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Juvenile Delinquency Books & Ephemera
JUNKIE / NARCOTIC AGENT
by Lee, William [William S. Burroughs] / Helbrant, Maurice
NY: Ace Double, 1953. [1st printing](1953) #D-15. Cover art is uncredited [Al Rossi]. Paperback original for "Junkie". Creasing; edge and corner wear with minor nicks and dings; tanning; first page erasures. In nicer condition than is usually the case.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.
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$750.00
RUMBLE
by Ellison, Harlan
NY: Pyramid, 1958. [1st printing] 1958; #G352. Cover art by Rudy DeReyna. Paperback original. A little creasing; mild tanning; edges slightly uneven.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+.
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$150.00
The J. D. Films: Juvenile Delinquency in the Movies
by McGEE, Mark Thomas; R. J. Robertson
Jefferson, NC & London: McFarland and Company, Inc, 1982. First Edition. Stiff illustrated wraps. Very Good. 8vo. Pp. x, 197. Illustrated with b&w production stills, posters and advertising. Foreword by actor Richard Bakalyan. With filmography, bibliography and index. Black & white photo illustrated stiff paper wraps. Edges minimally rubbed and age toned, binding tight. A perceptive, witty, non-academic study of the genre within its socio-cultural context, going well beyond Blackboard Jungle, Rebel...
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$50.00
Born Innocent
by BURNHAM, Creighton Brown
New York: Pyramid, 1959. First Thus. Trade paperback. Very Good. Bob Maguire (Robert Maguire). 8vo. Pp. 224. Pleasantly lurid cover art by Bob Maguire. Top right corner of cover creased; slight general wear. "Behind the walls of a girls' reformatory." Pyramid G414.
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$25.00
OUR TROUBLED YOUTH; Education Against Delinquency
by Mayer, Frederick
NY: Bantam, 1960. [1st printing] Feb. 1960: #A2088. Photo cover. Tape inside front hinge; edgewear with black ink added to spine edges; upper rear foredge corner scarred; creasing; stress; store stamp inside cover and on first page.. Mass Market Paperback. Good.
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$3.25
Female Convict; The Inside Story of a Women's Prison
by BURNS, Vincent G
New York: Pyramid, 1959. First Thus. Trade paperback. Good +. Robert Maguire (Bob). 8vo. Pp. 144. Cover art by Robert Maguire (Bob Maguire). A bit of wear to bottom left of front corner; dime-size abrasion on rear cover; a bit of loss to tail of spine. "The Inside Story of a Women's Prison" "The matrons wielded whips ... dope-peddling was rampant ... the warden provides special cells for his 'favorite' girls ... the crowded quarters encouraged unnatural yearnings." Pyramid 6377.
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$25.00
Memories of Days Gone By: Dedicated to the Memory of my son, 2nd Lient. Duane E. Atley
by ATLEY, Leona K
[Milwaukee]: [Self-Published], 1972. First Edition. Stiff Wrappers. Very Good. 4to. Pp. 112. Filled with correspondence, poems and reminiscences. Bound in stiff printed wrappers, side-stapled. Laid in is an unsigned letter referencing the author's teaching position in Seldovia, Alaska, on Cook Inlet, and a luncheon involving Floyd Starr and his effort with wayward boys. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Offsetting to the opposing pages where the letter was laid in.
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$25.00
THE COOL WORLD
by Miller, Warren
Greenwich, CT: Crest, 1960. 1st printing, July 1960; #s386. Cover art is uncredited. Creasing; falls open to p. 49; edge and corner wear; uneven edges; tanning.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good.
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$8.00
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Flip Side Magazine Issue #40 [Flipside; Flip-Side] Cover Featuring MIA and Agression
by KOWALESKI, Al, et al
Whittier, California: Al Kowaleski, 1983. First Edition. Glossy wrappers saddle-stapled. Good. 4to (8.25 x 11 inches). Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photography and comix. Printed on newspaper stock with photo-illustrated glossy wraps, saddle-stapled. Covers and text leaves mottled as a result of one-time dampness. All leaves legible and otherwise presentable. The fanzine that became staple (and label) of the 1980s skatepunk underground. This issue with a primary focus on LA...
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$30.00
Dope The Story of the Living Dead
by BLACK, Winifred
New York: Star Company, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Pp. vii, 1-104. Foreword by Fremont Older. Bound in black cloth with yellow lettering stamped on front board and spine. Sporadic pencil underscoring; cloth a bit soiled and edge-worn. An expose designed to alarm the populace with grand generalizations. A quote from one addict: "cocain [sic] commits over 60 percent of the crimes of violence in America today ... the gang who are going to rob a bank or hold up a little shop keeper pep up...
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$50.00
Institute on Juvenile Delinquency
by [JUVENILE DELINQUENCY]
Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. ix, 180. A collection of essays from judges, police officials, psychiatrists, government officials, et al. The Institute was formed as a division of the Southwestern Law Enforcement Institute, itself part of the Southwestern Legal Foundation, in Dallas, Texas. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Slight offsetting to front cover, else Fine. Among the more enticing subjects are...
