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Are we the only one who is absolutely smitten with old pulp novels? More specifically, we love their cover art.

As A Reader's Respite has been busily moving into our new abode, we're bemoaning the fact that Mr. RR won't allow us to decorate the new place with reproduction prints of pulp novel covers.




Do you think this one hung in the living room would send the wrong message to my kids?



Perhaps a print of this in the entryway would discourage the neighbors from being too friendly?



Perfect for the game room, wouldn't you say? Subtitle: She Gave Her Charms to the Highest Bidder.


Not quite sure how this book never made it onto the shelves around here. There is a librarian in the title, a book on the cover, what's not to love?



This one on the wall in the master bedroom might give Mr. RR a complex. (Or not.)



We love the front cover description: The Uncensored Confessions of a Trailer Camp Tramp.


*Sigh* Time for a trip to the old, used bookstore. If we can't hang them on our walls, we can at least add them to our bookshelf.




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18 comments:

  1. bermudaonionSeptember 19, 2009 at 10:56 AM

    What in the world is wrong with Mr. RR?

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  2. TrishaSeptember 19, 2009 at 11:32 AM

    Those are absolutely fantastic! I have got to get my hands on them. I'm thinking you might give the I Prefer Girls cover art a shot in the bedroom..Me thinks he won't protest too much.

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  3. LisaSeptember 19, 2009 at 1:10 PM

    Our lit festival this year is all about pulp fiction and the art!

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  4. MisfitSeptember 19, 2009 at 1:34 PM

    Priceless, although I can't imagine what Mr. RR is worried about.

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  5. caiteSeptember 19, 2009 at 2:02 PM

    I suspect that if Mr. RR were going to get a complex, he would have it by now. ;-)

    I can totally imagine a home decorated with these images, poster sized. A bizarre home....

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  6. The Book ResortSeptember 19, 2009 at 2:15 PM

    I love pulp fiction & the art work is fabulous.

    Gotta love The Uncensored Confessions of a Trailer Camp Tramp.

    Have fun @ the used bookstore.

    Blessings in the new home, Michele.

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  7. Sandy NawrotSeptember 19, 2009 at 2:27 PM

    See, Michele, I think this is the solution you've been looking for, to silence those parties that were spreading rumors about you and Mr. RR. Hang these puppies up on your walls and see what they say then! I am totally digging these!

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  8. Susan HigginbothamSeptember 19, 2009 at 5:01 PM

    Love 'em! It must have been fun being a cover artist in those days.

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  9. JennersSeptember 19, 2009 at 6:33 PM

    These are fantastic!! I would love a pulp novel coffee table book. I'm sure there is one somewhere!

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  10. Beth FSeptember 20, 2009 at 4:55 AM

    Mr. RR needs to look again! Who can resist Reno Tramp or Sin on Wheels?

    Love, love, love them.


    Hope the move isn't too painful.

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  11. Dawn @ sheIsTooFondOfBooksSeptember 20, 2009 at 2:18 PM

    Can you get away with SIN ON WHEELS in the garage (well, the poster, I mean. The actual sinning is up to you :) )

    Great finds!

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  12. VeensSeptember 21, 2009 at 12:28 AM

    :) I can understand how Mr. RR might feel about these ;)

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  13. Meytal RadzinskiSeptember 21, 2009 at 1:43 AM

    Re: "Marijuana Girl" - I really feel that the author (or publisher, perhaps) didn't know very much about drugs... Those blurbs hardly even make sense given the context. Now, if the book was "Meth Girl"...

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  14. MargSeptember 21, 2009 at 1:58 AM

    There are some fantastic pulp covers aren't there. Almost a lost art form!

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  15. KristenSeptember 21, 2009 at 1:18 PM

    I totally love these! And I actually have Sin on Wheels on a bookmark that I picked up somewhere. Might be time to dig the bookmark out and see if there's a specific company doing the retro covers to bookmark thing.

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  16. DaveSeptember 21, 2009 at 1:27 PM

    When did we get so p.c. with our book covers? Oh for the good old "Mad Men" days of cocktails during work.

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  17. Cat PerrySeptember 22, 2009 at 8:06 AM

    I just ordered one of the more famous lesbian pulp fiction novels, "Beebo Brinker"! I must wholeheartedly agree that the covers should be wrapped around saucy tales on our bookshelves, and splayed in the bathroom, bedroom, and kitchen! Their not-so-subtle illustrations beckon passion, intrigue, mystery, and humor(!) to the surface. What, I say, WHAT goes better with waffles and tea in the morning?!

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  18. Ladytink_534September 22, 2009 at 11:31 AM

    Oh I want to read all of these lol. LOVE these covers :)

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