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Voyage from Lesbos: the psychology of a female homosexual

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My name is Sappho

My Name is Sappho front cover. The scene is outdoors, at and around a Greek temple which shows partially to the left of the image, revealing one column and partially revealing its frieze, architrave and cornice. Steps are also visible at the bottom left. A brunette (presumably Sappho) stands in front of the column. She has her hair up and a white headband around it. A large, looped earring can also be seen on her right earlobe. She is wearing a white, sleeveless, long dress with a high slit over her right thigh, and a V-neck, and is barefoot, her right foot pointing atop the ground behind her body. The woman faces right at a three-quarter angle to the reader, and carries a barbiton, a classical Greek stringed-instrument, in her hands, diagonally in front of her body. Her gaze is lost in the distance. A heavily-clouded sky can be seen behind and over her, and a water body surrounded by buildings and trees, with can be seen in the bottom right of the image. The sun is behind a mountain in the distance, casting a shadow of the woman on the column.

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Baby face

Baby Face front cover. The image is divided into two fields. The upper field shows black and blue text over a solid pink background. The bottom half of the cover contains the illustration of an indoors scene. One woman, a blonde, sits up against a pillow propped on the pink headboard of a bed that has pink sheets and pillowcase, and an orange blanket. The blonde's hair is combed up, with a lock falling over her right shoulder. Her head is bowed forward and her eyes are directed towards the reader, and she has a slight smile. She is wearing a white negligee, left strap down and right strap hanging over her arm. Her left leg is bent at the knee and sprawled open. She touches the blanket with her left hand and her face with her right hand. At the foot of a bed, a brunette with long hair sits, legs crossed. She too is wearing a white negligee and has her arms crossed over her knees. Her left hand lays rested over her thigh, palm-up. With her right hand, she holds up a hand mirror to her left. Her head is turned to her left but her eyes gaze directly towards the reader, with half-shut eyes and a slight smile on her lips. Behind them on the wall, a mirror can be partially seen, and a dresser. The wall has purple and pink wallpaper on it. The scene is lit from the front-left.

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Soft sin (The)

The Soft Sin front cover. Towards the bottom right of the image, a brunette faces the reader, visible from the chest up. Her hair is curly and apparently tied to the back in a pony tail, bangs across her forehead. She is wearing a long-sleeved white blouse, unbuttoned, revealing part of her breasts and her neck. She looks straight at the reader with half-closed eyes and lips slightly parted. Behind her is a pink couch facing the reader. On it lays a blonde with her back to the reader, head toward the left. Her hair seems to be in disarray. Her left arm hangs over the edge of the couch, hand rested on a black tiled floor, palm-up. She is wearing a light blue dress and a bracelet on her left wrist. The scene is lit from the front.

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Death of anger

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So strange a love

So Strange a Love front cover. The busts of two women take up most of the visual space. One of them, a redhead, is on the right of the image and in the foreground, in profile, facing left of the reader and looking toward the same direction. Her hair is up on a bun to the left of her head, and she looks forward with wide open, blue eyes, lips slightly parted. Her torso is naked, and she is wearing an earring. Beside her, on her right and facing the reader, stands a brunette, partially covered by the redhead. Her wavy, loose hair flips over her shoulders, and she is looking at the redhead with half-open eyes. Her torso, too, is naked. The background is purplish blue, and the scene is lit from the front-left.
'A strange story of a married couple, each enmeshed in an illicit affair with a younger woman, and the erotic love the two younger women found in one another.'

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Third lust (The)

The Third Lust front cover. The setting is a living room with a green sofa, two coffee tables, and paintings on the background wall. A redhead lies on her back on the sofa, with her head propped on a white pillow, to the left of the reader. Her hair is in disarray and seems to be long and loose. She is wearing a white negligee, her right breast partially visible. Her legs are bent and she is touching her hair with both hands. She is looking up, with a slight smile and parted lips, at a brunette with short hair who stands in front of the sofa with her back fully towards the reader. She is wearing a black slip with lace and high heels, and is removing what appears to be a white silk blouse. Her head is tilted to the left and bowed forward, as if looking directly at the redhead on the sofa. In the foreground, to the right of the reader, a round coffee table with a glass top holds an ashtray. To the left of the reader, another table, wooden, holds a glass of wine. Behind the sofa, there is a wall with paintings and a wall candle holder. The scene is lit from the left of the reader, and a shadow is cast toward the top right.