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$30.00
Tulsa - SIGNED by Clark
by CLARK, Larry
[New York]: [Larry Clark], 1979. Second Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photography. Bound in full black cloth, silver lettering stamped on spine. In the dust jacket that shows some edge-wear, notably at top edge near the spine, and at the top fore-edge corners. Signed by Larry Clark in black ink on the title page. The first printing was issued in 1971, stiff printed wrappers. This printing, in cloth with dust...
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$500.00
The Good Citizens
by BOLAND, John
London: George G. Harrap & Co. LTD, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Ionicus (Joshua Charles Armitage). 8vo. Pp. 200. Bound in pale blue cloth with dark blue lettering stamped on spine, author's signature in facsimile on front board. Light dust soiling to top edge. In the three-color dust jacket illustrated by Joshua Charles Armitage, who worked under the pen name Ionicus. Price of 16/- net intact on front flap. A foreign correspondent redeems his drink-sotted...
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$60.00
THE MAGICIAN
by Stein, Sol
NY: Dell, 1972. 1st printing, Sept. 1972; #5157. Cover art is uncredited. Short edge tears; upper foredge corner has been wet; date-stamp top end.. Mass Market Paperback. Good+ to Very Good-.
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$3.00
THE BEAT GENERATION
by Zugsmith, Albert (Based on Screenplay by Richard Matheson & Lewis Meltzer)
NY: Bantam, 1959. [1st printing] Apr. 1959; #1965. Cover art by Barye. Paperback original. Movie tie-in. Light lean; tanning; minor rubbing and edgewear; mild tanning; minor cover erasure.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.
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$35.00
The Block
by SCHOENSTEIN, Ralph
New York: Random House, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Good+/Good+. 8vo. Pp. 137. Bound in tan cloth with black lettering stamped on spine. Light dampstain to lower corners of cover. In the illustrated dust jacket that shows a darkened spine. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Inscription reads: For -- , A splendid writer and delightful guy / from the kid who was king of your sewers / [signed] Ralph". Memoir of growing up on Riverside Drive, swimming at the Shelton...
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$30.00
TOMBOY
by Ellson, Hal
NY: Bantam, 1957. 6th printing, Feb. 1957 (New Edition); #1561. Cover art by Mitchell Hooks. Short tears with small loss at heel, which has likely been glue-mended; several loose pages; tanning.. Mass Market Paperback. Good.
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$3.00
RICKEY
by Calitri, Charles
NY: Popular Library, 1953. [1st printing] June 1953; #503; green endpages. Cover art is uncredited. Stress; rubbing; drip of red paint, small, on rear; #6 in pencil on rear.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good-.
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$7.00
THE JUNGLE KIDS
by Hunter, Evan
NY: Dell, 1967. 1st printing, July 1967; #4331. Cover photo. Paperback original. Tanning; stress; creasing; edgewear.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.
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$15.00
JADIE GREENWAY
by Young, I. S
NY: Avon, 1950. [1st printing](1950) #269. Cover art is uncredited. Edgewear; tanning; cover falls a little shy of text block.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+.
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$8.00
ROCK; A Novel of the Harlem Streets
by Ellson, Hal
NY: Ballantine, 1955. [1st printing](1955) #103. Cover art is uncredited. Paperback original. Creasing; edge and corner nicks with minor losses; tanning; page #s in pencil on title page and many other prncil marks internally.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.
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$12.50
To Goof or Not to Goof -- SIGNED copy
by CLARK, Dick
(New York): Bernard Geis Associates (distributed by Random House), 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Don Trawin. 8vo. Pp. 212, followed by one-page note about the author. Illustrated with line drawings by Don Trawin. Bound in blue cloth stamped with white lettering, over yellow paper-covered boards. The figure "37N" is stamped to top right corner of FFEP, along with a black dot. A bit of soiling to covers; Shallow chips to dust jacket, with original price decal on rear panel....
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$50.00
ROCK
by Wagoner, David
NY: Bantam, 1959. [1st printing] Dec. 1959; #A2020. Cover art by A. Creased and edgeworn; hinge tears; paint drips on front; quarter to half-dollar sized scar to rear; minor soiling; spine feels weak.. Mass Market Paperback. Reading Copy.
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$3.00
![Teenage Lust - An Autobiography by Larry Clark [subtitle taken from page following title page] SIGNED First Edition](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/506/287/1580287506.0.b.jpg)
Teenage Lust - An Autobiography by Larry Clark [subtitle taken from page following title page] SIGNED First Edition
by CLARK, Larry
(New York): [Larry Clark], 1983. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Very Good. 4to. Unpaginated. Frontis. portrait (Clark as a child, with his family). Lavishly illustrated with photo plates, followed by a 27-page autobiographical sketch. Bound in stiff wraps, photo-illustrated on front cover; lettering printed on spine. Spine mildly creased; fore-edge corners a trifle worn. Withal, a bright copy. Signed by Clark in black ink on the title page. Stated first edition. Of a book usually found at least...
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$650.00
Born Innocent -- SIGNED copy
by BURNHAM, Creighton Brown
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. 293. Bound in cream-color cloth with black lettering stamped on front cover and spine. Slight abrasion to FFEP where a price decal was removed. Photo-illustrated dust jacket price-clipped and with crease on front panel. A handsome, eminently presentable copy. Creighton Burnham was superintendent of the State Industrial School for Girls in Tecumseh, Oklahoma, where she oversaw "two hundred seventy-six girls...
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$50.00
