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The Girl Who Cried Wolf by Hillary Waugh Dell D338 1st Print January 1960 $25 SOLD to mstrange One of Robert McGinnis' most famous early bondage/headlights GGA covers. Hard to believe he's still painting today at 97. A 65+ year career! Fine Plus/Very Fine Minus. Square and tight. Glossy with deep colors. Has a light reader crease front and back but corners are square with smooth covers, no creasing. A sharp and great looking copy.

The Sherlock Holmes Pocket Book by A. Conan Doyle Pocket Books 95 Scarce 1st Print February 1941 $25 SOLD to Norrin's Lawyer If you know Pocket's, you know. Very hard to find 1st Prints of the early editions. One of the most collected early titles for obvious reasons. Not very high grade but a nicely presenting copy of a book that is extremely difficult to find any better than this due to multiple issues, age (82!), papery lamination,, hard cardboard covers etc. etc. Very Good. Solid and square, everything tight, retains plenty of gloss. The thin lamination is mostly present but has the usual lifts, losses and tears. Soiling on the back cover. Bright white pages. The lack of hard creases makes this remain nice looking from the front.

The Black Flame by Stanley G. Weinbaum Harlequin Books 205 January 1953 $45 SOLD to N e r V Rare 1st paperback edition of Weinbaum's classic superwoman novel from the Canadian publisher whose first 500 books were mainstream before switching to the romances they became famous for. They are extremely tough to find in any kind of nice shape. One of my favorite early 1930's Sci-Fi stories. Weinbaum changed Science Fiction quite a bit before the next pioneer, Heinlein. Classic cover with stars in the pile of Black Margot's hair. Incredible condition for a Harlequin. Fine Minus/Fine. Has the typical Harlequin long reader crease but otherwise this is a glossy square copy without the cover color rubbing that ruins the vast majority of early Harlequins to my taste. Otherwise this is Fine Plus with rubbing to the spine edges.

New Tales Of Space and Time edited by Raymond J. Healey Pocket Books 908 1st Print October 1952 $20 SOLD to N e r V Seminal early science fiction collection including Bradbury and Asimov with a gorgeous Charles Frank cover. Hard to believe this is 70 years old. Another killer copy of a late number Pocket Book. From the High Grade collection. Very Fine Minus. Another super sharp and glossy with amazing colors. Square and pages tight, nice page quality. A couple spots of wear. If you want an amazing copy, this is it.

Going to a couple more nice high grade science fiction titles for a minute... The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart Of The World by Harlan Ellison Avon V2300 1st Printing July 1969 $40 SOLD to N e r V Cover art by Leo and Diane Dillon. A very tough Ellison 1st PB to get in this high a grade. Very Fine Minus/Very Fine. Bright whites are a standout, super square, fresh, with white pages. Covers have a few finger bends and a pressure mark on the back cover, light surface wear but this is a new looking book.

That is extra sauce awesome!

Think it was @N e r V by a nose on that one but I wouldn't advise anyone to underestimate your finger speed

Cop by Jack Karney Pocket Books 898 1st Print September 1952 $20 SOLD to goldust40 Classy Nylons Good Girl in the mirror cover art by gritty realist Stanley Zuckerberg. A killer copy of a late number Pocket Book. Very Fine Minus. Super sharp and glossy with amazing colors for a 70 year old pb. Spine is square as a block, pages tight, nice page quality. A touch of wear along front spine edge and back cover and one or two surface marks on back. An amazing vintage paperback.

The Shadow Hands in the Dark by Maxwell Grant Pyramid P3557 January 1975 $40 SOLD to mstrange A pretty sick copy of #4 in the Steranko cover series. Very Fine almost VF/NM. Glossy tight and unread with razor sharp corners and off white pages. A couple tiny color flecks on the spine and tiny edgewear to lower right.

Danger Planet by Brett Sterling Popular Library 60-2335 Pulp hero Captain Future from the 1940's Better Publications, Inc. $18 SOLD to N e r V Nice Frazetta cover on this 1st paperback edition. Fine Plus. Solid and square with nice gloss. Has a few bends and ticks here and there around the tough black cover. An attractive copy overall.

The Murder of Ann Avery by Henry Kuttner Perma Books 3058 1st Print September 1956 $15 SOLD to goldust40 One of Kuttner's famous series of mystery novels with a classy headlights cover by James Meese. Very Fine Minus. Glossy and new looking covers. Spine has slight slant, minimal wear to the covers, mostly surface wear. Everything tight and unread looking with only some tiny finger bends.

