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Cleveland/London: Archer Press / Kaywin Publishers. NF. 1951. 1st Printing. Paperback. Archer Books #69, 1951. First printing and first U.S. edition. Near Fi ne condition. Small stain at the rear cover's lower left corner of th e front cover/lower right corner of the rear cover. and at the base of its spine. Cover art by Reginald Heade. Book is otherwise about fine. .

Cleveland, OH: Kaywin Publishers, Inc.. Very Good. 1951. US Edition. Softcover. Slight wear to wraps. Binding tight, interior clean and somewhat toned. No ownership marks, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. Appears never read! ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 128 pages .

Archer / Kaywin, 1951. First Printing. Very Good condition.

Cleveland, OH: Kaywin Publishers, Inc.. Very Good. 1951. US Edition. Softcover. Cover art by Heade. Slight wear to matte wraps, and barely bumped lower spine end. Binding tight, interior clean and somewhat toned. No ownership marks, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. Appears never read! ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 128 pages .

Cleveland: Kaywin Publishers, Inc, 1951. Pictorial wrappers. Faint crease with a tiny tear on back cover else a bright fine copy. In Hubin, 1994, p. 820. ; Octavo.

Stoke-on-Trent : Archer Press, [1949]. Second edition of an early Vane, first published in 1926. "The most daring exposure ever written of the world's wickedest city" - the lure of Montmartre, among the Apaches, black women and white men, gambling dens, tempting English girlhood, and more. Crown 8vo (19cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers - an unsigned design apparently by Reginald Heade; some very minor wear, a tiny nick and a few faint creases; a few edge spots; one staple a little rusted, but overall a very good copy. Just two copies of this edition (Bodleian and British Library) located in major libraries worldwide.

London : Federation Press, Limited, 1927. Edition Not Stated. Softcover. Poor to Fair Condition . Octavo. Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Pages are very browned with foxing on endpapers and inside covers Edges browned Card cover has significant wear on spine, lots of edge wear, a small section missing on back cover and chips and wear on front cover A hard-to-obtain copy. It has chapters such as 'The White Salves of Hamburg', 'Curious Drinking Dens', 'The "Naked Ballet" and moreThe book is perhaps not as risque as one might think but is gives a good oversight of the German cities between the wars.

Cleveland : Kaywin Publishers, (1951). First American edition. June and Lorna share a London flat - Lorna shameless, mercenary and sordid, her sister quite the reverse - "sinister side-streets of Soho and the garish glamour of London night clubs". Originally published by Archer in the UK the previous year. Archer Book 52. Crown 8vo (19cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers - Reginald Heade in top form; spine lightly discoloured in a couple of places; minor creasing to upper wrapper; a touch of rust to the staples, but still a very good copy. Just a single copy (Bowling Green) of this edition located in major libraries worldwide.

Cleveland : Kaywin Publishers, (1951). First American edition. "Love, luxury, and lust in Latin America" - the white slave trade exposed. Originally published by Archer in the UK in 1950. Crown 8vo (19cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers - a saucy trio of chorus girls from Reginald Heade; small chip at head; repairs to spine splits; some light wear; small corner chip to front wrapper; larger chip to back wrapper, but overall still a good copy. No copy of this edition traced in any major library worldwide.

London : Phoenix Press, [ca.1950]. First edition. "Doris Devereaux tossed her shingled, blonde head defiantly and there was a look of obstinacy in her deep blue eyes. Doris was a remarkably pretty girl" - and she wanted to go on the stage. Her bachelor uncle and guardian, himself not averse to the company of actresses and chorus girls, raises objections. Published from Phoenix's post-1949 Kennington Lane address. Crown 8vo (19cm). 96pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers - an unsigned design by H. W. Perl; lightly rubbed and creased, with a couple of tiny chips; staples rusting; text a little tanned, but a good, solid copy of a scarce book. No copy located in any major library worldwide.

London : Phoenix Press, [ca.1946]. First edition. As they arrive in Paris, Madge Bradley rather regrets having become travelling companion to the fat, ugly, flashily-dressed, and intolerably rich widow, Mrs Brent. Published by Phoenix from their mid-1940s Deacon Street address. Crown 8vo (19cm). [96]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers - redhead, pink heels, wine and cigarettes - a typical design by H. W. Perl - Hyman Woolf Perlzweig (1897-1952); minor wear; some creasing; staples a touch rusted; text lightly tanned, but a very good copy of a very uncommon title. No copy of any edition located in major libraries worldwide.

London : Modern Fiction, [1949]. First edition. Pretty secretary Claire Norton, orphaned in the war, sexually harassed from her last job, lands a new position with celebrated author "John Mallory" - who turns out to be a Joan Mallory, with a handsome artist nephew. Passport required for a new world of Biarritz, Cauterets, Pau and the Pyrenees. Crown 8vo (19cm). 64pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers - an H. W. Perl blonde seemingly inspired by Marlene Dietrich; lightly rubbed; tiny chip at foot; 3cm chip to the slightly dusty rear wrapper, with the loss of a few letters; text lightly tanned, with some faint spotting to the outer leaves; but a good copy of an uncommon title. Just a single copy (British Library) traced in major libraries worldwide.

Archer Press, 1951. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Scarce Third Printing 1950 of the First Edition, published in the UK by Archer Press. 128pp. GGA cover art by Reginald Heade. A vintage sleaze novel. Soiling along the spine (glue oxidation), and wear in places, else Good to Very Good. 'A most frank and outspoken story of this terrible vice'.

Stoke-on-Trent : Archer Press, (1950). First edition. "After what you have done to me ... kill me!" is the teaser tag on the cover - a torrid tale of girlish indiscretion, marital disillusion, passion and deceit. "The wages of sin are sometimes even worse than death" sententiously adds the back cover. Somewhat incongruously set in a respectable London suburb - Wimbledon, I think, from memory (McKeag was living in Clapham at the time) - but this versatile author in top form, abetted by a sensational cover-design by Reginald Heade (1901-1957), finest of all the pulp-artists - and one of his very best. Crown 8vo (18cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; American price over-printed on upper wrapper; "Printed in England" stamp on title and copyright sticker on verso; a few faint signs of age; text a touch tanned, but a very good copy of a scarce and fragile item. Just two copies (British Library and Trinity College, Dublin) located in major libraries worldwide.