#Paperback Library

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Abragail and Valaria - How To Become A Sensuous Witch - Paperback Library - 1971

#witches #sensuous #occult #vintage #how to become a sensuous witch #abragail #valaria #gail kuhn #valerie hoffman #paperback library #1971 #spells #rituals #recipes #babetta #cauldrons

[vintagerpg]

This is the Paperback Library collection Jirel of Joiry (1969), which collects (like most Joiry collections) all but one of C. L. Moore’s Jirel stories (omitted is her collaboration with her husband, Henry Kuttner, “Quest of the Starstone”). The cover artist, unfortunately, is unknown.

These stories are alarmingly modern in sensibility, and starkly undercut a lot of escapist power fantasy that folks assume is baked into the genre — doubly shocking considering Jirel is the first female hero of sword and sorcery. The first details Jirel’s first dangerous brush with magic. This underscores the action of the second story, “Black God’s Kiss,” an acknowledged classic. That one see’s Jirel’s kingdom conquered. Rather than submit to the conqueror, who roughly tries to "kiss” her, Jirel attempts to tear his throat out with her teeth. Failing at that, she slips out of her cell and embarks on journey to a dark land accessed through a trap door beneath her castle, a phantasmagoric landscape of forests and mountains that somehow exist underground (in a wonderfully sinister bit, Jirel is initially enclosed in impenetrable darkness until she removes her crucifix). Horrible creatures live there. She seeks out the statue (is it a statue, though?) of the titular god and gives it a kiss, which she carries back and passes along to the conqueror, killing him.

“Black God’s Shadow” forces Jirel to reckon with the consequences of her actions in the previous story in ways that are honestly surprising now, let alone when the story was first published in 1934. “The Dark Land,” probably the weakest of the stories, involves another unwanted suitor. “Hellsgarde,” the final story, is a sinister treasure hunt.

And that’s it, unfortunately. Still, Jirel looms large. Her stories imply a much richer history beyond the events they present, though, even if we can only perceive them through a fog of imagination.

#RPG #TTRPG #Tabletop RPG #roleplaying game #Novel #Paperback Library #C L Moore #Black God's Kiss #Jirel #Jirel of Joiry #D&D #Dungeons & Dragons

[thehauntedrocket]

Vintage Paperback - Beyond The Spectrum by Martin Thomas

Paperback Library (1967)

#Paperback Cover #Paperback Art #Beyond The Spectrum #Martin Thomas #Science Fiction #Paperback Library #Art #Vintage #UFO #Paperback #Paperbacks #1967 #1960s #60s

[the25centpaperback]

The Book of Ptath by A.E. van Vogt. cover by Jeffrey Catherine Jones (1969)

#1960s #jeffrey catherine jones #a .e. van vogt #paperback #vintage #book #science fiction #Paperback Library

[driveintheaterofthemind]

Vintage Paperback - The Red Carillon by Phyllis A. Whitney

Paperback Library (1972)

#Paperback #Paperbacks #Phyllis A Whitney #The Red Carillon #Gothic #Gothic Paperback #Paperback Library #Vintage #Art #1972 #1970s #70s #Romance

[collinsportmaine]

I came up with a new design for the 1960s Era Dark Shadows Tarot Cards. It is based on the covers for Marilyn Ross’ novels from Paper Back Library.

Here are a few more, with one of Ross’ novels to compare.

#dark shadows #1960s #vampires #Barnabas Collins #Marilyn Ross #paperback library #Dan Ross #tarot cards #graphic design #buzz hacket

[ruinedhead]

Jirel of Joiry

Jirel of JoiryC.L. Moore | Paperback Library | 1969 (first published 1934) | 175 pages Originally published in Weird Tales magazine in the thirties, this collection of sword-and-sorcery tales features a red-haired female equivalent to Conan the Barbarian, but also forgoes much action to lean heavily into the weird. In Black God’s Kiss, Jirel’s domain is conquered by the malicious–but somehow…

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#Book Reviews #C.L. Moore #Fantasy #Horror #Jirel of Joiry #Magic #Paperback Library #Sword and Sorcery #Vintage Paperbacks #Weird Tales #Wizards

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

SPACE ENGINEERS AS PER THE LATE SIXTIES -- LANKY, GOBLIN-LIKE ROBOTS?

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on isolated Jack Gaughan’s 1967 cover art for “Cosmic Engineers,” written by Clifford D. Simak. Published by the Paperback Library.

EXTRA INFO: A shot of the full paperback, a 1967 first edition copy. A small group of humans are tasked with saving the universe from the Hellhounds of Space.

Sources: www.picuki.com/media/3260659020905254990 & https://biblio.sg/book/cosmic-engineers-clifford-d-simak/d/1463568639.

