Light The Dark Streets - C. Kilmer Myers

DOLPHIN BOOKS C193

NEW YORK, USA

1ST PRINTING 1961

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY THE SEABURY PRESS 1957

COVER DESIGN BY GEORGE GIUSTI

COVER PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF LOOK MAGAZINE

"Light the Dark Streets is written by the [Episcopalian] Vicar of St. Augustine's Chapel, on Henry Street in the heart of New York's Lower East Side. The story Father Myers tells often is not a pleasant one, but it is a compelling one nevertheless. It is the story of a great love of mankind bringing light to an area filled with the darkness of human misery of every kind. It is, of necessity, a personal story, for he has lived and worked closely with those he and his associates are trying to help.

"Henry Street is a slum area, overcrowded, poverty-ridden, and a breeding ground for tensions of all kinds. Yet it is home for nearly a quarter of a million people of all colors, races, and creeds - among them a gang of Negro boys who called themselves the Knights.

"Father Myers tells the individual stories of some of the members of the gang, what they felt, what influences were turning them into lawless rebels, what was done to try to help them, and the measure of success or failure. Among the problems that had to be combated were racial prejudice, sex, dope, poverty, broken homes, fear, and loneliness. He also tells the story of the gang as a unit, what brought it into existence, and the forces which motivated its actions."

-Law and Order

The Cool World Issue 5

THE COOL WORLD

ISSUE 5

AUSTRIA

2020

30 Copies

A limited printing 32-page A5 fanzine from Austria that features vintage European film programmes from the 1930's to 1990's and sometimes beyond. Text is in English (with film titles in the original country's language as well). Issue 5 came with 2 covers, a Clockwork Orange linocut and a Jayne Mansfield one (pictured) both limited to 15 copies. Heavily leaning to the exploitation genre, it's packed with images from the original programmes and printed in colour! This issue's films include The Leather Boys, Straw Dogs, Tower Of Evil, A Clockwork Orange, Man Bait, Emmanuelle and Lux Interior & Poison Ivy of The Cramps 5 favourite movies! Grab a copy while you can!

The Cool World Fanzine

The Cool World Broken Pencil Review

 

Corner Boy - Herbert Simmons

Out of today's screaming headlines, here is the world of jazz and pool halls, crap games and gang warfare, dope pushers and prostitutes - the violent jungle of today's lost youth - the world of Jake Adams

 

DELL BOOKS D245

NEW YORK, USA

1ST PRINTING OCTOBER 1958

COVER ART BY JAMES HILL

THIS 

IS

JAKE ADAMS

He is eighteen years old.

He has a closet full of custom-made suits, a Buick Dynaflow, and all the women he wants.

He pushes dope for The Organization.

He is the "Hero" of this book.

The Cool World - Warren Miller

 "Astonishing . . . a bitter, terrifying tale of our New York jungle."
-N.Y. HERALD TRIBUNE

CREST BOOKS s386

NEW YORK, USA

1ST PRINTING JULY 1960

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN HARDBACK BY LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY 1959

THE JUNGLE

In this shockingly authentic novel, warren Miller has caught the strangeness and wildness of the hopped-up, frenzied world of teenage street gangs. He lets Duke, War Lord of the Crocodiles, tell in his own words how they talk, think, live: what makes them fight . . . what makes them kill.

"When I come walking down the street people say 'Here come Duke. He cool. He got heart.' When they see me strut they know a rumble is on. I swinging with the gang tonight."

"Compared with Duke's 'cool world,' Studs Lonigan's Chicago or Tom Joad's Oklahoma are playgrounds for clergymen's children . . ."

-SATURDAY REVIEW

The Temple Of Gold - William Goldman

 A stunning novel of a lost generation - angry, rootless, defiant young men and women in a frantic search for fulfilment.

CORGI BOOKS GN969

LONDON, UK

1ST PRINTING 1961

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN HARDBACK BY KNOPF, USA 1957

William Goldman's THE TEMPLE OF GOLD

An angry library trustee wrote to the publishers that THE TEMPLE OF GOLD is a "blue-print for juvenile delinquency", and should be denied space on library shelves. We think he missed the point.

Actually, this enormously exciting, passionate, violent and touching book - - though it admittedly talks about sex with no holds barred, and is packed with scenes that shock and even horrify - - became an overnight, surprise bestseller because it is the truth - - the truth about the most controversial generation, told by one of them.

THE TEMPLE OF GOLD is a whale of a book. It can make you laugh. It can break your heart. It may make you shudder. You may not have the guts to like it. But you'd better read it.

THE EDITORS

The Amboy Dukes - Irving Shulman

A searing novel of New York's East Side drenched with the truth of real emotions.

CONSUL BOOKS 1088

LONDON, UK

1ST PRINTING 1962

THE AMBOY DUKES

Over two million copies of this novel have been sold in the United States. Of the novel, this has been said, "The Amboy Dukes represent a small minority among boy gangs, but because of over-crowded schools and tired teachers, racial and religious tensions, that small minority is becoming alarmingly less small. That is why Mr. Shulman's book is important and timely." With its slashing realism it is one of the best novels on juvenile delinquency ever written.

Cycle Fury - Reggie Carr

What happens when a gang of frenzied motorcycle outlaws takes over a small town? . . . with all the local girls as personal prisoners of war?

CHEVRON BOOKS WWNC 124

CLEVELAND, OHIO, USA

1ST PRINTING 1967

. . LUST-CRAZED MOTORCYCLE GANG THREATENS SMALL TOWN . . .

This could be a headline from today's newspaper. And what are the ingredients for this explosive situation?

The Devil Cats, rapacious motorcycle gang, roar into the peaceful village of Sanford to take over a lakeside beach . . . and threaten to add the local high school girls to their collection of anything-goes chicks.

Who are these sociopaths?

Zipper Hardy, their red-bearded Chief, rules his mob and his women - with an iron fist.

Lil Adams, his depraved girlfriend, who uses every weapon to hold on to Zip.

Ham, a giant Negro, delights in torturing the teen-followers who worship the Cats.

Terrible, Itchy and Joe. Their only laws are Take and Survive.

These and other members of their crew are pitted against the high schoolers:

Darcy Williams, the school temptress. Her desires for Zip hardy leaves her unsatisfied with . . .

Rod Baker, Darcy's ex-boyfriend, whose main desire is to re-establish his relationship with Darcy.

Kenneth Masters, school assistant-principal. His interest in Darcy is more passionate than pedagogical.

These groups must clash, and the situation boils on toward a gut-wrenching climax!