Löwenbrow (104 books)

tabloid, lowbrow, vernacular, mass market, folk ballads, true crime dective and men's adventure magazines, pulpy, burlesque, surrealist smut, exploitation cinema, kitsch

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1		Life Turns Man Up and Down: High Life, Useful Advice, and Mad English by Kurt Thometz (Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		1929 and Mad Balls: Surrealist Erotica by Louis Aragon 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		Sin-a-Rama: Expanded Edition: Sleaze Sex Paperbacks of the Sixties by Adam Parfrey (Editor) 4.27 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 149, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		The Book of Zines: Readings from the Fringe by Chip Rowe (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.93 avg rating — 94 ratings score: 149, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		Three Naughty French Novels by Alfred de Musset 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 147, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Sex and Horror: The Art of Emanuele Taglietti (1) by Emanuele Taglietti (Illustrator) 4.42 avg rating — 64 ratings score: 140, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		Trash: The Graphic Genius of Xploitation Movie Posters by Jacques Boyreau 4.28 avg rating — 58 ratings score: 136, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		Hip Pocket Sleaze: The Lurid World of Vintage Adult Paperbacks by John Harrison 3.72 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 135, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		Xerox Ferox: The Wild World of the Horror Film Fanzine by John Szpunar 4.23 avg rating — 56 ratings score: 118, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		Bleeding Skull!: A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey by Joseph A. Ziemba 4.35 avg rating — 111 ratings score: 116, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		Fables in Slang by George Ade 3.62 avg rating — 66 ratings score: 101, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		Merry Laughter and Angry Curses: The Shanghai Tabloid Press, 1897-1911 by Juan Wang it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		Satan Lives for My Love!: Sex and Sadism in Marvel's Horror Pulps, 1938-1940 by Ed Hulse 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		Cruel Deeds and Dreadful Calamities: The Illustrated Police News 1864-1938 by Linda Stratmann (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 46 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		The Leather Nun and Other Incredibly Strange Comics by Paul Gravett 3.53 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16		Wildmen, Wobblies & Whistle Punks: Stewart Holbrook's Lowbrow Northwest by Stewart H. Holbrook 4.06 avg rating — 96 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16		Clown Paintings by Diane Keaton 3.86 avg rating — 35 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18		War over Lemuria: Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the Strangest Chapter of 1940s Science Fiction by Richard Toronto (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 39 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19		It's a Man's World: Men's Adventure Magazines, the Postwar Pulps by Adam Parfrey (Editor) 4.27 avg rating — 113 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20		Making Tin Can Toys (Applewood Books) by Edward Thatcher 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21		Kitsch & Design Gráfico by Jefferson Wille Kielwagen it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22		They Say It's Boring And More, Much More of the Same by John Taylor 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23		Bug House Poetry: The Complete Works of Richard Griffin by Richard Griffin it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24		O Rare Amanda!: The Life of Amanda McKittrick Ros by Jack Loudan 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25		The Unsophisticated Arts by Barbara Mildred Jones 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26		For a Short Time Only: Itinerants and the Resurgence of Popular Culture in Early America by Peter Benes 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27		Down Home Gynecology by Marvin Jaffee 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28		Barbarians on Bikes: Bikers and Motorcycle Gangs in Men's Pulp Adventure Magazines by Robert Deis (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29		As Above, So Below: Art of the American Fraternal Society, 1850-1930 by Lynne Adele 4.38 avg rating — 42 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30		Burleycue: An Underground History of Burlesque Days by Bernard Sobel really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31		Immortalia:An Anthology of American Ballads, Sailors' Songs, Cowboy Songs, College Songs, Parodies, Limericks, and Other Humorous Verses and Doggerel by Anonymous 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32		Collectible Girlie Glasses by Tigre McMullan liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33		Down the Badger Hole. R. Lionel Fanthorpe: The Badger Years by R. Lionel Fanthorpe 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34		B Is for Bad Cinema: Aesthetics, Politics, and Cultural Value by Claire Perkins (editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35		The Life: The Lore and Folk Poetry of the Black Hustler by Dennis Wepman 4.39 avg rating — 59 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36		Los Angeles Barrio Calligraphy by Jerry Romotsky liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37		Whimsical Elegance: The Costumed Cat Dolls of Helen Cohen by