Blaze by Scott Stone Berkley Books G227 1959 $35 SOLD to goldust40 Amazing Raymond Johnson Party Girls cover art. One of my favorite Johnson Tail-lights covers. Berkley's are tough in general but super tough in this condition Very Fine minus. Spine is tight and square, bold colors with tons of gloss. Razor sharp corners. Couple of color flecks off spine edge. Off white pages. A superior copy.

Dormitory Women by R. V. Cassill Lion Books No. 216 July 1954 $20 Another scarce Lion Books PBO. A notorious title with a classic GGA cover that remains uncredited. Very Good/Very Good plus. Looks better but has a split at the top back spine, not visible from the front. Spine is still tight and solid. Pages slightly uneven. Otherwise looks nice with no hard creases and wear is mostly around the edges.

Diary of a Geisha Girl by Kimiko Omura as told to William Vaneer Avon T-313 1959 $25 SOLD to mstrange A very scarce Avon classic cover GGA book. Cover art uncredited but in the style of Darcy (Ernest Chiriaka) Fine. Spine has slant but binding is solid, pages tight. Minimal cover bends and surface wear. A very pretty cover

Norman Saunders of course! and the flip side is Allen Anderson, who didn't do a whole lot of paperback covers to my knowledge

I've got some things to do today but I should have a little stack for this evening and will wrap it up tomorrow with as much as I can dig out

RECAP Page 3 Speak No Evil by Mignon G. Eberhart Early Mapback. Dell #25 1944 $20 Crime Hound by Mary Semple Scott Early Mapback. Dell #34 1944 $15 The So Blue Marble by Dorothy B. Hughes Mapback Dell #100 1946 $8 Page 4 Bar The Doors Selected by Alfred Hitchcock Mapback! Dell #143 1946 $40 Hammett Homicides by Dashiell Hammett Mapback Dell #223 1948 $30 Suspense Stories selected by Alfred Hitchcock Mapback Dell 367 1950 $12 Beyond Infinity by Robert Spencer Carr Dell 781 1954 $10 Line to Tomorrow by Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore) Bantam 1251 1954 1st PB Collection $15 The Lenient Beast by Fredric Brown Bantam 1712 1st PB 1st Print January 1958 $18 Page 6 Troubled Star by George O. Smith Beacon Books #256 "A Galaxy Prize Selection" 1st PB Edition $30 The Mistress by H.C. Branner Signet 1056 1st PB, 1st Printing October 1953 $20 Page 9 Gutter Gang by Jay de Bekker Beacon Books B108 The fat 1st printing. 1954 $30 Jailbait by William Bernard Popular Library #392 1st Printing 1952 $15 Page 11 House of Fury by Felice Swados Avon 298 1950 $50 Page 12 Georgie May by Maxwell Bodenheim Avon 158 , Never Come Morning by Nelson Algren Avon 419,$15 for the pair Page 13 The G-Bomb by Vargo Statten, pen name of science fiction great John Russell Fearn, author of the Golden Amazon series. 1952 Scion Books $50

God, I love this cover!!!! So Unusual!

Last book for tonight, I'm getting pulled in every direction Be back tomorrow! The Rider by Edgar Rice Burroughs Ace 72280 October 1974 $30 SOLD to Ghostzapper First paperback edition. Moody Frazetta cover with great detail. I always think about Strider from LOTR when I see this cover The best copy I've offered. Very Fine. Super glossy, appears unread. Has a couple of little flecks but a proud copy.

Dracula, a Russ Jones book with art by Al McWilliams Ballantine U2271 $30 SOLD to mstrange Awesome cover and interiors. A very tough comic/mag interior vintage pb. Scarce in any condition. Fine/Fine Plus on pulp grading scale.

Sorry, I got pulled away for a bit... Angel by Carter Brown Signet D3413 Third print. Undated. Late 1960's $25 SOLD to goldust40 HOT GGA cover art by Robert McGinnis in high grade. Sweet copy. I can't get the back cover to show but you get the idea and totally returnable if it's ugly. Very Fine Minus. Bright, glossy, square and solid. Great page quality. Light edge wear.

A super cool series! There's lots of obscure 1940's mystery series with unique elements

I am gonna try to rule Bergey in/out as I have his grandson's contact who has been making a few appearances on the web, weighing in on him with the knowledge and records he has access to.

The G-Bomb by Vargo Statten, pen name of science fiction great John Russell Fearn, author of the Golden Amazon series. 1952 Scion Books $50 One of the best Ron Turner British Sci Fi Digest covers featuring an Atomic Bomb explosion over New York. Fine Plus. Vibrant color. Tiny chips at top and base of spine. Pages tight, creamy and supple. Light overall wear. Very nicely presenting copy of a scarce and incredibly detailed classic Turner cover.

Not one you see every day. Many of these small publishers are rare books - glad to see it going to a great home.