Have you ever found a Greenleaf “Pet Book” in the wild? Or do you have a favorite absurd vintage paperback title? Drop the title in the comments below.

Between the late 1960s and early 1970s, San Diego-based Greenleaf Classics was the undisputed king of the “adult paperback.” While the company is best known for publishing The Autobiography of a Flea and the legal battles surrounding Fanny Hill , their strangest niche was the line: a series of roughly 60 novellas that mashed up bestiality themes with the era’s rising interest in sexual freedom. The “Adult Pulp” Formula Greenleaf knew its audience. In the pre-home-video era, the $1.95 paperback was the primary vehicle for pornography. But by 1970, standard smut was getting boring. Enter editor Earl Kemp (a legend in the pulp world). Kemp realized that you could sell a book based almost entirely on a single, shocking premise.

Just don’t judge a book by its cover. Or, in this case, definitely do. The cover is the best part.

GROUP SALES

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• Bring a group of 25 people or more on opening weekend (April 27-30)
• Bring the movie to your town if it’s not scheduled to open there (600 tickets)
• Or host a special buyout showing before the movie opens (50 tickets)

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