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Loading... The Great American Paperback (original 2001; edition 2001)by Richard A. Lupoff (Author)
Work InformationThe great American paperback : an illustrated tribute to legends of the book by Richard A. Lupoff (2001)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A wonderful guide to American paperbacks, with an emphasis on pulp fiction of all types. The book has chapters that cover the main publishers--Fawcett, Ace, Bantam, etc. Lupoff provides a narrative history of paperbacks from 1939, but the real reason for owning this book is the collection of full color paperback covers it presents, together with Lupoff's usually interesting capsule descriptions. Occasionally (for a book I have read), the description would seem to indicate that Lupoff doesn't really know what it is about (John McPartland's RIPE FRUIT, for instance), but overall this is a very compelling volume that you won't be able to put down until you have finished. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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The story of American paperback publishing is a bountiful museum of over 600 brilliant covers, each of them a miniature gem, evocative of the fashions & attitudes of its era. Casebound with embossed & die-cut jacket, 320 pages, 600 full-color images, & includes collectors price guide information. No library descriptions found. |
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