Vintage paperback cover galleries on Flickr

"I'm Learning to Share" has posted three nice galleries of old paperback covers on Flickr: 40s mysteries, 50s and 60s mysteries, and 60s and 70s scholastic book club covers.

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[#1 posted by Evil Jim , February 7, 2008 1:24 PM]

"... good in the head and good in bed." would have sounded better.

[#2 posted by JeremiahBritt , February 7, 2008 1:33 PM]

That's a beautifully awkward poem, like a limerick penned by a drunken lecher.

[#3 posted by Lauren O , February 7, 2008 1:34 PM]

Man, I wish that guy from the Cure would stop trying to write romance novels.

[#4 posted by semiotix , February 7, 2008 1:34 PM]

I can feel my brain tying itself in knots as it tries to unravel the fractal-like layers of innuendo on that cover.

[#5 posted by Jeff , February 7, 2008 1:37 PM]

It sounds like soft porn to me. I guess there must be a market for the stuff. Although, with free porn on the web, who needs to read about it? I bet the next big IPO will be for Youporn. I wonder how many Boing Boing readers would invest in a porn site? It does seem to be very popular stuff.

[#6 posted by Bionicrat2 , February 7, 2008 1:42 PM]

Add a gap tooth and the gal on the cover is the spitting image of Blond Ambition Tour Madonna - clothes and all.

[#7 posted by Antinous , February 7, 2008 1:45 PM]

I bet the next big IPO will be for Youporn.

X-Tube?
Obviously NSFW.

When are we going to have BoingBoingDating? GM, 50, into Retrofuturism, snark, LOLcats seeks similar. No DRM, guns, steampunk. kthxbye.

[#8 posted by amelia_amelia_amelia , February 7, 2008 2:22 PM]

My favorite one on there is the picture for "Baby Island" in the scholastic book section ... I seem to recall reading this as a young child, so I looked it up on wikipedia, and the summary amuses me:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Island

"Their ship is disabled in a storm, and the girls are set adrift in a lifeboat -- alone with four babies under two, the children of fellow passengers. The craft eventually drifts to a tropical island, and in a Robinson Crusoe-like scenario, they must learn to build shelter and survive on wild foodstuffs. They do this with great success, while raising the babies through various developmental milestones and adopting a baby monkey who they raise alongside the babies."

[#9 posted by trikitixa , February 7, 2008 2:53 PM]

Was there ever a truer maxim?

My favorite pulp that I actually read:
http://flickr.com/photos/hangfirebooks/2083485212/

Someone I knew swiped it my copy from me and I had a serious feud with them about it for YEARS.

[#10 posted by rhys , February 7, 2008 8:11 PM]

connie, eh? i bet that's the wife of a certain j.r."bob" dobbs, up to her usual tricks.

there are some great books along these lines. i own this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Sisters-Lesbian-Fiction-1949-1969/dp/0140284028/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202443307&sr=8-1

[#11 posted by jonbro , February 7, 2008 9:44 PM]

I really like all the bad winkwinknudgenudge puns:

margin of _terror_

[#12 posted by Songe , February 7, 2008 10:58 PM]

Elise it doesn't matter, if it whistles

[#13 posted by isaacb2 , February 8, 2008 11:13 AM]

This guy is telling his friend a joke. He says, "What's pink, hangs on a wall, and whistles?"

His friend says, "I don't know -- what's pink, hangs on a wall, and whistles?"

Guy: "A herring."

Friend: "But a herring isn't pink."

Guy: "So this herring is pink!"

Friend: "And hanging on a wall?"

Guy: "Someone could've hung it on the wall."

Friend: "And I've never heard of a herring that could whistle!"

Guy: "So, it doesn't whistle."

[#14 posted by TayArgJosh18 , February 8, 2008 11:58 AM]

Someone said Madonna? I thought it was Xeni. :)