The Art of Pulp Fiction
An Illustrated History of Vintage Paperbacks
$90.49
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2021
Summary
The Art of Pulp Fiction: An Illustrated History of Vintage Paperbacks
This book chronicles the history of pocket-sized paperbound books designed for mass-market consumption, specifically concentrating on the period from 1940 to 1970. These three decades saw paperbacks eclipse cheap pulp magazines and expensive clothbound books as the most popular delivery vehicle for escapist fiction. To catch the eyes of potential buyers, they were adorned with covers that were invariably vibrant, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781684057993 |
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| ISBN-10: | 168405799X |
| Author: | Ed Hulse, Richard A. Lupoff |
| Publisher: | Idea & Design Works |
| Imprint: | Idea & Design Works |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2021 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 248mm |
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About The Author
Ed Hulse
Ed Hulse is a journalist and pop-culture historian who covered the motion picture and home video industries for many years. He has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Variety, Playboy, Premiere, and Entertainment Weekly. Between 1986 and 1990 his work was syndicated by The Washington Post Writers’ Group. For 14 years he edited the award-winning pulp/pop culture journal Blood ‘n’ Thunder. His books include The Blood ‘n’ Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction, Distressed Damsels and Masked Marauders, The Wild West of Fiction and Film, Wage Slaves in the Dream Factory and others, among them The Art of the Pulps, co-edited with Doug Ellis. Hulse’s Murania Press publishes the Forgotten Classics of Pulp Fiction series and non-fiction books documenting various aspects of American popular culture.
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