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Payoff For The Banker by Frances and Richard Lockridge Pocket Books No. 501 1st Printing March 1948 $15 SOLD to Goldust40 Pretty risque GGA for a Pocket Book. Art by Donald Beck Amazing condition for a 75 year old book. VF Unread. Square tight and super glossy with minimal edgewear.

Wild Fruit by Joan Sherman (Pseudonym of Peggy Gaddis) Beacon B367 PBO 1960 $35 Elegant Good Girl art, likely by Milo or Darcy (Ernest Chiriaka) VF Unread glossy square and tight with minimal edgewear. A gorgeous copy.

Four Carter Brown Signets $20 SOLD to crassus Some great McGinnis covers. They have various issues that keep them out of the higher grades but still present well and can be read if wanted

She's a beauty. Thanks!

Batman vs. The Penguin Paperback Signet D2970 1966 $20 SOLD to mstrange An affordable copy of probably the toughest of the Batman Signets to find in decent shape. Usually beat to death Has light creases that don't break color, and soiling, mostly to the back cover. Still bright, square and collectible

The 31st Of February by Julian Symons Bantam 1059 1953 $10 SOLD to OuterBoroGuy Beautiful uncredited cover art on this mystery Super glossy, unread copy with a few light bends, tiny edgewear

Scandalous by Ralph Carter Century Book No. 91 1947 $20 Headlights GGA art by Malcolm Smith. These little paperback sized Century Books with the Smith art are tough to find in nice shape due to the paper covers Fine plus. Bold colors. Square and tight with very light creases to the edges.

The Silken Nightmare by Carter Brown Signet G2400 First Printing 1963 $15 Nice peek-a-boo McGinnis Good Girl Fine Plus. Square and solid, looks VF. Surface gloss is slightly disturbed. Light code number on spine Inside covers are snow white

The Captive Witch by Dale Van Every Bantam A1090 1st Printing Feb. 1953 $8 SOLD to Goldust40 Gorgeous Harry Schaare cover on this Bantam Giant, including a nice spanking panel on the back Very nice copy with only spine wear to mention

Fistful of Death by Henry Kane Avon T-276 PBO 1958 $25 SOLD to mstrange Raymond Johnson redhead in a nice back shot. A tough hard boiled original Glossy and tight. Slight slant. Mild reader crease and a light crease on back.

Hill Girl by Charles Williams Gold Medal s1138 9th Printing 1961 $5 SOLD to Darwination A perfect reader with a nice alternate GGA cover. For anyone who hasn't read Williams, he is one of the best noir writers out of Gold Medal. Buy this to try him out. Tight and complete with a fair amount of wear but still presentable.

Fools Die on Friday by Erle Stanley Gardner writing as A.A. Fair Dell 2670 New Dell Edition Dec. 1961 $20 Sweet Robert McGinnis GGA cover on this edition VF minus Pretty copy, Square tight and bright with a light bend and minimal wear. A touch of foxing. Back is clean.

The Fire Goddess by Sax Rohmer Gold Medal 283. PBO First Print December 1952 $20 SOLD to Darwination The second Sumuru novel. Glorious Good Girl art remains uncredited however it is certainly in the style of, if not by, Barye Phillips. Fine plus. Solid, square with glossy bold covers. Edgewear to the spine, no bad creases.

Yankee Pasha Edison Marshall Dell 353 Mapback 1949 $20 SOLD to Microbia Bob Stanley topless GGA cover - one of the more daring Dells. The best copy I've listed, my former keeper. VF minus Glossy and bright, near perfect spine, light corner crease. Tough to find Dells this nice

Diary Of A Geisha Girl by Kimiko Omura as told to William Vaneer Avon T-313 PBO 1959 $18 SOLD to Goldust40 A scarce Avon classic cover GGA book. Cover art uncredited but in the style of Darcy (Ernest Chiriaka) Glossy and tight. Slight slant, page uneveness, mild reader crease. Back is clean

French Alley by Matthew Clay Zenith Books ZB-38 1960 $18 SOLD to Inaflash Pretty prostitute cover art is uncredited Glossy and tight. Slight slant, no creasing to speak of. Nice copy.

I'm going to try to get through more books today than I did yesterday, so I'm going to take the tack I do on cheapie threads and just do 1 pic on anything $20 and under (except a Double cover) and try to keep the descriptions down. I'll note any glaring defects on the back and of course will provide more pics if anyone asks.

That book has settled near 1k a few times recently but I don't know if I'm ready to sell one. If anyone PM's me I won't ignore it but don't know If I would post in a thread. Decisions, decisions...

Thanks for the "takes" I followed the auction closely because there was so much top notch material for the market to absorb, I hoped there might be a bargain or two among the lowly paperback cover art. There wasn't. Reefer Girl didn't surprise me, that is the most I've ever seen for a sleaze paperback cover OA. The study for it sold for 20K years ago so this was in the range where I expected it to be. Quite a few of the pb covers went far beyond estimates, the Raders and a couple of lesbian themed doing particularly well. Maybe it's time to sell my undercopy of "Reefer Girl"

Number 6 is Number 1 in my book. Gorgeous book arrived today, everything pretty. Thanks so much. I started reading it again, of course, and am hooked.

Well, I can't top that one tonight and I have some things to get ready for tomorrow so I need to clip that jay here and will resume tomorrow after work. Thanks

Nude On Thin Ice by Gil Brewer Avon T-470 Paperback original, first print 1960 $70 FIRM SOLD to Susanville Great bargain copy. Brewer was one of the best noir writers and this is considered one of his best PBO's. Combined with an ultra-classic cover, it's no wonder this one is usually listed in 3 figures. Pretty, glossy copy. Slight spine slant, a few light bends, small chip on back.

Somewhere in this House by Rufus King Popular Library No. 276 1950 $25 SOLD to OuterBoroGuy Another nice "Killer" Belarski cover, switchblade this time. Tight and glossy. Has slight slant, a very faint reader crease and very light wear. A gorgeous cover

While Murder Waits by John Esteven Popular Library No. 343 1951 $25 SOLD to OuterBoroGuy Real nice copy of a "Killer" Belarski cover Square, tight and glossy with a faint reader crease and a little indent to back spine area.

The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson, Gold Medal S577 1956 $40 True First Edition of this noted horror novel. Classic cover art by Mitchell Hooks Even more widely known for the movie which came out a year after the book. The film’s title was changed to "The Incredible Shrinking Man" A nice copy overall. Glossy and fresh.. Has slight slant, fairly light reader crease,otherwise light bends and edgewear.