The great American paperback
Subtitle: an illustrated tribute to legends of the book
By: by Richard A. Lupoff.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Collectors Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Paperbacks -- Publishing -- United States -- History; Paperbacks -- Publishing -- United States -- Pictorial works; Book covers -- United States -- History; Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History; Popular literature -- United States -- History and criticism
Genres: Pictorial works.
Description: "Few realized in 1938 that a revolution was about to take place. A little book appeared in drugstores and on newsstands that would fit into the typical pocket. There was no real binding, no dust jacket; just a colorful, laminated cover....by summer of 1939 everybody was buying and reading them. Regarded by many as disposable distractions, a few people put them aside and started collections that we realize are a valuable and collectible archive of American culture. From the glittering images of square-jawed cowboys to the gritty slum-dwellers of social realism, The Great American Paperback is a bountiful museum of over 600 brilliant covers, each of them a miniature gem evocative of the fashions and attitudes of its era."--book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-317) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Chapter One: Before the Begitinin6; title: ChapterTwo: Gertrude the Kangaroo 20; title: Chapter Three: .4 library,fr Americans46; title: Chapter Four: "Books are .i'apons"70; title: Chapter Five: The Home lroni 82; title: Chapter Six: BramerNew4 rld138; title: Chapter Seven: A Medaljor ('aptain Bill) 164; title: Chapter Eight: You Take the High Road; title: and I'll ake the Low Roadd186; title: Chapter Nine: hior league Stars226; title: Chapte,rTen: Under the C(umnter; title: and Out of'the Closet78; title: Chapter ieven: Where )o 14 Go From Here?31)2; title: Acknowledgements 314; title: Bilibliography31; title: Glossary 18; title: Index 320.