Helen Cohen it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38		Poems, Prose & Short Stories by David Allan Coe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39		Mountain Dew: Hillbilly Collectables: A History of Mt. Dew through Advertising by Wayne Burgess 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40		Flash from the Bowery: Classic American Tattoos, 1900-1950 (An Archive of 900+ Vintage Flash Art Pieces from the Golden Age - Nautical Themes, Asian ... Flowers, Boxers, Circus Characters, & More) by Cliff White 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41		Big Book of TV Theme Songs by Hal Leonard Corporation (Creator) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42		Imponderable: The Archives of Tony Oursler by Jordan Bear (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43		Camera Club Girls by Jim Linderman it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44		The Complete Brute by Malcolm Bennett 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45		Sauce by Ronnie Barker 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46		Young Lusty Sluts by Michael R. Goss 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47		Destruction Kings (Sinful Cinema, Vol 3) by Doug Brunell (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48		Some Call It Kitsch, Masterpieces of Bourgeois Realism by Aleksa Čelebonović 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49		Folk Photography: The American Real-Photo Postcard, 1905-1930 by Lucy Sante 4.43 avg rating — 49 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50		That Toddlin' Town: a rowdy burlesque of Chicago manners and morals by Hugh M. Hefner 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51		Soft Nudes for the Devil's Butcher: Fiction, Features and Art from Classic Men's Adventure Magazines by Pep Pentangeli (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52		Flesh Unlimited. Surrealist Erotica by Guillaume Apollinaire 3.94 avg rating — 50 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53		Cigarette Pack Art by Chris Mullen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54		The Faber Book of Blue Verse by John Whitworth (Editor) 3.43 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55		Lampion and His Bandits: Literature of the Cordel in Brazil by Augustus Young 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56		Up the Frog: The Road to Cockney Rhyming Slang by Sydney Thomas Kendall 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57		Worst Canadian Stories, Vol. 1 by Crad Kilodney 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58		Bawdy Bisques and Naughty Novelties: German Bathing Beauties and Their Risqué Kin (Schiffer Book for Collectors) by Sharon Hope Weintraub 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 54, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59		True Crime Detective Magazines by Eric Godtland 4.31 avg rating — 51 ratings score: 53, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60		Black Velvet Art by Eric A. Eliason really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 51, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61		Villanelles (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series) by Annie Finch (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.22 avg rating — 94 ratings score: 50, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62		The Cannon Film Guide (Volume I, 1980-1984) by Austin Trunick (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 51 ratings score: 49, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63		The Stag at Eve by Walter Schmidt (Inspiration) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 48, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64		Weasels Ripped My Flesh!: Two-Fisted Stories From Men's Adventure Magazines of the 1950s, '60s & '70s by Robert Deis (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.36 avg rating — 39 ratings score: 47, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65		The Culture of Cursilería: Bad Taste, Kitsch, and Class in Modern Spain by Noël Valis 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 46, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66		"The Whorehouse Bells Were Ringing" and Other Songs Cowboys Sing by Guy Logsdon (Compiler) 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 45, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67		Tabloid Tokyo: 101 Tales of Sex, Crime and the Bizarre from Japan's Wild Weeklies by Geoff Botting 3.36 avg rating — 55 ratings score: 43, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68		Vans: The Personality Vehicles (Superwheels Series) by Paul R. Dexler 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 42, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69		Nigerian Video Films: Revised and Expanded Edition (Volume 73) (Ohio RIS Africa Series) by Jonathan Haynes it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 41, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70		The Merry Muses of Caledonia: A Collection of Bawdy Folksongs, Ancient and Modern by Robert Burns 4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 40, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71		The House of Beadle and Adams and Its Dime and Nickel Novels: The Story of a Vanished Literature by Albert Johannsen 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 38, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72		The Girl in the Street or the Bedside Bus Book by Robert E. Jowitt really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 36, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73		My Silver Planet: A Secret History of Poetry and Kitsch by Daniel Tiffany (Goodreads