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Women In Trouble by James Donner Monarch MB501 1959 $20 Now $18 An unusual good girl art cover by Robert Maguire Fine - appears unread - highly glossy , has a dent at the top front cover that doesn't break the color otherwise only the slightest hints of wear. Would be a super high grade without dent, which really is unobtrusive but there nonetheless.

Great pick!

Night of The Jabberwock by Frederic Brown Bantam Book 990 1952 $15 SOLD to OtherEric 1st Paperback edition. Nice Robert Skemp cover. I love how the back cover explains how Brown gets his plot ideas by taking long bus rides Fine minus. Appears lightly read. Solid spine, slight slant, pages tight, creamy and supple. Covers have only minimal creasing and wear, tiny chip upper right. An attractive copy overall.

The Fabulous Clipjoint by Frederic Brown Bantam Book 302 1948 $20 Now $18 1st Paperback edition of the 1948 Edgar Award Winner. Beautiful Ed Grant GGA Cover Fine Minus/Fine. Appears unread or very lightly read but has a few issues. Spine has slant but pages tight and supple. Covers have tanning inside but only minimal creasing and wear but the lamination has some lifting and slight peeling as is inevitable with this title. Name stamped inside and on page edge. Still an attractive copy overall.

A Plot for Murder by Frederic Brown Bantam Book 735 1949 $20 Now $18 1st Paperback edition. Great photo cover, looks like a painted cover. Fine. Appears very lightly read. Square spine, pages tight and supple. Covers have only minimal creasing and wear. A very attractive copy overall.

So I'm going to kick this off again, I'm posting a few at first but I have a some things to do today, including working on assembling my book cases for the Comic Room, so there will be some pauses. Trying to post as wide a selection of authors, artists and pricing so there's something for everyone. Speaking of everyone, I think everyone should love Frederic Brown. One of the most inventive storytellers who crosses over from Noir to Science Fiction. He was mostly published by Bantam Books, which are notably fragile around the edges.

Those are great pick ups. Charles Binger cover on the Pennant and the "Star" looks almost as nice as the one I sold out of the hi grade collection

Those last few photos are darker than the books appear in hand because it's night and my photos are in artificial room light. I usually take my pics in daylight by the window of our playroom and they look like in hand. That just means it's getting late and I'm going to chill and let the thread ride until tomorrow to list some more fun stuff.

Just in. Off-Beat Detective Stories. September 1960. Cover art by Carl Pfeufer.

Tarzan And The Lost Empire by Edgar Rice Burroughs Ace F-169 November 1962 $15 SOLD to mrlatko 2nd American paperback edition after the famous Dell #536. 1st Frazetta cover edition. Classic Frazetta Tarzan cover. Very Good Plus/Fine minus. Glossy. Bright colors. Spine is solid. No reader crease. Has a long non color breaking crease on the mid cover and a couple finger bends. Pages and interior cover lightly toning.

The Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs Ace 49291 Second Ace printing October 1969 $15 SOLD to mrlatko Gorgeous Frank Frazetta Lost City cover. Very Fine. Glossy, square, unread copy. Tiny bend on bottom back left corner. Has mild toning to the interiors but looks like it did on the rack. Tough to find any of these Ace editions this nice. (those are shadows from my camera on the back cover, not stains)

Lost on Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs Ace F-221 August 1963 $15. SOLD to mrlatko 1st American paperback edition. Frank Frazetta animal fight cover. Fine. Glossy. Spine is solid but has slant. Has a few light finger bends on front, one crease on back bottom left. Pages and interior cover lightly toning. A nice copy.

Pirates Of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs Ace 66502, March 1973 $8 Now $6 First tall Ace edition with a sweet Roy Krenkel, Jr. cover. Fine Plus. Glossy and unread. Has a couple of spine tics, a light upper corner crease. Small stamp on first page. Pages and interior cover toning. A very nice looking copy.

Superman Signet D2966 Stated 1st Printing May 1966 $50 Now $45 SOLD - package deal to Tupenny Conan The Superman Signet one shot. Lightning striking Superman cover. It's as tough as the Batman Signets to find unread and the white cover is an extra challenge. Fine Plus. Appears unread, spine is square and unbroken. Colors are bright. Has one light bend along upper right cover corner. Very little edgewear. Pages are off white, inside covers are only lightly toned. Some dust soiling on back cover. A great looking copy.

