Search Results: men into beasts by viereck george sylvester

New York: Gold Medal Books. Good. 1952. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 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 .

Bridgehead Books, Inc.. Fair. 1955. Hardcover. No jacket. Sunning around edges of boards, binding is cocked, board corners are bumped. Interior is clean and unmarked. .

1955. 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… Read More