s KILLER’S PAYOFF, newest Pop Sensation paperback

#pulp #vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers

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This memoir floored me when I read it 20 years ago. Sometimes your heroes are also monsters.

EASY TO KILL Agatha Christie Freaky man falling backward as red hand reaches out to touch him

He was hard to love. Fortunately, he was also … EASY TO KILL (1945)—newest Pop Sensation paperback

#vintagepaperbacks #pulp #bookcovers

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Golf ball in a tuft of grass next to hypo next to brownish leaf PAN books X736 AGATHA CHRISTIE WHY DIDNT THEY ASK EVANS P 0.60

Roll up your sleeves, it’s time to hit the links with WHY DIDN’T THEY ASK EVANS?, newest Pop Sensation paperback

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Art Carney holding a paperback (flanked by Bill Macy)

THE TOUGH TEXAN paperback —man in red shirt driving stage w redhead beside him (probably Bob Stanley art)

Few things I like more than playing paperback detective ❤️

(from THE LATE SHOW, 1977)

Dead man in foreground standing ma and lady off to sides 1085 25 Agatha Christie THE UNDER DOG AND OTHER MYSTERIES An exciting novelette plus eight gripping stories by the master mistress of crime THE COMPLETE BOOK

Take a chance on a long shot … it’s THE UNDER DOG (1955), newest Pop Sensation paperback 📖

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Trunk w/ woman’s head emerging along with limbs of what looks like marionette. There’s also a hammer standing on end next to a red ball for some reason DELL 6984 AGATHA GHRISTIE POIROT LOSES AGLE T FEATURING HERCULE POIROT 95c

Pack your bags, it’s time to go find out what happens when … POIROT LOSES A CLIENT (1974)—newest Pop Sensation paperback up now #vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers #bookcoverart

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Trunk w/ woman’s head emerging along with limbs of what looks like marionette. There’s also a hammer standing on end next to a red ball for some reason DELL 6984 AGATHA GHRISTIE POIROT LOSES AGLE T FEATURING HERCULE POIROT 95c

Pack your bags, it’s time to go find out what happens when … POIROT LOSES A CLIENT (1974)—newest Pop Sensation paperback up now #vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers #bookcoverart

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Cover of 1000 Year Plan —- bald dude w bushy eyebrows in superfly red spacesuit w three spaceships flying in an arc behind him

We’re sorry, The Great Space Disco is closed for renovations. Extensive renovations. It’s the 1,000-YEAR PLAN (1955), newest Pop Sensation paperback

#pulp #vintagepaperbacks #bookcovers #bookcoverart

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Dude w bloody hands and lady w two candles squat near probably dead man AGATHA CHRISTIE 820 a murder is announced The fatal shots were fired exactly on schedule! COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED

Emerging from 2-month hibernation to throw more vintage paperbacks at you!

First, an announcement: MURDER! That’s right, A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED (1951), newest Pop Sensation paperback!

#vintagepaperbacks #pulp #bookcoverart

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Cover of THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY —woman in sparkly gown collapsing into foreground

Liven up your Thanksgiving with … well, a dead body. But a literate one! It’s THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY (1946), latest Pop Sensation paperback #pulp #vintagepaperbacks

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Cover of THE HOLLOW —grayhaired man bends over blonde curly haired lady in mauve chair. He’s got one arm around her, she does Not seem into it Pocket Bank 485 COMPLETE & UNABRIDGED Agatha Christie The HOLLOW Hereule Poirot solves the murder of Dr. Christow who inspired dangerous passion in many women

He seemed so suave, so worldly, so debonair, but between his ears was … THE HOLLOW (1948), newest Pop Sensation paperback #pulp #vintagepaperbacks

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Hawke torturing TEXAS BY THE TAIL but the pages are cut wrong???

I screamed at the screen many times because there is NO way anyone who loved vintage paperbacks, let alone a rare book dealer, would handle them the way Ethan Hawke does in this movie. Just bending covers & cracking spines left and right, like they’re 2-dollar beaters, ugh! Also … wtf is this??

Spines of vintage paperbacks, mostly Jim Thompson

I gasped

(THE LOWDOWN, 2025, ep. 1)

Man escorting lady out of a fire (?) 25€ DELL BOOK 550 AGATHA CHRISTIE Across Europe to the Orient, danger follows MR. PARKER PYNE DETECTIVE COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED:

Solve the Case of the Mysterious Stench with … MR. PARKER PYNE, DETECTIVE (1951), newest Pop Sensation paperback #vintagepaperbacks #pulp

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Dead body on carpet, from the shins down DELL 937 Agatha 25€ Christie Murder at Hazelmoor

Leave a well-dressed corpse ✅—it’s MURDER AT HAZELMOOR (1957), newest Pop Ssnsation paperback

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Cover of LORD EDGWARE DIES Lady in wide brimmed black hat and black veil Britain's Queen of Crime Agatha Christie Lord Edgware Dies Fontana Books | 2/6

I keep reading Edgelord Dies and thinking, “cool” … but no, it’s LORD EDGWARE DIES (1962), newest Pop Sensation paperback #pulp #vintagepaperbacks

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