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Avon Books

This was the original camera ready artwork used in the production of the 1970 Avon paperback edition of the novel The Favorite Game by Leonard Cohen.

The Favorite Game

Artist: Milton Charles
Price:  $850.00

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art
Tagged With: Avon Books, Color Photograph, Leonard Cohen, paperback, The Favorite Game
Added to Gallery: April 11, 2018

This uninhibited and seedy painting by Raymond Johnson appeared as the cover of the 1953 Avon Books Paperback edition of The Untamed Wife Of Louis Scott. Originally published in 1950 under the title The Gift Of Glory, this W. Carrol Monroe novel told the story of Susan Scott, a dope fiend hedonist living a wanton life in post war America.  Though […]

The Untamed Wife Of Louis Scott

Artist: Raymond Johnson
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Avon Books, Golden Age, lurid, Orgy, original cover art, paperback, pulp, Raymond Johnson, sleaze
Added to Gallery: November 14, 2016

A blazing and risqué paperback cover painting by Mort Engel for the Avon paperback, Death Of A Hooker by Henry Kane. Featured is the alluring albeit misguided Kiki Kalmer, adorned only in ostrich plums in man-eater mode, prior to her joining the ranks of the infamous dead blonde club. Title slug reads… Here’s Peter Chambers, hip-deep […]

Death Of A Hooker

Artist: Mort Engel
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: Avon Books, Henry Kane, hooker, Mort Engel, paperback, sleaze
Added to Gallery: April 21, 2015

 

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    About Grapefruit Moon Gallery

    Grapefruit Moon Gallery, based in Minneapolis MN, specializes in vintage pin up and original illustration art.  We are the proud home of the Bunny Yeager archives.

    Since 2003, Grapefruit Moon Gallery has been a leading dealer of exclusive original paintings by Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas, Earl Moran, Rolf Armstrong and Henry Clive, as well as vintage photographs, prints, and period decorative arts in ceramic and metal.

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