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THE JUNGLE KIDS

by Hunter, Evan

NY: Dell, 1967. 1st printing, July 1967; #4331. Cover photo. Paperback original. Tanning; stress; creasing; edgewear.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

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£12.14

ROCK

by Wagoner, David

NY: Bantam, 1959. [1st printing] Dec. 1959; #A2020. Cover art by A. Creased and edgeworn; hinge tears; paint drips on front; quarter to half-dollar sized scar to rear; minor soiling; spine feels weak.. Mass Market Paperback. Reading Copy.

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£2.43

OUR TROUBLED YOUTH; Education Against Delinquency

by Mayer, Frederick

NY: Bantam, 1960. [1st printing] Feb. 1960: #A2088. Photo cover. Tape inside front hinge; edgewear with black ink added to spine edges; upper rear foredge corner scarred; creasing; stress; store stamp inside cover and on first page.. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

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£2.63

To Goof or Not to Goof -- SIGNED copy

by CLARK, Dick

(New York): Bernard Geis Associates (distributed by Random House), 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Don Trawin. 8vo. Pp. 212, followed by one-page note about the author. Illustrated with line drawings by Don Trawin. Bound in blue cloth stamped with white lettering, over yellow paper-covered boards. The figure "37N" is stamped to top right corner of FFEP, along with a black dot. A bit of soiling to covers; Shallow chips to dust jacket, with original price decal on rear panel.... Read more about this item

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£40.48

Institute on Juvenile Delinquency

by [JUVENILE DELINQUENCY]

Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. ix, 180. A collection of essays from judges, police officials, psychiatrists, government officials, et al. The Institute was formed as a division of the Southwestern Law Enforcement Institute, itself part of the Southwestern Legal Foundation, in Dallas, Texas. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Slight offsetting to front cover, else Fine. Among the more enticing subjects are... Read more about this item

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£24.28

Dope The Story of the Living Dead

by BLACK, Winifred

New York: Star Company, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Pp. vii, 1-104. Foreword by Fremont Older. Bound in black cloth with yellow lettering stamped on front board and spine. Sporadic pencil underscoring; cloth a bit soiled and edge-worn. An expose designed to alarm the populace with grand generalizations. A quote from one addict: "cocain [sic] commits over 60 percent of the crimes of violence in America today ... the gang who are going to rob a bank or hold up a little shop keeper pep up... Read more about this item

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£40.48

Complete Run of CREEP [and] BASEMENT Vol. I No. I.

by [PUNK-NEW WAVE UNDERGROUND - Zines]

San Francisco: Creep Productions, 1979. First Printings. Printed Warppers Saddle-Stapled. Very Good. Complete run of six issues. 4to (8.25 x 10.75 inches). Printed by black-and-white photocopy. Filled throughout with illustrations and photographs. The first five issues are titled CREEP, while the last issue, printed via photocopy, and also published by Creep Productions, had a name change to BASEMENT. Light age-toning, with slight soiling to cover of first issue. Withal, a well-preserved set. A lively... Read more about this item

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£890.45

The Good Citizens

by BOLAND, John

London: George G. Harrap & Co. LTD, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Ionicus (Joshua Charles Armitage). 8vo. Pp. 200. Bound in pale blue cloth with dark blue lettering stamped on spine, author's signature in facsimile on front board. Light dust soiling to top edge. In the three-color dust jacket illustrated by Joshua Charles Armitage, who worked under the pen name Ionicus. Price of 16/- net intact on front flap. A foreign correspondent redeems his drink-sotted... Read more about this item

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£48.57

Flip Side Magazine Issue #38 [Flipside; Flip-Side] 1983: Cover Features Mike Ness

by KOWALESKI, Al, et al

Whittier, California: Al Kowaleski, 1983. First Edition. Glossy wrappers saddle-stapled. Very Good. 4to (8.25 x 11 inches). Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photography and comix. Printed on newspaper stock with photo-illustrated glossy wraps, saddle-stapled. Covers a tad mottled, else a solid, presentable copy. The fanzine that became staple (and label) of the 1980s skatepunk underground. This issue with a primary focus on LA bands, but with features on regional scenes,... Read more about this item

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£32.38

The Making of Men

by [JUVENILE DELINQUENCY] COOMBES, B.A., A.M.S.T., J. W

London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Pp. [1-16], 353, [1]. Frontis. photo. Illustrated with 37 black-and-white photos. With a line drawing of the penitentiary, featuring two moats. Glossary of Indian words and terms. Index. Bound in green cloth with black rules on front cover, black lettering stamped on spine. With stamp on fore and top edge, "File Copy Not to be Taken Away." Several leaves unopened. With two contemporary Seeley promotional brochures,... Read more about this item

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£40.48

The Night Climbers of Cambridge

by Whipplesnaith

London: Chatto and Windus, 1953. Early Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good+. 8vo. Pp. viii, 183. Frontis. photo. Amply illustrated throughout with superb nocturnal photography. Bound in full blue cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine. Very slight suggestion of spine lean. In the photo-illustrated dust jacket that shows light edge-wear, price of 15s intact on the front flap. (Please excuse glare in photos.). Top-notch treatment of the short-lived phenomenon of youth climbing... Read more about this item

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£121.42

Teenage Lust - An Autobiography by Larry Clark [subtitle taken from page following title page] SIGNED First Edition

by CLARK, Larry

(New York): [Larry Clark], 1983. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Very Good. 4to. Unpaginated. Frontis. portrait (Clark as a child, with his family). Lavishly illustrated with photo plates, followed by a 27-page autobiographical sketch. Bound in stiff wraps, photo-illustrated on front cover; lettering printed on spine. Spine mildly creased; fore-edge corners a trifle worn. Withal, a bright copy. Signed by Clark in black ink on the title page. Stated first edition. Of a book usually found at least... Read more about this item

