OtherEric

A nice batch in today.  The Dunwich Horror is low grade but very happy to have it nonetheless.  The JDM is a 1st.  The Phantom Lady is low grade but I don't know anybody in this forum who would pass up the Reader's League variant for $2.50.  And the Avon is "just" an Avon from the round logo glory days.

Yeah, Lois has swollen calves. I mean what's with that?

It very much depends on the store, I would think.  Checking a wantlist is 100%, every time, acceptable, and if they don't like you verifying if you have a book to hell with them.
Looking up values is a little bit more debatable, I would say it depends on your relationship with the store.  But in most cases it would be OK, the only time I would feel even slightly guilty is checking a book that I wouldn't buy otherwise to see if I could flip it.  And even then, that's a personal choice, not necessarily something wrong to do.

Just the Fantasy Press colophon is worth the price of entry for me. Robots printing books   it doesn't get much more Sci-Fi for me  Every book printed in the series is a beautiful example of book making and a ton of good reading and great art.

Thank @OtherEric for this one.

One of my favorite Clyne covers and the return of another old friend I had in my 1st collection that I sold off. I dug Coppards outlook on the supernatural 🤘
Pardon the mylar glare...

In today, courtesy of @Number 6's recent sales thread.  Not something I was necessarily looking for entirely for its own sake, but super happy to get a nice example of a Fantasy Press book for the collection:

A local store turned this up and gave me first crack at it.  Signed by Ellison on the title page, although it's not the S&N edition.  It is the actual 1st edtion rather than the much more common BCE, though.

My second favorite Argosy Devil cover, although I probably am not familiar with all of them.
My #1:

Looks like my copy managed it.

It very much depends on the store, I would think.  Checking a wantlist is 100%, every time, acceptable, and if they don't like you verifying if you have a book to hell with them.
Looking up values is a little bit more debatable, I would say it depends on your relationship with the store.  But in most cases it would be OK, the only time I would feel even slightly guilty is checking a book that I wouldn't buy otherwise to see if I could flip it.  And even then, that's a personal choice, not necessarily something wrong to do.

Looks like my copy managed it.

My second favorite Argosy Devil cover, although I probably am not familiar with all of them.
My #1:

Looks like my copy managed it.

My second favorite Argosy Devil cover, although I probably am not familiar with all of them.
My #1:

My second favorite Argosy Devil cover, although I probably am not familiar with all of them.
My #1:

I think Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a top Bergey.  For that matter, I think the Loos book is a classic piece of American satire, too, with a great American novel being overshadowed by the Jane Russell/Marilyn Monroe flick.  Ofc, I say that as I'm looking to find a copy of the movie ><
I really like the Shadow Over Innsmouth cover, too (great colors and design).  I haven't branched out into horror or SF yet in the pbs, but I can see myself picking up that one if I see a nice copy.
I just checked out the wiki on the story, curious where the Weird Tales appearance was, and was surprised to learn Farnsworth Wright rejected it! (though it was later printed in 1942).  So first printed thusly - not my copy (and no doubt some around here may have one):

I really like both covers on the Evil is the Night/ Dictators Die Hard double, I may need to put that on the upgrade list.

And some doubles in today as well.  I love the upside down look to the D-6