Preview
Creation Date
1961
Description
Gift of Richard N. Hurley.
Publisher
Beacon Envoy
Style/Period
Mid-twentieth century, Pulp Fiction
Materials/Techniques
covers (gathered matter components), paperbacks
Measurements
7 x 4.25 in.
Inscription
[top]: A NOVEL IN THE GRAND MANNER.../ UNMASKING THE TAWDRINESS OF THE BULL RING; ../ PROBING THE SOUL OF AN AMERICAN GIRL AROUSED/ TO STRANGE EMOTIONS EACH TIME SHE FACED DEATH IN THE ARENA; [center]: Horns of Ecstasy; [center, left]: DAVID WILLIAMS; [bottom, left ] A BECON ENVY AWARD WINNER; [center, right]: beacon/envoy 40¢; [bottom]: [More shocking than Blasco Ibanez's Blood and Sand/ More Fascination then om Lea's The Brave Bulls/ Nore candid than Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon
Keywords
paperbacks; pulp fiction; text (layout feature); illustrations (layout features); bulls; women; toreador pants; boleros; bullfighting