Darwination

A magazine that arrived today on my doorstep. The envelope actually came open at the top in transit There's some possible transit damage (nothing that can't be taken care of), but, on the other hand, the magazine is nicer than I thought would be in the listing. I paid a little over 30 for this before shipping, likely because of the funky accordion tear and horrible seller picture and info (couldn't see the stain on the right side that luckily is only on the cover). Surprisingly, the interior pages are in lovely condition, and there's a ton of gloss on the cover and photo section. I picked it up as a scanning copy (v01n01, a "key" mebbe), and it will serve that task quite nicely after I press it a bit, and it may stay in the pc afterwards to boot (no need to go after another copy considering I'm not exactly nuts for the cover). This is when the magazine was under Bow-Man ownership (S. Boehm and J. Mann) before the title was sold to Henry Marcus. Nice production values, really, with nice paper and printing on the middle photo section. If I'd paid a lot (or if I expected the seller to know better), I might have been upset with the packaging ,but as it is, I'm just happy to have gotten the issue even with the tear and stain for cheap. I think when @waaaghboss and I were looking at this issue earlier in the year from "taschadad" (whose handle pulpsters no doubt recognize as a longtime awesome pulp seller) that was graded VG that ended up selling for over $400. Not the scarcest issue (for a girlie pulp), I've seen this a good number of times compared to most of the other Bow-Man issues.

You can only see one eye from her boyfriend with the Whataburger sweater, but he's getting good glare value out of just that one

The Trailer Park Girls - Glenn Canary (1962.Monarch Books 248) cover Harry Barton PBO

A new redhead joins the party.

Heh, I was a mere spectator on that one - I do have it on the list after seeing it in your last sale, though. I love the cover but have the feeling my JD/Narcotics collection is going to be of the rough and tumble variety since condition doesn't seem to bother me much on those. ----- Another from the box I got from Steve. This book looks like one that's super tough to find a nice cut on. Massively thick - not a read on a lark affair. I've seen a guess on the cover artist of Barye, but I don't think so. Székely is better known for his screenplays than his two novels. Temptation - John Pen (aka János Székely) (1952.Avon G-1008) cover

I think there were more than two birds in that cockfight

When I was looking through Steve's books and looking at comps, I was a little disappointed when I learned this wasn't actually Charles Williams. Still, I'm struck by the subdued cover with great colors and the fact it seems to be an early work by jazz critic James Lincoln Collier. Nice shape, too, so on the take pile it went Fires of Youth - James Lincoln Collier (as Charles Williams) (1960.Magnet Books 309) cover PBO

All-Story Love Tales v076n06 (1938-07-09.Munsey) Thanks to @dickymoe74 for sending me this one. Quite a naughty blurb for 1938, but these romances can sometimes be far more *sophisticated* than we imagine.

I went digging in my own collection but don't have any of the Phillips fadeaways for Life and in fact only have a handful of any issues of that first series of Life (great mag, seems somewhat scarce, though I haven't been very dutiful in looking for it). Here's an example of what you're talking about. I believe this painting sold just this year but for some reason I'm not seeing a record at Heritage (but it struck me enough to grab it when it was up): or this one's very much in the vein that All-Story is going for: Looks like not much of the original art is being passed around if the record at Heritage is anything to go by. Nice gallery here that's got a number of the fadeways you're referencing: https://www.americanartarchives.com/phillips,c.htm And it looks like there's a nice book in print completely on the subject, nice

Jim's the man! Received a box of paperbacks from him today, packed very safe and graded fairly and even conservatively. He even threw in a couple of extra books Thank you, Jimbo

Grades in!

Jean Harlow as a redhead?? Screenplay work by F. Scott Fitzgerald mostly reworked by Anita Loos? I am so in Some associated arts while I was digging. This poster went for 45 grand at HA, A POSTER, wow (also the only time I recall seeing a watermark on an HA image, for shame). Earl Christy did a portrait in red-hair for Photoplay Still, what's uber-blondie Jean Harlow doing getting in on ginger territory?? Blondie's revenge

What kind of bags are those? For nine bucks, he might throw in a board with my sunfaded Spitfire. I think you should try haggling for fun and see how far you get.

Great books

That's one big *ss horse syringe/needle

West Side to North West

Is it a bargain line because of a large print run or just collectors not chasing them? I've been pretty astounded at how low the prices are on some very cool books.

Very cool, PK! What a treat it must have been to open up the Sunday comics section and see these great comics. I've never really hunted strips, but they're amazingly cool. I got my hands on a full comics section just this week from The Columbus Sunday Star. The comics section wrapped a crazy tabloid style paper usually with nudes on the back page. I can imagine that strips would be fun to collect but probably oh so difficult. I gather most of the time they get sold as individual pages? The right Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon or Little Nemo in Slumberland would look amazing framed on the wall. Here's a pic of the Flash Gordon:

Freakshow to Showgirls

Carnival of Love to Carnival 905

Love this one, and what an incredible copy I love your raw books, Jay. It may be an unpopular opinion around here, but high grade comics are so much more impressive that way

You've Bet Your Life to Life's Romances

Three bullseyes and .5 low on the Headline, but I had that Action at 6.5.

All-Story Love v108n03 (1946-11.Popular). Kind of a weird issue. It presents very nicely for the most part but was exposed to moisture at some point (faint stain top of cover). There's no moisture stains outside of the light ones on the cover wrap, but the whole issue is so damn wavy. Cute one, though.