The Bookscans Database

May 19, 2005 11:40 AM

The Bookscans Database. A large collection of vintage paperback covers. (via Things Magazine)
posted by mania (7 comments total)

There have been other smaller collections posted, but not one this extensive.
posted by mania at 11:43 AM on May 19, 2005

Nice find, mania - that's some wicked fun browsing there.

On just a quick scan, I've already found an accidentally funny title (39 Gay Street!), an improbable paperback-writer pseudonym (Bliss Lomax!), a war-propaganda-meets-fetish-porn marvel (I Killed Stalin! Right After I Finished Whipping This Half-Naked Broad!), and a prime cut of impossible-to-make-up dime-store cheese (So Rich, So Dead!). Makes me wish I owned a fedora, a dude ranch, a Luger, or all three.

Swell stuff, chum. Real swell.
posted by gompa at 12:10 PM on May 19, 2005

Oh, man - and I just stumbled on Graphic, which apparently trafficked exclusively in novels that sound like Troy McClure movies. (You might remember him from such films as Say It With Bullets and Mugs, Molls and Dr. Harvey.)

Truly the bee's knees!
posted by gompa at 12:27 PM on May 19, 2005

This is, just, well... It's the shit is what it is. Awesome, thanks very very much. I love pulp paperbacks.
You Only Hang Once
Meat for Murder
Alphabet Hicks
A bunch of these early Dells are fantastic.
posted by Divine_Wino at 12:40 PM on May 19, 2005

Oh Lordy: Hangover House, Death for a Hussy, Your Shot Darling. Amazing find.
posted by Divine_Wino at 12:48 PM on May 19, 2005

Excellent find! Especially when it's so easy to head straight for the sleaze. (Jambalya Loverman?!?!?)
posted by brain_drain at 3:00 PM on May 19, 2005

Maybe our troops need to read this one.
posted by ahimsakid at 8:18 PM on May 19, 2005