BECK, Robert; [SLIM, Iceberg]:Biblio.com
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21702Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co. 1971. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. Dedication copy. Paperback original. Publisher's original white card covers. paper. A very good copy the binding firm with some rubing and light creasing at the folds a short closed tear to the fore-edge of the upper cover and a small scuff to the upper left of the rear. The spine and closed text block edge lightly marked. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Inscribed by the author in black ink on the inside upper cover "My best / and strongest wishes / for the survival and the / successful liberation of / The Black Panther Party / and we the People / Iceberg / 6.24.71". The printed dedication includes founding and leading members of the Black Panther Party reading in part "I dedicate this book to the heroic memory of Malcolm X Jack Johnson Melvin X Jonathan Jackson; to Huey P. Newton Bobby Seale Ericka Huggins George Jackson Angela Davis.". A collection of essays by the ex-pimp turned influential author Iceberg Slim. At the time of his death in 1992 his books which were first published exclusively in paperback had sold more than six million copies making him one of the best-selling African-American writers. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co. 1971 paperback
1969140941588Los Angeles: Holloway House 1969. Reprint. Very Good. Reprint. Signed an inscribed to a former owner inside the front cover by Iceberg Slim. Bound in publisher's white wraps printed in red black and blue. Very Good with creasing and light lean to spine light creases and light browning to cover and toning to pages. Robert Beck better known as Iceberg Slim was an American pimp who subsequently became an influential author among a primarily African-American readership. Two of his novels including this one were adapted into films. Books signed by Beck are quite scarce. Holloway House unknown
140942164Los Angeles: Holloway House 1971. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. Signed by Iceberg Slim on the first page in red sharpie "My best wishes to Chuck his rib Sandy signed Iceberg Slim R. Beck." 248 1 7 ads pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. Very Good with creased and slightly leaning spine light wear. A nonfiction collection by the author of Pimp. Holloway House unknown
19677739Los Angeles CA: Holloway House Publishing Co 1967. First Printing. Paperback 317 pages. Very Good. First Printing. Rare. Foxing to front and back covers text block and inner covers both front and back. Age wear to text block. Light soiling to text block. Creasing to front and back covers. Holloway House Publishing Co paperback
1967606434Los Angeles California: Holloway House Publishing 1967. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Paperback original. A chip on the spine foot creasing and toning thus very good. Author's first book. Holloway House Publishing unknown
1967WB-PB-500-502<p>Pimp: The Story of My Life is the 1969 autobiography of Robert Beck better known as Iceberg Slim detailing his life as a pimp in Chicago's underworld from the 1930s to the 1960s offering a raw brutal and influential look at street life exploitation and survival becoming a classic in urban literature. The book is known for its unflinching honesty about the sex trade violence and the psychological manipulation used to control women while also exploring the societal constraints that led him to this life.</p> Halloway House paperback
1969EB-PB-07-06199<p>Mass market paperback. 13th Printing. Marker letter 'B' on top and bottom edge of textblock wraps darkened and slightly rubbed else about very good with a flat uncreased spine.</p> Holloway House Publishing paperback
1969204301969. Beck Robert writing as Iceberg Slim Mama Black Widow and The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim 1969 and 1971 brings together two Holloway House paperbacks central to African American urban literature street fiction Black pulp publishing and queer representation. Beck born Robert Lee Maupin and later known as Iceberg Slim became a major figure in postwar Black popular literature after Pimp: The Story of My Life appeared in 1967; his later books included fiction autobiography essays and social commentary rooted in the language and violence of the urban underworld. Mama Black Widow is especially significant for LGBTQ history because it centers Otis Tilson a Black queer character whose life is shaped by Southern racism Northern migration poverty family collapse and sexual violence placing Black queer experience within the same urban and racial worlds that made Iceberg Slim's work influential in African American literary and popular culture.<br /> <br /> The archive consists of two first edition paperback books published by Holloway House Publishing Co. in Los Angeles each approximately 300 pages and measuring about 4.25 x 7 inches. 1 Beck Robert. Mama Black Widow. Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co. 1969. First edition paperback. The novel follows Otis Tilson and his family from the racial violence and economic restriction of the South into Chicago's urban underworld where poverty prostitution crime and family trauma structure the narrative; later descriptions of the book identify Otis as a Black homosexual character in conflict with pimps police and the racial order around him. 2 Beck Robert. The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim. Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co. 1971. First edition paperback. Collection of autobiographical and reflective essays in which Beck addresses his life as a pimp drug user prisoner and writer opening with the statement: "I want to say at the outset that I have become ill insane as an inmate of the torture chamber behind America's fake facade of justice and democracy. But I am not as ill as I was and I am getting better all the time."<br /> <br /> Together the books document the cultural force of Holloway House's Black urban paperback list and the tensions in Iceberg Slim's authorship: exploitation-market packaging autobiographical authority carceral critique racial anger misogynistic underworld material and a rare Black queer protagonist in late-1960s pulp fiction. Irvine Welsh has described Iceberg Slim as doing for the pimp what Jean Genet did for the homosexual and thief and William Burroughs did for the junkie a comparison that points to Slim's literary importance as an insider narrator of criminalized and stigmatized social worlds. Minor wear from age and spine use; pages yellowed as expected; both books remain intact and clean; overall very good. Focused African American and LGBTQ literary grouping documenting Black pulp fiction queer urban representation and Iceberg Slim's movement from underworld memoir toward broader social and autobiographical critique. unknown
1996DADAX0870679759Brand: Holloway House 1996-04-01. mass_market. New. 4.25x1.00x7.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Holloway House unknown
196747922Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing. Fair. 1967. Softcover. Regular shelf wear; Scuffing; Bumping and chipping to edges and corners; Creasing on spine; Slight yellowing consistent with age ; 317 pages . Holloway House Publishing paperback
1969140944986Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co 1969. First edition. First edition. 312 8 pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. Very Good with single crease to spinea few stains to edges pages toned with age nice shape overall. Holloway House Publishing Co unknown
1969605993Los Angeles: Holloway House 1969. Softcover. Very Good. 1969 edition. Paperback original. Pages are uniformly toned faint crease on spine a better than usual very good copy. Holloway House unknown
1969064414Holloway House Publishing. Paperback in Good condition there are no stamps writing or marks paper is tanning with age a couple small creases straight spine good binding unmarked pages a nice reading copy The Biography of a Con Man . Good. Paperback. 1969. Holloway House Publishing paperback
1969140943428Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co 1969. First Edition. First edition. 312 8 pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. Good with corner creasing to front wrap and first few pages wear to wraps a few corner creased pages pages toned with age. Holloway House Publishing Co unknown
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BN65728Heyne W. Pimp - Die Geschichte meines Lebens <br/><br/> Heyne, W unknown
1987Q-0870679791Holloway House Books 1987-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Holloway House Books paperback
1967361558Los Angeles: Holloway House 1967. First Edition. Mass market paperback. Very good. Later retitled "the story of a white Negro." Filmed in 1972.<br /> <br /> 312 pages. HH-151; 95 cents on cover. First printing stated. A very good copy in wrappers mass market paperback. Spine creased; some creasing to covers paperback. Holloway House unknown
1971Q-0870677586Holloway House Pub Co 1971. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Holloway House Pub Co paperback
0352320745.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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I22A-10067Grove Press. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates stamps limited notes and highlighting or a few light stains. Grove Press unknown
1969615461Los Angeles: Holloway House 1969. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Mass market paperback. 312pp. Small chips at the foot of the spine about near fine. The tragic story of Black drag queen Otis Tilson. From the library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn with an estate label designed by their son Jonathan Shahn. Holloway House unknown
DADAX0870679791Kensington Publishing Corporation 0000-00-00. reprint. paperback. New. 0.75x4.25x7.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kensington Publishing Corporation paperback
