Outlandish and close to obscene during the early 1960s when they were
published, the vintage sleaze paperbacks illustrated by Eric Stanton
were not widely distributed compared the mass-market paperback books
from major publishers, consequently they are a bit more scarce and seldom seen. "First Niter" was a mob-connected publishing
endeavor run by Stanley Malkin based in New York City (As was "Wee
Hours" one of which is included here). The text is tame but as the
cover had to sell the book, they hired the best. Eric Stanton was a
cartoonist trained at the forerunner of the School of Visual Arts in New
York. The market for these relics from
the early days of smut are increasingly sought by book collectors for
their striking colors and themes which at the time were bizarre, to say
the least…but which reflected undercurrents of society just starting to
emerge.
Group of "First Niter" vintage sleaze paperbacks illustrated by
Eric Stanton Collection Jim Linderman of Vintage Sleaze the Blog