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£526.18

The J. D. Films: Juvenile Delinquency in the Movies

by McGEE, Mark Thomas; R. J. Robertson

Jefferson, NC & London: McFarland and Company, Inc, 1982. First Edition. Stiff illustrated wraps. Very Good. 8vo. Pp. x, 197. Illustrated with b&w production stills, posters and advertising. Foreword by actor Richard Bakalyan. With filmography, bibliography and index. Black & white photo illustrated stiff paper wraps. Edges minimally rubbed and age toned, binding tight. A perceptive, witty, non-academic study of the genre within its socio-cultural context, going well beyond Blackboard Jungle, Rebel... Read more about this item

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£40.48

Born Innocent

by BURNHAM, Creighton Brown

New York: Pyramid, 1959. First Thus. Trade paperback. Very Good. Bob Maguire (Robert Maguire). 8vo. Pp. 224. Pleasantly lurid cover art by Bob Maguire. Top right corner of cover creased; slight general wear. "Behind the walls of a girls' reformatory." Pyramid G414.

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£20.24

THE GIRL FROM HARRISON HIGH

by Farris, John

NY: Pocket Books, 1968. 1st printing, May 1968; #77002. Photo cover. Paperback original. Tanned; creasing; corner wear; rubbing.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

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£9.71

Born Innocent -- SIGNED copy

by BURNHAM, Creighton Brown

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. 293. Bound in cream-color cloth with black lettering stamped on front cover and spine. Slight abrasion to FFEP where a price decal was removed. Photo-illustrated dust jacket price-clipped and with crease on front panel. A handsome, eminently presentable copy. Creighton Burnham was superintendent of the State Industrial School for Girls in Tecumseh, Oklahoma, where she oversaw "two hundred seventy-six girls... Read more about this item

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£40.48

PLATINUM HIGH SCHOOL

by Shulman, Irving

NY: Bantam, 1960. [1st printing] May 1960; #A2103. Cover art is uncredited. Creasing; lean; edge and corner wear; mild tanning; slight rubbing.. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Good to Very Good-.

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£6.48

Tulsa - SIGNED by Clark

by CLARK, Larry

[New York]: [Larry Clark], 1979. Second Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photography. Bound in full black cloth, silver lettering stamped on spine. In the dust jacket that shows some edge-wear, notably at top edge near the spine, and at the top fore-edge corners. Signed by Larry Clark in black ink on the title page. The first printing was issued in 1971, stiff printed wrappers. This printing, in cloth with dust... Read more about this item

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£404.75

The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets

by ADDAMS, Jane

New York: Macmillan Company, 1912. Reprint, February 1912. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Pp. 162. Bound in dark blue cloth with black lettering stamped on the cover and gilt lettering on the spine. Cover lightly stained. Previous owner name inked on front paste-down endpaper. Pages clean and crisp but slightly age toned. "The Macmillan Standard Library" stamped on cover.

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£20.24

Flip Side Magazine Issue #40 [Flipside; Flip-Side] Cover Featuring MIA and Agression

by KOWALESKI, Al, et al

Whittier, California: Al Kowaleski, 1983. First Edition. Glossy wrappers saddle-stapled. Good. 4to (8.25 x 11 inches). Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photography and comix. Printed on newspaper stock with photo-illustrated glossy wraps, saddle-stapled. Covers and text leaves mottled as a result of one-time dampness. All leaves legible and otherwise presentable. The fanzine that became staple (and label) of the 1980s skatepunk underground. This issue with a primary focus on LA... Read more about this item

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£24.28

ROAD KID (The Dark Adventure)

by Pease, Howard

NY: Bantam, 1953. 1st printing, May/June 1953; #1110. Cover art is uncredited. Many corner creased pages and cover at lower front foredge - cover is chipped, or worn at same; lean; a little creasing; tanning.. Mass Market Paperback. Good to Very Good-.

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£12.14

Memories of Days Gone By: Dedicated to the Memory of my son, 2nd Lient. Duane E. Atley

by ATLEY, Leona K

[Milwaukee]: [Self-Published], 1972. First Edition. Stiff Wrappers. Very Good. 4to. Pp. 112. Filled with correspondence, poems and reminiscences. Bound in stiff printed wrappers, side-stapled. Laid in is an unsigned letter referencing the author's teaching position in Seldovia, Alaska, on Cook Inlet, and a luncheon involving Floyd Starr and his effort with wayward boys. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Offsetting to the opposing pages where the letter was laid in.

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£20.24

SAVAGE DELINQUENTS

by Bennett, Alan

NY: Macfadden, 1968. [1st printing] 1968; #60-360. Photo cover. Tanning; edge and corner wear; minor creasing.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+ to Near Fine.

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£16.19

THE COOL WORLD

by Miller, Warren

Greenwich, CT: Crest, 1960. 1st printing, July 1960; #s386. Cover art is uncredited. Creasing; falls open to p. 49; edge and corner wear; uneven edges; tanning.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

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£6.48

Female Convict; The Inside Story of a Women's Prison

by BURNS, Vincent G

New York: Pyramid, 1959. First Thus. Trade paperback. Good +. Robert Maguire (Bob). 8vo. Pp. 144. Cover art by Robert Maguire (Bob Maguire). A bit of wear to bottom left of front corner; dime-size abrasion on rear cover; a bit of loss to tail of spine. "The Inside Story of a Women's Prison" "The matrons wielded whips ... dope-peddling was rampant ... the warden provides special cells for his 'favorite' girls ... the crowded quarters encouraged unnatural yearnings." Pyramid 6377.