Malloy, Fred

Dark Passions

NY: Woodford Press, 1951. First. Hard Cover. First edition. Hardcover; 250 pps. A first novel by this author (who would go on to pen such classics as "Strumpet Seed" and "Wild Hunger"), a "brutally frank study of a man's complete and utter degeneration brought about by ...his weak nature and a set of circumstances..." Which included booze and loose women. Near fine, small prev. own. lable and two inked letters on the front free endpaper. In typically lurid dust jacket illustrated with (mostly empty) liquor bottle and (completely) naked lady (?). / Yes. Item #E2433

Price: $20.00