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This bed we made

This Bed We Made front cover. Two women and one man are in a bedroom. A brunette with short, curly hair and a black negligee, lays on her back on a bed with a pink blanket, her shoulders and head on a propped-up pillow, looking slightly toward the right of the image with a slight smile and half-closed eyes. Behind the pillow, a wrought brass headboard is partly in view. Her left arm is bent at the elbow; hand curled inwards. She holds a cigarette in her right hand; outer side rested on her right thigh. She also wears stockings to the middle of her thighs. Sitting up on the bed by the brunette's legs is a blonde. Her body is at a three-quarter angle facing right of the image, and she appears to be fully naked except for a nylon, light blue shawl which is wrapped around her hips and across her chest, covering her breasts. She holds the shawl with both arms crossed in front of her under her breasts and on her right hip. Her hair is tied in a ponytail with a light green bow, and her head is turned towards the brunette. In the background to the left, a man stands against the wall. He has short, brown hair parted to the side, and is wearing a dark blue t-shirt and gray pants with a black belt. His right hand is on his waist; the left arm stretched down across his side. He also looks down toward the brunette, with a slight smile on his lips. To his left, a bowl with fruits can be seen on a bedside table. The background matches the pink of the bed spread, and the scene seems to be lit from the right of the reader.
A paperback original. This book was published as a mass-market paperback without a hardcover printing.

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To drown our lusts

To Drown Our Lusts front cover. The figures of two women, seen from their chests up, occupy most of the space. The one on the left is a brunette wearing a black, sleeveless top. Her hair is up and tied at the back of her head, and her right hand, wearing a ring with a stone or gem, is rested sideways on her chest. Her body is turned toward the left of the reader, in profile, and her head is turned towards the reader, tilted halfway downward. Her eyes look down toward the bottom of the image. Behind her is a blond woman with short, curly hair. Her torso faces the reader, but her head is turned and tilted slightly to the right of the reader. She has a slight smile on her lips, and her eyes look down at her left, away from the other woman. Her torso appears to be bare. The figures are photographically blended with one another in two places. The background is a mix of shades of orange, and the scene is lit in equally warm tonalities, mainly from the front left.
A paperback original. This book was published as a mass-market paperback without a hardcover printing.

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Who knows love?

Who Knows Love? front cover. The face and chest of a blond woman take up most of the space, to the right of the image, oriented at a three-quarter angle facing left of the reader. Her straight hair curving in beneath her right shoulder, the only one visible, and she has a quiet, yet intense expression on her face. Her head is slightly tilted downward, and her gaze is fixed on something outside the picture, lower than her head, in front of her. She seems to be wearing an orange, button-less blouse or robe, and part of her upper chest is visible. The scene is dimly lit from the top left of the image, and the left side of her face is shadowed.

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Girls in 3-B (The)

The Girls in 3-B front cover. Three women form a triangle inside what looks to be the bedroom of a city apartment. One, a blonde, stands in the background facing the reader, leaning against a wall beside a window. Her hair is shoulder-length and she is holding a cigarette in her right hand. Her right arm is fully extended downward and she grips it, with her right hand, at the elbow. She is wearing an orange jacket, unbuttoned, a brown skirt, and low heels stilettos. Her left leg is slightly bent, with the foot to her side, pointing out. She looks down to her left at another woman, a brunette with short hair, who sits on a bed with red and white undone sheets, putting on a stocking on her left leg. She sits in full profile, facing left of the image, and is wearing a black negligee and low heel stilettos on her right foot. The right leg shows a stocking at mid-thigh, and the left foot is bare. A third woman, also a brunette, stands with her back to the reader on the forefront left of the image. She wears a black slip and looks as if she is about to take off a blue blouse. Her hair is long and reaches the middle of her back, part of which is exposed. She too is looking at the brunette. There is a side table in the background, with a potted plant on top, and a pair of slippers on the ground. The scene is lit from the front right.
Three high school friends share an apartment in Chicago.

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Return to Lesbos

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Stranger on Lesbos

Stranger on Lesbos front cover. A blonde is seen, at a three-quarter angle with her back to the reader, towards the left, facing left of the cover. Her hair is partly undone, partially covering the back of her neck. She has bangs above her eyebrows. Her back is almost entirely exposed, a white lace blouse hanging beneath her shoulders, revealing the straps and back of her brassiere. She has her head bowed down halfway, and her eyes are closed. Her left hand touches her right cheek, and her right hand can be partially seen tucked under her left, folded arm. She wears what seem to be a black skirt. In front of her, to the left of the image, several garments can be seen hanging disorderly on a rack. To her right, a dresser with a mirror also displays several clothes sticking out from its drawers in a disordered fashion. A few objects lay on top of the dresser, including a book. The background is a texture of reds and oranges that range in tone. The scene is lit from the top left. The image is inserted inside a line frame that is curved at the bottom corners. Above the image, and over white, the title, author's name and descriptions are displayed in black and red type.