#Cosmic Engineers #Cosmic Engineers 1967 #Jack Gaughan #Clifford D. Simak #60s #Vintage Science fiction #Sci-fi Art #Sixties #Paperbacks #Vintage paperbacks #Sci-fi #Vintage Style #Vintage Sci-fi #Cover Art #1960s #1967 #Books #Jack Gaughan Art #ScifiArt #Paperback Library #Retro Science fiction #Paperback books #Retro Sci-fi

[bumblebeeappletree]

If you have a Little Free Library near you, donate some Solarpunk books! And don’t forget to suggest to your local library to add some Solarpunk books to their collection too! Share the joy!

#solarpunk #little free library #books #library #ngl i really wanna make a little free library that’s filled to the brim with Solarpunk books #and like if a book has both hardcover and paperback versions then I wanna have both options in there too #like I mean I have lists of books I want to share in these little libraries #been collecting suggestions for all ages and some stuff I think would be nice to have as well

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Raymond Giles - Night Of The Warlock - Paperback Library - 1968

#witches #warlocks #occult #vintage #night of the warlock #paperback library #raymond giles #1968

[lostsoulsoc1ety]

"𝓢𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓘 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓪 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽 𝓹𝓸𝓮𝓶 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾, 𝓼𝓸 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓘 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓯𝓪𝓶𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓱𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂, 𝓸𝓻 𝓭𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓪 𝓫𝓸𝓸𝓴 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾, 𝓸𝓻 𝓬𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓬𝓽 𝓪 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓾𝓷𝓮 & 𝓭𝓲𝓮 & 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾"

-ᴇᴅɴᴀ ꜱᴛ. ᴠɪɴᴄᴇɴᴛ ᴍɪʟʟᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ɪꜱᴏʙᴇʟ ꜱɪᴍᴘꜱᴏ.

#dark academia #academia aesthetic #academia #quotes #bookworm #books & libraries #museums #art #vintage #poetry #romanticism #nostalgic moodboard #moodboard #light academia #brown moodboard #chaotic academia #classic books #bookblr #writing #poetic #rusty quill #vintage paperback #dark academia art

[thehauntedrocket]

Vintage Paperback - Battle For The Stars by Edmond Hamilton

Paperback Library (1967)

#Paperbacks #Paperback Cover #Science Fiction #Edmund Hamilton #Battle For The Stars #Paperback Library #Paperback Art #1967 #1960s #60s

[itisiives]

I decided to give my book a makeover for its birthday.

#bookblr #books #writers of tumblr #poetry #book cover #aesthetic #chapbook #literature #books and libraries #hygge #lykke #bøker #books of 2024 #books of tumblr #writers of color #lgbtq books #lgbt writers #light academia #studyblr #writeblrcafe #asphodelproject #paperback #photography

[godzilla-reads]

I’m digging through boxes to find books and hopeful for the future 💚

#godzilla reads #bookish #booklr #reading #bookworm #book blog #british library #bookspines #paperback books #booklover

[collinsportmaine]

ERNEST COLLINS

The Marilyn Ross “Dark Shadows” novels offer a different glimpse of the Collins Family. The first 5 in fact don’t include Barnabas. Instead of the supernatural, they focus on gothic romance.

One interesting difference is the introduction of the character Ernest Collins, a cousin of Elizabeth and Roger. He’s a concert violinist with a tragic past. His wife died in a car crash a few years before the first novel is set. And just a year earlier, a young woman he was attached to fell from Widow’s Hill to her death. Although Ernest was cleared of any involvement, suspicion still lingers.

But he becomes the prime candidate for a romance with Victoria Winters, who think she’s seen-heard a ghost every few page.

It would have been interesting to see another contemporary Collins added to the show’s cast - adding some variety to the shenanigans. I tried to think of a 1960s era actor who would fit the bill... I came up with Sean Garrison who would have been around 30 years old when the show premiered. He did a few films, but is mostly known for work on TV. He also has a slight resemblance to Louis Edmund (Roger).

#dark shadows #Marilyn Ross #paperback library #Sean garrison #gothic romance #Victoria winters

[incogneat-oh]

Finally happened. After like 8 years, Amazon finally worked out I am not in the US and booted me off the cheaper, more extensive Kindle store 🪦

#no one cares neatoh #don’t @ me I try to avoid Amazon where I can #BUT I live in Australia where books are insanely costly #I live in a small state with few bookstores that don’t have a great range outside of new release bestsellers #and my personal storage situation is dire because I read over 100 books a year #OH and our libraries are rubbish too soooo #sometimes you have to make the sacrifice and buy the $10 kindle book instead of the $40 paperback….