Title: Old Hell
Author: Emmett Gowen
Cover artist: Howard Simon
Yours for: $35
Best things about this cover:
- The single scariest mustache of all time. Don't believe me? Imagine kissing that guy. Yeah, that's right.
- Two things you don't want to mess with: Ma's toothpicks and Ma's salt.
- I have no idea what this book is about—it's a pre-Pocket Books paperback (pre-1939, rare), put out by Modern Age Books on what appears to be a subscription basis. There is a mint condition Business Reply Card (slash bookmark!) tucked inside the cover:
No point scanning the back cover—just a Blue Seal Books logo on a brown background.
Page 123~
It's so hot I can feel the drops of sweat like something I wouldn't name was a-crawling on my belly.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!? Part of me really wants to know what the "something" is, and the other (bigger) part is thanking god he wouldn't name it.
~RP
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