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Whisper their love

Whisper Their Love front cover. A brunette with short, curly hair is shown to the far right side of the image sitting down. Part of one of her legs is visible, showing the hem of a blue skirt and part of her shin. She is wearing a yellow, long-sleeved blouse which is buttoned at the cleavage level. Her face is slightly tilted to her right and to the back, and her gaze is relaxed and directed toward another woman, a redhead, who is sitting on the ground beside her with her body leaned over her lap and her right arm bent over the brunette's lap. Her eyes are green eyes and she is wearing a negligee with lace on its upper part, and straps. The brunette strokes her hair with her left hand, and the redhead's head is slightly curling over her right shoulder as she looks directly at the reader with a smile. To the left, in the background, a green night table is seen against a wall, with a table lamp on top which illuminates the wall in two places, over and under its shade. To the right of the image, around the brunette's left side, rays of light can be seen, seemingly coming through a window with blinds over it. The image is set over a yellow background seen at the top and the bottom of the cover.

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World without men (A)

A World without Men front cover. The cover art is made up of text and solid colour fields. The title is shown in large, white letters, distributed diagonally across the center of the cover. Below the title, and also diagonally distributed, more letters, in a different and smaller font but also white, name the author of the book. At the top left, and also in a different font, more small white letters hint on the topic of the story. At the very bottom, another set of white, small letters describes the story as the second in a series. There is also a logo at the top right, seemingly of the publishing house or division. The background is a solid green framed within a wide, white margin that matches the colour of the text.

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Journey to fulfillment

Journey to Fulfillment front cover. The cover art is made up of text and solid colour fields. The title is shown in large, green letters, distributed diagonally across the center of the cover. Below the title, and also diagonally distributed, more letters, in a different and smaller font but also green, name the author of the book. At the top left, and also in a different font, more small green letters hint on the topic of the story. At the very bottom, another set of green, small letters describes the story as the first in a series. There is also a logo at the top right, seemingly of the publishing house or imprint. The background is a solid peach framed within a wide, green margin that matches the colour of the text.

Golden cage (The)

The Golden Cage Front cover. A single nude woman, seemingly sitting over her bent knees, in profile, is looking away from the reader. She has her right arm raised, palm up and relaxed. Her left side is seen, almost centred in the space, beneath what appear to be tall grasses bordering a body of water, such as a lake. Her eyes are closed, her nose touching her raised arm. Her hair seems to be tied up in a bun behind her head. Her left arm is stretched downwards behind her. There are yellow lines and dots of many colours drawn next to the book title, which is in the right of the image. A double-exposure makes part of the image look faded. The scene is lit from the left.

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Strange ones (The)

The Strange Ones front cover. A woman in a satin nightgown is standing behind the headboard or footboard of a green, metal-framed bed shown in the foreground at a slight angle. The rest of the bed is outside the frame. She has long hair partially tied up at the back of her head. The straps of her nightgown are hanging over her arms, partially showing her chest. Both her arms are raised behind her head as if she were rearranging her hair. She is shown in profile from her thighs up, in the center of the image, her left side facing the reader. Her eyes are slightly closed, looking to her left, directly toward the reader. Behind her, to the right of the image, a man is shown leaning on his forearms against a door painted olive-green. His forehead is on his fists, which touch the door. His expression is tense or stressed. He is fully dressed in a long-sleeved, striped shirt, black pants and a belt. He is in full profile, the right side of his body facing the reader, and can be viewed from his knees up. The scene is lit from the front left.
Gay pulp fiction

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This too is love

This Too is Love front cover. A blonde sits on a white, carpeted floor, leaning on her left elbow, supported by a pile of cushions. She is barefoot, and her stilettos are seen next to the cushions along with a pack of cigarettes and an open matchbook. She wears a red, short, velvet dress with multi-row spaghetti straps. She faces the reader in a three-quarter angle towards the center-right of the image, and her knees are bent, legs and feet close together. Her left foot is raised from the heel, the toes touching her right heel. She holds a cigarette in her right hand, which arches over her right knee. Her chin rests on the back of her left hand. Her face faces the reader, but her slightly squinted eyes look toward her right, where another woman sits up from a lying position, stretched on a camel-back green sofa on the right side of her body. The woman is a brunette with hair to her nape and is dressed in a yellow blouse and brown capri pants. Her left arm is stretched over her left leg, and her torso is slightly lifted, resting on her right elbow. She looks straight at the blond with a half-smile. The scene is lit from the left, with the most light placed on the blonde.
A paperback original. This book was published as a mass-market paperback without a hardcover printing.

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Her woman

Her Woman front cover. A woman is shown sitting in profile on a bed in the foreground, towards the bottom of the image. She has short brown hair and is dressed in a light blue, long-sleeved blouse with orange stripes, a red sash around her waist, and red leggings. She holds a cigarette in her left hand, and her right-hand rests on her bent left knee. Her face is slightly turned toward the reader, yet her eyes glance to her left, where another woman stands in the background. The standing woman is blonde with curly hair to her shoulders who stands in profile to the right of the image, her body facing away from the other woman but with her head and eyes turned toward her. She is wearing black lace panties and seems to be either dressing or undressing, the garment covering only part of her head and chest, left hand raised holding it over her head, right hand at chest level. The scene is lit from the front left.

