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Thanks Ryan. The discount helped a lot. I was the high bidder the first time he listed it in the auction format, but it didn't meet the reserve. Then he listed it as a Buy it Now and I was able to get it with the discount for less than what my original bid was in the auction!

Yesterday I was passing through Jacksonville and stopped at a cool SF bookstore called Jerry's Bookshop. The owner was a lot of fun to talk to and had stacks of pulps and comics - I recommend checking it out if you're ever in Jax. I ended up getting these two:

Posted this in the cigar thread already...

Does that mean the 2nd issue that I've been eyeing on your site is going to be off the market soon? I'm not sure where I'm going to cut off the run. I thought I might just do the Paul covers, but there's several post-Paul covers I like too. BTW, have you ever been to Jerry Corder's book store in Jacksonville? He's got comics, pulps, and tons of SF books. I stopped in there today on my way through town and had a blast going through stuff and talking to Jerry - my wife had to drag me out.

Live.com 30% discount + eBay 10% coupon = Affordable Grail! Amazing Stories vol. 1, no. 1 - An awesome piece of SF history!

Nice! Is there Eisner art in that one?

I was worried about that as well, and they are definately well-tanned at the edges, but not as bad as the seller made it sound. Maybe it's time for me to do a pulp group shot too.

Wouldn't it be funny if that's what happened in the story. Maybe you should read the story and report back to us. Read it this morning. (thumbs u The story is "The Eggs from Lake Tanganyika" by Curt Siodmak. Siodmak was the author of Donovan's Brain and a number of screenplays, incuding The Wolfman and Earth vs. the Flying Saucers. In the story, a German scientist finds four large eggs in a secret vally in Africa. He brings them back to Berlin where they hatch, releasing four giant tse-tse flies which terrorize the city. Since they are tse-tse flies, not only can they bite you in half, but they can give you sleeping sickness as well. The giant flies are finally killed (by electrocution and poison gas) and all is well. Interestingly, this issue also reprints "The Sphinx" by Edgar Allan Poe, in which the protagonist believes he has seen a giant Death's Head Moth, but its turns out to be a case of forced perspective -- the moth is normal size, just closer to the viewer's eye than it first appeared. So I suppose not all giant insects are really giant insects. No letter page in this one. Maybe they didn't have enough correspondence yet.

BTW, I showed the Amazing with the giant fly to my four-year tonight -- he wanted to know who made all the sailors so tiny.

Great dragon covers!

Yep, that's the one. I wish every ebay purchase turned out this well. Absolutely! And I've enjoyed reading the ones that you've posted. I haven't had a chance to read the one in this issue yet, but it should be feedback on the first issue or two; that could be interesting. Thanks guys and happy Thanksgiving!

Well, not exactly NM, but it's very, very nice - the cover is really clean and bright. The vertical line on the right side is from the scanner not the book. Definately at least a fine by pulp standards. Thanks guys!

Gorgeous books as always, Dwight! Here's my newest:

I love the Sea Dragon cover! Sticking to theme of monsters attacking boats, this came yesterday. For those that aren't into pulps, this is the fourth issue of Amazing Stories. These early issues are tough to find in nice shape like this and I'm pretty stoked.

I'm looking forward to those grocery sized goodie bags loaded with mint GA comics! Steve, I'm putting these two comics in your bag. Wow! Those are sweet!

Speaking of Tarzan, somebody picked up that Tip Top 1 at a bargain price - was that anyone here?

Congrats Billy! What A great book. I was very tempted to go after it. Glad to see it went to good home. (thumbs u

Gorgeous!

How about this fun clown from the 1920's? This clown is freakin' me out.

Those are some smokin' Cracks!

Boy, do I have a THREAD for you! Try it, Click it. And when you're finished with that, here are Bangzoom's sweet Marvel pulps from earlier in this very thread: Link (thumbs u

Nice!

I'm selling some GA books, along with a couple of pulps. Check it out: Link

Damn, that is sweet!

Very cool!