Add this copy of Men Into Beasts to cart. $97.00, good condition, Sold by Bungalow Books, ABAA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pueblo, CO, UNITED STATES, published 1952 by Gold Medal Books.
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Good. Some discoloration to the top of the page edges, possibly from a faded stamp. A small tear and slight loss of glue to the front cover. Moderate rubbing and creasing. The tanned pages are brittle. The author and poet's prison memoir. Viereck was imprisoned from 1942 to 1947 for failing to register as a Nazi agent. The author's description of homosexuality in prison, combined with the lurid front cover make this arguably one of the earliest books of gay pulp. Suvak 335. Franklin, page 49.; 179 pages.
Add this copy of Men Into Beasts to cart. $300.00, fair condition, Sold by The Book Trader rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Philadelphia, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1955 by Bridgehead Books, Inc..
Add this copy of Men Into Beasts to cart. $750.00, good condition, Sold by Antic Hay Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Asbury Park, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1955.
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VIERECK, George Sylvester. MEN INTO BEASTS. NY: Bridgehead Books, Inc., 1955. 8vo., maroon boards in dust jacket. First Hardcover Edition. This title was first published as a Gold Medal paperback in 1952. The true personal account of the author's experiences in several Federal prisons at the outset of World War II. Viereck offers a straight forward and detailed account of what he encountered there. "How else could I have met so many murderers, thugs, forgers, thieves, rapists, pimps, male prostitutes, drug addicts, and dipsomaniacs on terms of complete social inequality? " Frontispiece plus four other full-page, well-executed fantasy type illustrations. Woodcut black & white chapter heads-some erotic themed. Includes 10 pages of "Rhymed Reminiscences" and two pages on "Men Without Women"-a review on sexual aberrations in prison by two noted sexologists. Viereck was a Nazi sympathizer indicted for a violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (an anti-propaganda bill) in 1941, and was imprisoned from 1942 to 1947. Viereck was a fairly well-known poet in his day and was a friend of Nikola Tesla. His father, Peter Viereck, was an accomplished, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Very Good (minor wear lower edge covers; contents clean & tight); little soil & several small chips edge of the dust jacket; $3.00 price is present; tear along fold of front flap has several clean internal repairs using clear archival tape). Very rare to find copies in the fragile, original dust jacket! ! $750.00.
