Rex Stout - Black Orchids
Pyramid Books R-917, 1963
Cover Artist: Paul Bacon Studios

"Nero Wolfe builds a trap for a killer - with his own life as bait."

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Betty White - Teen-Age Dance Book
Perma Books M4123, 1958
Cover Design: Paul Bacon

"A gay and streamlined guide to modern dancing."

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William H. MacNeill - Plagues and Peoples
Anchor Press, 1976
Cover Design: Paul Bacon

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Michael Leigh - The Velvet Underground
MacFadden Books 60-142, 1963
Cover Artist: Paul Bacon Studio

"Come to the party – and bring your wife!"

Michael Leigh’s book about the secret sexual subculture of the early ‘60s became the inspiration for The Velvet Underground’s name when a friend of John Cale showed the book to the group. The band considered the name to be evocative of underground cinema.

Michael Leigh was a pseudonym of Harry Roskolenko

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Michael Leigh - The Velvet Underground
Macfadden Books 60-142, 1963
Cover Artist: Paul Bacon Studio

"Come to the party -- and bring your wife!"

Michael Leigh’s book about the secret sexual subculture of the early ‘60s became the inspiration for The Velvet Underground’s name when a friend of John Cale showed the book to the group. The band considered the name to be evocative of underground cinema.

Michael Leigh was a pseudonym of Harry Roskolenko

Tags:   wife swapping orgy vintage paperback macfadden harry roskolenko

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