Surfing Alien

Great take A monument of a book. Takes a digest bag to contain it!

The Crack In Space by Philip K. Dirk Ace F-377 1st Ed. Paperback Original February 1966 $35 SOLD to NerV Cover art by Jerome Podwil. Very Fine Unread, Square and glossy, perfect spine, pages tight, creamy and supple. A slight bend to cover at lower right. Off white pages. Looks like a new book

Dune by Frank Herbert Ace N-3 True 1st print 1967 $110 SOLD to TheComicsPreacher This book has exploded in recent years, at least partially because of the movies. Many bad printing identifications out there. Only N-3 on the cover is a 1st print. John Schoenherr cover art. Hugo and Nebula winner. Tough to find these still square at 544 pages. This one is, and glossy and tight. Lightly read. Has a few minor edge chips, light bends, etc. but a very attractive copy of a monster of a classic PB.

World Without Men Charles Eric Maine Ace Books D-274 1st Edition $30 SOLD to Goldust40 Fridge magnet GGA cover art by Ed Emshwiller Pretty VF minus copy. Square, tight and glossy with hairline creases and minimal wear. Name written in pen on first page.

Swamp Thing by David Houston and Len Wein Tor Books 48-039-3 First Printing April, 1982 $40 SOLD to Susanville Awesome Swamp Thing/Adrienne Barbeau painted cover and movie tie-in Killer unread copy with light wear to the extremities.

Death Out Of Focus by William Gault Dell No. 1012 1st Print March, 1960 $50 SOLD to crassus Signed by Robert McGinnis on the title page. This is an unread copy that someone carefully taped the spine to and had McGinnis sign. Not sure of the purpose of all that except, despite the tape, it's a beautiful book with a great cover and the signature is tops. I have a bunch of signed McGinnis covers and can't keep them all so I'm going to pass a few on here and there. This is the bargain copy for sure.

Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Ed. by Ray Bradbury Bantam A944 PBO 1952 $20 SOLD to NerV Great collection selected by Bradbury, includes Bradbury, Jackson, Kuttner & more The amazing wraparound cover art is uncredited but looks like Charles Binger to me VF minus. No crease at all on the spine so it's an unread copy that has a few color flecks off the edges and a tiny crease on lower back left. It's a fat little violume.

Tough Kid From Brooklyn Robert Mende 2nd numbering of this title. Avon T-99 1955 $15 JD + GGA This one has everything that I like. Beautiful Raymond Johnson Good Girl and the evocative Brooklyn Bridge/Waterfront background. Glossy, bright and tight. Spine has slant, small loss on front and scratches on back cover

The Man Who Fell To Earth by Walter Tevis Avon No. 27276 First Print August 1976 $35 SOLD to Goldust40 First movie tie-in with the David Bowie cover Unread, has storage wear at edges, a couple small digs on back. Tough black cover looks new and glossy.

Taxi Driver by Richard Elman Bantam No. T2681 1st printing Feb. 1976 $35 SOLD to Susanville Tough movie tie-in, highly collected first of this classic. A nice looking copy. Has light creasing that breaks very little color and mostly blends into the white.

She'll Be Dead By Morning by Dana Chambers Popular Library No. 238 1950 $22 SOLD to Goldust40 Love this cover. Not a known Belarski but in the style almost better than he did. Fine. Spine has slant and pages are slightly uneven. Covers are smooth with minimal creasing. Wear to the spine and edges. Small stain to back corner.

Bar The Doors Selected by Alfred Hitchcock Dell #143 1946 $20 SOLD to NerV Classic Gerald Gregg Horror cover. One of the best Dell Hitchcock Horror books. Stories by Wells, Crawford and Derleth, among others. A square, tight fresh copy with great gloss. Some light lamination creasing that doesn't break color keeps it out of high grades but man, it feels and mostly looks like one. Great pages.

Two kinda beat but complete early Ace's D-61 and D-69 from 1954 with two PBO's in there $10

I have to take a trip to the store. Should be back in about an hour

The Cosmic Puppets by Philip K. Dirk b/w Sargasso of Space by Adnrew North Ace D-249 1957 $20 SOLD to Goldust40 True 1st Edition of Cosmic Puppets. Covers by Ed Valigursky and Ed Emsh A pretty nice bargain copy - the spine is super nice, book has great color and gloss. There are a couple of vertical creases on "Puppets" and book has a bit of a wave from improper storage.

The Doll's Trunk Murder by Helen Reilly Popular Library 211 1949 $60 Iconic violent Rudolph Belarski Bondage/Headlights cover. A cornerstone type book Not quite as nice as the last one I sold. Has a bit of spine edge wear and a ding with light creases in the lower right corner

What Really Happened by Brett Halliday Dell D381 2nd Dell Edition with new art $18 SOLD to crassus Nice McGinnis cover art A much better copy I found I had of one I sold in the cheapie sale last month. Small smudge on the back cover otherwise VF looking copy

Shakedown by Ben Kerr (pseudonym of William Ard) Popular Library No. 467 1952 $25 SOLD to OuterBoroGuy Nice GGA cover art. Ard was a real slick hardboiled writer in his too-short life. Fine Plus Plus. Slight slant, a few stresses and light bends

A Man In Her House by William Johnston Midwood Books No. F178 1962 $25 Beautiful uncredited headlights cover art on this Midwood sleaze title (looks a lot like Rader but I don't believe it's him) Unread and new looking, has a little chipping/chew to bottom left back cover, else VF

The Simple Art Of Murder by Raymond Chandler Pocket Books No. 916 1st Printing November 1952 $35 SOLD to Goldust40 Just a killer copy of the 1st paperback edition of this collection of 5 tales. George Mayers cover art VF Plus Unread glossy and square with no wearing away of the silver spine edge - very rare to find these silver spine Pockets like this. Tiny bend at bottom back. Tough to beat.

The Wild Years by Donn O'Hara Popular Library No. 635 PBO January 1955 $25 SOLD to crassus A really nice hillbilly GGA cover by Ray Johnson on this one. Love the dude with the jug. VF minus/VF - has one light crease on the back - otherwise square, tight, bright and glossy

Cropper's Cabin by Jim Thompson Lion Books No. 108 November 1952 $35 SOLD to Darwination A truly sick and twisted Thompson tale. Offering up my reader copy at a bargain price. One of those super-tough Jim Thompson Lion Books originals that goes for hundreds of bux in high grade. Spine slanted, pages loosening but all there, including the covers. So great to read these in their original format

Hell Bent by H.B. Ames Beacon B163 1958 $30 SOLD to Goldust40 Hard boiled sleaze title and violent GGA cover art (uncredited) Fine plus/VF minus. Vibrant colors. Hairline reader crease, slight spine slant, light wear.

Hard and Fast by U.S. Andersen Popular Library Eagle EB72 1956 $15 SOLD to Goldust40 About as hard boiled a title as you can get, with multiple cool Ray Johnson paintings to boot. Fine Plus/VF minus Square and Tight with great color. Has a few light bends and some surface and edge wear, shadow at bottom front. A nice copy.

Great takes - I'm going to finish getting the thread cleaned up and then get some more books up