Gay Guy by Chet Roman, Greenleaf Classic 1969

Description: Gay Guy by Chet Roman by Greenleaf Classic 1969.William HamingWilliam Hamling, owned the Greenleaf publishing business. It was the leading source of adult sex novels from 1959 through 1975 - the vintage period that this collection covers.Hamling kept First Amendment lawyer Stanley Fleishman, busy defending the right to publish and distribute erotic fiction in the many obscenity prosecutions that were mounted to suppress Greenleaf Classics. The winning results in those trials established the case law that we enjoy now. This year's best sellers exist because of the work that was done.Hamling did not win every trial. Richard Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover each had issues with sexuality that was at odds with their public face. They took it personally that Greenleaf Classics sex novels were being published. They used their position and power to repeatedly go after the Hamling organization. Eventually the Feds won one.Hamling and editor Earl Kemp, were convicted of obscenity in federal court and were forced out of the business in 1974. (The conviction was for mailing a promotional brochure about a book, not for the book.)When enjoying this online archive, consider the cost paid to produce the legacy.The principals at Greenleaf Classics publishing were convicted of obscenity and spent time in jail.Writers of these booksIn the world of sex novels, the name of the author is fiction, just like the stories. The author name printed on the cover is never a real person. This aspect is captured in the cataloged book data. The term "byline" is used to note the author name used on the cover or title page. The main entry for the byline comes from the cover when cover and title page differ.The term "author" is used to note the name of the actual person who wrote the book. When known, the writer's name will be listed in the author field. When unknown, the author field is empty and not shown.The covers of Greenleaf Classics are striking and memorable; and are unlike anything on other published paperbacks.Who did that art?Because most of the art is not signed, we must look at the style to distinguish who did them - though a few pieces of the original art exist and a handful of these have notes on the back that indicate who painted them.One such note led to identifying Robert Bonfils, as the artist and this eventually led to meeting with him and getting his help to identify artists. He was a staff artist at Greenleaf Classics from 1962 until 1973 and painted many of the most striking covers. He has been kind enough to review the books in the collection and separated the book covers he painted from those he did not.He has identified many of the latter as being painted by the other artists working for Greenleaf, such as Harold McCauley, Darrell Millsap, Ed Smith, Tomas Cannizarro, Harry Bremner, and Robert Kinyon.Where it is known or can be confidently deduced, the artist attribution is included in the cataloged data for each book. When a cover does not have a positive artist attribution, it is listed as "Unknown".Harry Bremner is the artist who did the attractive hand-lettering of titles on the covers.Over the years, many fans have claimed that this or that book cover was painted by Robert Bonfils but he has assured us that he did not paint all of these, and that he does not know who did certain of the covers. To clear up this confusion, there may be an added note in the detailed information about such books that states clearly that Robert Bonfils did not paint the cover art. This type note is added for books with cover art that has been attributed to Robert Bonfils in the past, but that he has reviewed, and explicitly assures us he did not do.Because Robert Bonfils' cover images have such power, freelance artists wanting to sell to Greenleaf were directed to copy the "Bonfils look". This is why some covers not painted by Robert Bonfils may resemble his work.Information used came from Vintage Greenleaf ClassicBijouI have been an owner of numerous gay sexual business's since 1969, one of them was the Bijou Theater and sex club that closed in 2015. I have been a manufacture, producer, filmmaker, wholesaler, collector and re seller of gay porn, sexuality, erotica, all things adult since 1969. I set prices for collectible item's based on what I paid, quality, rarity, market value. 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