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Of love forbidden

Of Love Forbidden front cover. A naked woman is sitting on the floor facing the viewer with arms and legs crossed, her chin resting on her right, bent knee. The background is a textured turquoise colour field, and the scene is lit from the top right in a hard light.
Paperback reprint of a pre-1950s lesbian-themed novel

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Young and innocent

The heads of two women are centered over a brushstroke stripe of lime green over a solid, light tan background. A blonde in the foreground, a brunette partly behind her. The blonde has her eyes closed and her mouth is slightly open. Her hair is long and curly, and she is wearing earrings. The brunette, whose hair is short and curly, looks at her from behind her on the right of the image with her eyes slightly squinted and lips slightly parted. The scene is lit from the top right in a hard light.

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Guerrilla girls

Guerrilla Girls front cover. A group of four women stand or sit in front of military barracks. One is standing upright, to the left of the image, facing the reader, and is fully dressed in military garb, a weapon on her hip, cigarette hanging from her lips. She is a brunette, and her hair is short. Her pose is relaxed. Her gaze is directed at a seated woman to the right of the image, who has short hair and wears a blouse and short skirt and who is, with a slight smile, looking over her right shoulder towards a third woman who is also seated, on a purple cushion on the ground, and dressed in a blouse with rolled sleeves to her elbows, khaki shorts and boots, cleaning a long weapon with her legs crossed. Her hair is dark and curly, and she also seems to smile. Between them sits, her back to the reader, a fourth woman who appears to be fully naked. She has her arms up as if fixing her hair as she looks up toward the standing woman. In the background are two tents with red stripes, and to the left of the image stands a pair of long weapons fixed to a stand. The scene is lit from the front.
An adventure story of a group of European and Muslim female volunteers in a National Liberation Front camp in the Aures mountains, Algeria

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We too are drifting

We Too Are Drifting front cover. Two women occupy most of the visual space. One is standing on the left of the image, her back to the reader, and seen from her calves up. She has blond, short hair and is wearing a white and red-stripped male pajama top with the sleeves rolled up to her forearms. Her legs are slightly spread, shoulder-width. Her gaze is directed downward from her right shoulder toward another woman sitting behind her, a brunette with her hair tied in a bun, neck-high. She is wearing a black negligee and is sitting on her folded legs with hands together between her thighs. She seems to have her eyes closed and, like the other woman, has her face wrapped in a shadow. A beam of warm light illuminates them both partly from the right of the image.

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Lesbos jungle

The Lesbos Jungle front cover. Two women in the image seem to attack a single man in what looks like a back street alley. A red brick wall is behind them. A garbage bin is partially shown in the foreground, and a wooden crate is partially revealed to the left. There is a bottle on the ground and a puddle. The blonde on the left of the image is shown ripping off the man's shirt, while the brunette on the right grasps his arm by the bicep. The women are fully dressed while the man wears jeans and boots; his belt is unbuckled, and his jeans are half-unzipped. The blonde is wearing a white, turtle-neck sweater, black leather pants and black leather boots and her hair is long, with bangs across her forehead. The brunette is wearing a white turtle-neck blouse under a black leather jacket, black leather stiletto boots and white pants. Her hair is short and wavy. The man looks surprised and scared, right arm bent, hand in front of his face as if trying to cover his eyes from the light that comes from the front left. His eyes and mouth are wide open.

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Twilight women

Two female heads are shown, faces looking straight forward. One face is closer to the foreground, on the left, and partly covers the other one. The face of the one in the foreground is coloured in bright pink and that of the one in the background is coloured in purple. Both have darkened, long straight hair, depicted in solid black ink. Based on the tones of colour used for the faces, and on the use of the black, the artist conveys the light in the scene as a hard light that comes from the front left.
Erotica compiled as psychiatric case studies

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Olga

Olga front cover. A naked brunette kneels on her right knee, sideways to the reader, to the left of the image. Her left thigh is horizontal to the view, slightly raised from her pointed foot, and her left arm stretches over it, partly covering her breasts, palm down. She looks slightly upwards over her left shoulder. Her hair is partly up and has adornments, and she is wearing earrings. Behind her and to the right of the image stands, upright, a short-haired blonde, dressed in blue pants, a light-blue silk blouse and black, high heel, leather boots, head bowed looking down at the brunette with a stern expression on her face. Her right boot is perpendicular to her left boot, her left arm hanging over the side of her body. The scene is lit from the front left.