[Rarebooks] FS: Quirky Titles

[Michael John Thompson]

CRANE, Mark. HELON WHEELS. Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc. Publishers. 
[1943]. First edition. Octavo, original green cloth, gilt spine 
titles. 293 pp. A fine copy in a VG dust jacket with nice "good girl 
art" (which I always assumed meant "bad girl art") which has a few 
short closed tears & small splits. Set in Florida, the tale of a 
beautiful young woman who is literally "Hell on Wheels". A very 
uncommon book. $85

HUGH WAKEM. THE DIARY OF A SMUT-HOUND. A Crusader for Morality in 
Literature Supplies the World With a Valuable Insight Into His Life 
and Habits. Philadelphia: William Hodgson. [1930] (although the dust 
jacket states "William Faro, Inc, New York"). 12mo, original tan 
boards titled on spine. 63 pp. Very good copy in a good dust jacket, 
some stains , tears and internal tape. Overall, quite 
nice.  Chapters: A Nude is a Naked Woman; Magistrates and Decency; 
Booksellers and Babies; When Duty Becomes a Pleasure; Should a 
Bookseller Marry?; Loose Eggs; Mary's Lamb; and The Young Woman with 
the Very Red Hair. The biography of a man determined to keep 
booksellers from peddling smut -one can only assume that he failed 
miserably. $50

KILBON, George B. KNIFE WORK IN THE SCHOOL-ROOM. Springfield, Mass: 
Milton Bradley Co. [1890-1891]. Black cloth titled in gilt. [194] pp. 
Spine ends worn, front endpaper loose but present, good to very good. 
While this purports to be a work on juvenile deliquency in East LA, 
it truly is a book on woodworking. $30

LETTERS TO JOHN DOE by Old Fag.London: George Newnes Limited. No Date 
(circa 1920). Brown boards titled and decorated in darker brown. 204 
pp. Frontispiece and three plates. If nothing else, herein we have, 
as Chapter VIII, a letter on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, so if you 
have ever wanted a copy of "Old Fag on Frankenstein", here you go. $20


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