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!

Teen-Age Vice - Courtney Ryley Cooper

Revealed - The Shocking Truth!
Inspired by J. Edgar Hoover
Written in co-operation with the F.B.I.

DIGIT BOOKS R288

LONDON, UK

1ST PRINTING - NO DATE

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN HARDBACK AS 'DESIGNS IN SCARLET' BY LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY, USA 1939

TEEN-AGE VICE

By

COURTNEY RYLEY COOPER

They hold orgies in cellar clubs, go on juke-joint and motel 'honeymoons'. They get hopped up on liquor and dope, then rob and rape and murder. They are the young people under twenty-one who commit more than half of the major crimes in the U.S.A.

A DIGIT BOOK

Satori In Paris - Jack Kerouac

EVERGREEN BLACK CAT BOOKS BC-135

GROVE PRESS

NEW YORK, USA

1ST PRINTING 1966

JACK KEROUAC'S 

SATORI IN PARIS

TAKES YOU ON A JET-AGE ODYSSEY INTO ANCIENT FRANCE

"SATORI" IS THE JAPANESE WORD FOR "SUDDEN ILLUMINATION." "SUDDEN AWAKENING." OR SIMPLY "KICK IN THE EYE." KEROUAC TRAVELS WITH DAZZLING SPEED THROUGH DOZENS OF ADVENTURES ON THIS JOURNEY TO TRACE HIS SURNAME - ANY ONE OF WHICH, IN RETROSPECT, MAY BE HIS "SATORI."

HERE IS HIS ENCOUNTER WITH A FADED FRENCH BEAUTY IN A MONT-PARNASSE GANGSTER BAR . . . HIS SURREALISTIC CONVERSATION WITH HIS BRETON NAMESAKE. A MAN WITH A NOSE "AS GLEEFUL AS A RAZOR" . . . HIS NIGHT IN THE BAR OF THE GENTLE LADY . . . HIS EXPERIENCES WITH PARISIAN BOOKIES AND CAB DRIVERS.

THIS IS A BRIGHT ADDITION TO THE KEROUAC CANON.

The Ton Boys - Ken Leary

BUDGET BOOKS 0 7105 0170 6

BRIDLINGTON, ENGLAND

1ST PRINTING 1980

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY DIGIT BOOKS 1961

They were smart young kids with souped up motor cycles, ornamented black leather jackets and skid-lids.

They larked around and took big risks; but, in the main, they were harmless enough.

Until, that is, crime came unbidden into their midst . . .