THE ROUGH AND THE SMOOTH by Robin Maugham               Avon Books, First Paperback Printing, 1952                                 Condition: Good                                                                         PRISONER ATE A HEARTY BREAKFAST by Jerome Ellison    Avon Books, First Paperback Printing, 1953                                 Condition: Very Good Minus                                                                                                                                                               Two slightly spicy vintage Avon paperbacks.  ROUGH ("about good and evil,honor and suicide, the varieties of corruption") : cover partially detached from spine at bottom, short spine/fc edge tear, moisture staining & slight page curling at front & back and on back cover, 1 pg has edge tear and creasing, very slight cover creasing, slight spine lean, bookstore stamp and first name written at front & back, page toning; on the plus side, covers & spine still look quite good, lamination present, barely starting to peel, firm binding.  PRISONER ("a guy with a knack for meeting women who meant trouble, ((a girl with)) a lot of body and little brains"): some cover creasing, short tear at bottom of spine (which has some lean at top), some light page corner creases at front, some color loss on top page edges, 2 moisture stains on inside front cover, page toning; but secure binding and no writing; overall appearance is quite nice.