Acquired Tastes XLIII: Gay Pulp Fiction, Part 184 - Parisian Press, Part 3 of 4

Acquired Tastes XLIII

Gay Pulp Fiction, Part 184

Parisian Press

Part 3 of 4

Today, we take the third of four looks at Parisian Press (not to be confused with Gay Parisian Press - which are related to these and preceded them - or the leaflet-like adult offerings of Parisian Press published during the 1940s, 30s, and 40's in France.

Parisian Press published 45 gay titles during the years 1971 and 1972, running the typical gamut of gay subjects, including: incest, coaches, teachers, brothers, coming out, truckers, military, hustlers, and interracial. In addition, they published a 400 series devoted to heterosexual fare. All titles were printed in the US and were published in San Francisco.

The covers are typically a single color background with a white line drawing (sort of like an x-ray) - unless the solid color is white. In that instance the drawing appears in black ink.  

The books were written by a number of well-established writers, typically using a pseudonym. 

In the back of the book, mail order ads offering these books, gay skin magazines, their Gay Parisian Press titles, and a selection of heterosexual books and magazines. The mail order business operated as Le Salon Mail Order House, Inc. at 1118 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA 94109

Depending on condition, these books run from $18-76 at on-line bookstores, or, frequently, much more on eBay. 

Here are the next 12 titles! This week, I found all 12 covers.

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Lusty Seamen

Author: Jay David Lawrence 

Parisian Press 

  1972 

P-223

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 Fresh from the Farm

Author: Billy Farout

Parisian Press

1972 

P-224

Billy Farout is the pseudonym of poet William Barber. As Billy Farout, he wrote four titles for this imprint.

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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 Teen-Age Hustler

Author: Joseph Loring 

Parisian Press 

 1972 

P-225

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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 City Boys

Author: David L. Rinker

Parisian Press

 1972 

P-226

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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Deadly Orgasm

Author: John Jackson

Parisian Press 

 1972 

P-227

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Man It Must Be Heaven

Author: Billy Farout

Parisian Press  

 1972 

P-228

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Orgy Italian Style

Author: Mario

Parisian Press

 1972 

P-229

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Too Beautiful

Author: Lambert Wilhelm

Parisian Press

 1972 

P-230

William J. Lambert, III (William Maltese) is an extremely prolific author who has written in a number of genres. His pseudonyms include Christopher Dane, Adriana DeBolt, Karl Klyne, Anna Lambert, Billy Lambert, W Lambert III, Willa Lambert, William Maltese, Lambert Wilhelm and several others. He's written gay-oriented novels for many imprints, including Greenleaf Classics, BlueBoy, His69 and Golden Boy Books. His most recent novel was published in 2019.

William J. Lampert III

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 Caribbean Sex

Author: Lance Prodde 

Parisian Press

1972

P-231

Check out that pseudonym! Demonstrating, once again, that the publishers of these books were not without a sense of humor.

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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It’s Show Biz

Author: John Jackson

Parisian Press 

 1972 

P-232

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Military Orgy

 Author: Eric Stevens

Parisian Press

 1972 

P-233 

According to Hommi Publishing's Big Ass List this one is about an ex-hustler from San Francisco stationed in Germany.

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Trucker’s Delight

Author: Jim Colby

Parisian Press

 1972 

P-234

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And that's all for now.

Next week, we'll finish up with Parisian Press.

Until then...

Thanks for reading!

This Must Be Heaven - Lamont Johnson