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SPICY ADVENTURE July 1942 G- cr/ow pages. Back cover nearly detached, held on at top 2&1/2". Nice spine. Copping a feel cover. $140 $125

SPICY DETECTIVE Dec. 1936 VG cream pages with slight corner chipping at right edge some pages, and along right edge of a few. Overall, pages are supple enough to read, but do have slight brittleness at right edge. Appearance is nicer than assigned grade, but down graded due to PQ. Spine complete and unfaded. $200 $185

SPICY DETECTIVE Aug. 1935 VG cream pages with slight corner chipping at right edge some pages, and along right edge of a few. Overall, pages are supple enough to read, but do have slight brittleness at right edge. Appearance is nicer than assigned grade, but down graded due to PQ. Spine complete and unfaded. $200 $185

SPICY DETECTIVE Mar 1936 VG+ cr/ow pages. Spine complete and unfaded. $225 $200

SPICY DETECTIVE Sept. 1936 FN- cr/ow pages. Spine complete and unfaded. $275 $250

DIME MYSTERY July 1940 G/VG cream pages. Two holes in cover on upper right side. Tape around edges of inside covers front and back. Spine complete and unfaded. $75 $68

DIME MYSTERY Dec. 1936 Qualified VG- ow pages. The last page (ads on both sides) is mostly missing - torn out. Spine is complete and unfaded. 1" split at spine top of back cover. $115 $100

Before the pulps, a girlie mag from the same era. SILK STOCKINGS V.1 #7 Apparent VG ow pages. Top one inch and bottom 2 inches of the spine are glued. Great cover! $120 $100

Decades later that same graphic would become a teaser preview for board sales thread.

Very cool!

While trimming isn't restoration in the traditional sense, I have no problem with it being lumped in as it is either done to "improve" the appearance of a book (the goal of most restoration), or in some cases to give a uniform edge in a bound volume. I think tape and glue should be treated the same, whether you want to call them restoration, conservation, or just make note of them.

Pretty ragged, but the best part of the cover is still there. Well worth the $20.

Last one for today. I may list some pulps and related mags later this week. GEORGIE #30 1.8 ow pages Cover detached. Stains on the margins of some interior pages. $50 $45

MILLIE THE MODEL #25 4.0 cr/ow pages Structurally sound copy. $195 SOLD!

TARGET V.10 #2 2.5 ow pages Cover detached, stains on front cover. Under appreciated L.B. Cole cover. $75 $68

JUNGLE #88 6.0 cr/ow pages 1" tear interior page. small tear top back cover, 1/2" ncb crease top right of front cover (not easy to see in scan) $120 SOLD!

PRIZE #43 4.0 white pages Single staple has split at front cover, but cover is attached from back. Spine roll. $375 SOLD!

DOLLMAN #42 5.0 cream pages 1/2" spine split at top. small chip out bottom right cover. $300 $275

SUSPENSE #22 3.5 ow pages Fat 52 page Atlas horror. Everett cover. Bernie Krigstein interior art. $100 $90

VOODOO #15 3.0 ow-w pages cover barely hanging on, but attached, 1&1/2" spine split top, centerfold detached at top staple, barely attached bottom staple. $300 SOLD!

VAULT OF HORROR #35 3.0 ow-w pages cover detached, 3/4" spine split top, 1" ss bottom. $400 Now $360

in thread rules. Returnable in 14 days for any reason. $7 shipping in US, free over $500. At cost elsewhere. No HOSers or probies. Paypal, zelle, check or M.O. Need a couple weeks to pay? - no problem, I'll hold the books for you. Unfortunately I must collect sales tax from buyers in California. I will invoice when I have zip code. I will discount tax against shipping costs. No sales tax on sales outside California.

It looks structurally sound with decent PQ, but the general light wear and dirt along with multiple creases caps this around a 4.0 for me. Potentially improvable with a dry clean and press.

While I can see why the board opinions came in a bit lower than CGC on a couple of the other books posted, this one looks pretty much a textbook 5.0 to me. I'm not sure where the 3.5s were coming from.

Technically a .5, as clipped art effects readability, but could be called a Qualified 2.0. A decent candidate for marrying the wrap from a coverless copy. It would still be a Q 2.0, but at least a complete book.