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Available
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Publication
Collectors Pr (2001), 319 pages
Description
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.
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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
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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. Show Less
Subjects
Awards
Independent Publisher Book Awards (Gold — Popular Culture — 2002)
Locus Recommended Reading (Art — 2001)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2001
Physical description
319 p.; 13.25 inches
ISBN
1888054506 / 9781888054507
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