Author) 3.23 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 35, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74		The History of Street Literature by Leslie Shepard 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 34, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75		Jim Shaw: The Hidden World by Tristan Garcia 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 33, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76		Sleazy Business: A Pictorial History of Exploitation Tabloids by Alan Betrock (Editor) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 32, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77		Surrealism and Its Popular Accomplices by Franklin Rosemont (Editor) 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 31, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78		Graffiti on Trains: Art Gallery on Steel Wheels by Ray Tutaj it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 30, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79		Pierced Hearts and True Love: An Illustrated History of the Origin and Development of European Tattooing and a Survey of its present State by Hanns Ebensten it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 29, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80		Desire, Drink and Death in English Folk and Vernacular Song, 1600-1900 by Vic Gammon really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 28, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81		The Incredibly Strange Features of Ray Dennis Steckler by Christopher Wayne Curry 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 27, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82		On a Slow Train Through Arkansaw: Funny Railroad Stories: Sayings of the Southern Darkies: All the Latest and Best Minstrel Jokes of the Day by Thomas William Jackson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 26, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83		Pulp Surrealism: Insolent Popular Culture in Early Twentieth-Century Paris by Robin Walz 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 25, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84		Elmer Batters: Legs That Dance to Elmer's Tune by Elmer Batters 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 24, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85		Star-Spangled Kitsch: An astounding and tastelessly illustrated exploration of the bawdy, gaudy, shoddy mass-art culture in this grand land of ours by Curtis F. Brown 3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 23, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86		Mexican Pulp Art by María Cristina Tavera 4.21 avg rating — 48 ratings score: 22, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87		Penguin Book Of Unrespectable Verse by Geoffrey Grigson (Editor) 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 21, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88		Africa on the Move: Toys from West Africa by Stefan Eisenhofer 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 20, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89		PULPWRITER: HOW IT WAS - THE TRUE STORY! by David Rome it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 18, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90		Just Above the Mantelpiece: Mass-Market Masterpieces by Wayne Hemingway 4.31 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 17, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91		Peep-Machine Pin-Ups: 1940s-1950s Mutoscope Art (Schiffer Book with Values) by Don Preziosi 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 15, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92		Roll Me in Your Arms Vol. 1: Folksongs and Music by Vance Randolph 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 14, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93		Pollen's Women: The Art of Samson Pollen by Robert Deis (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 13, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94		Seed Queen: The Story of Crop Art and Amazing Lillian Colton by Colleen Sheehy 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 12, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95		Wildcat! The Films of Marjoe Gortner by John Harrison 2.64 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 10, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96		Voluptuous Terrors 2: 120 Horror & Exploitation Film Posters From Italy by G.H. Janus (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 9, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97		An Egg-straordinary Folk-Art Museum: The Amazing Creations of Mildred Vrooman by Joseph S. Heyman it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 8, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98		Boys Will Be Boys by E.S. Turner 3.92 avg rating — 25 ratings score: 7, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99		Consumable Texts in Contemporary India: Uncultured Books and Bibliographical Sociology (New Directions in Book History) by Suman Gupta 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 6, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100		Murders and Moralities: English Catchpenny Prints 1800-1860 by Thomas Gretton liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 5, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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104 books · 3 voters · list created April 19th, 2017 by Osiris Oliphant (votes) .

Tags: burlesque, detective-magazines, exploitation-cinema, folk-ballads, kitsch, lowbrow, mass-market-paperback, men-s-adventure-magazines, obscure, pulp, surrealist-smut, tabloid, vernacular, vintage

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