Vintage lesbian Whisper Their Love Valerie Taylor classic 1957 Crest

Description: *Whisper their Love by Valerie Taylor (Velma Young), Gold Medal k1299 1957 Third printing, Taylor’s first book. Lovely red cover. Vintage lesbian paperback. * Condition very good plus. Inside, bookstore stamp on inside cover, otherwise near fine. Also, Final Sale stamped across top pages perpendicular to spine. See scans. * Velma Young was one of the early authentic lesbian authors and an activist. * “Theirs was the kind of love they dared not show the world…” lesbian. “A well-written and sensitive portrait of lesbian life in the 1950s”, according to Jaye Zimet *These books by Valerie Taylor / Young are known as “pulp fiction classics”. This is her first book. I have another later one for auction, the rare Prism. * The cover is featured in Jaye Zimet’s excellent book Strange Sisters, the Art of Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1949-1969. * Whisper their Love also appears on the checklist of the 100 titles of the Significant Post-War Lesbian Literature in the Mass Market Paperback in Books are Everything (periodical) #20. The author uses ratings provided by the 3rd edition of The Lesbian in Literature (1981) by Barbara Grier. Grier gives this book an A** rating. The “A” refers to a book with primary lesbian content and asterisk (from none to three) relate to quality of the material.*Please see scans for additional condition details and plot blurbs.* Please view my other lesbian vintage pulp novels and other gay and LGBT auction items, save and combine on shipping where possible. I also have four rare old lesbian hardcovers on auction, ending the day after this auction ends.* Winner pays $9.00 postage for Canada, $13.00 postage for the U.S.A.. Combine and save where possible. If you buy more than one item, wait for my invoice so I can combine shipping. . Satisfaction guaranteed. Good luck and thanks for your interest.

Price: 3.47 CAD

Location: Ottawa

End Time: 2024-11-07T23:00:01.000Z

Shipping Cost: 9.01 CAD