Batman vs. The Penguin Signet D2970 Book No. 4 in the 1966 Series Stated 1st Printing May 1966 $50 Now $45 SOLD - package deal to Tupenny Conan Classic Penguin cover - In my experience, this one is tougher to find nice than the Joker cover. Fine. Appears unread, spine is square and unbroken. Colors are bright. Has finger bends to the front and back cover. Very little edgewear. Pages are off white, inside covers are only lightly toned. A great looking copy.

Batman vs. The Joker Signet D2969 Book No. 3 in the 1966 Series Stated 1st Printing May 1966 $55 Now $50 SOLD - package deal to Tupenny Conan Killer Joker cover - real tough with the pink cover - the edges chip very easily. Fine. Appears unread, spine is square and unbroken. Has some finger bends to the covers, edgewear. Pages are off white, inside covers are only lightly toned. A great looking copy.

Batman - The Best of the Original Batman Signet D2939 Book No. 1 in the 1966 Series Stated 1st Printing March 1966 $45 Now $40 SOLD - package deal to Tupenny Conan As I mentioned last month, I've been upgrading this series for several years now and 95% are trashed, another 5% VG-ish and a few here and there that look like the ones I'm listing. The DC signets are a tough run to put together in nice condition. Fine/Fine Plus. Appears unread, spine is square and unbroken. Has few finger bends to the bottom of the front cover. Pages are off white, inside covers are toned. A great looking copy.

The Applegreen Cat by Frances Crane Popular Library 344 May 1951 A very popular Popular cover. $20 Now $15 Girl with a Gun cover by Rudolph Belarski - this one also originally appeared on a Popular pulp I believe. Fine. Solid binding has slight slant. The book appears lightly read. Light reader crease, a few small finger bends. Light edgewear and has the usual page toning.

A Woman of Samaria by James Wesley Ingles Popular Library 299 1950 A classic cover $30 SOLD to Microbia Another famous nipple cover by Rudolph Belarski Very Fine minus. Blazing colors. Solid square binding. The book appears unread. A trace of wear along spine. Exceptional page quality.

I promised some Popular Librarys in the title so I'll drop a few nice ones in here, including some beautiful Belarski covers to start. The Chuckling Fingers by Mabel Seeley Popular Library 231 1950 A very scarce Popular Library title $25 SOLD at 20% off to PopKulture Headlights pulp style cover by Rudolph Belarski - originally appeared on a Popular pulp, I don't have the issue handy, but I find the coloring and detail are so much better on the paperbacks. Fine plus. Solid square binding. The book appears unread. Almost no wear except a slight impact on top right corner with associated wrinkling on cover and a couple of interior pages. A beautifully presenting copy of a very scarce vintage Popular Library paperback

The Savage Chase by Frederick Lorenz Lion Books 223 September 1954 1st Edition PBO $40 SOLD per PM Fantastic wrap around Gangsters & GGA cover art by Al Rossi. Just an amazing, gritty, detailed cover to a tough noir thriller. A eye popping copy. If you know Lion Books at all, you know how tough they are to find like this. Very Fine minus. Covers bright with blazing gloss, unread. Great page quality. Light toning to interior. A few light finger bends to the edges. They just don't turn up like this often.

Honey In The Flesh by G.G. Fickling Pyramid Books G411 First Edition PBO May 1959 $40 Now $32 Gorgeous Harry Schaare Gun Moll GGA cover A stunning, glossy, new looking copy of this Honey West Private Eye series PBO. Very Fine. Covers bright and glossy, obviously unread and stored perfectly for 60 years. Great page quality. Light toning to interior, tiny spotting to the page edges. Has some musty odor to it, which is about the only thing I can say that isn't a superlative.

The Whipping by Roy Flannagan Bantam Books #817 $30 SOLD to mstrange A crazy Harry Schaare GGA/Hooded figures cover art. Along with "Campus Town", they're the Suspense #3 of paperbacks. Very Good. Spine is solid but has significant slant, 1 1/2" tear at rear spine. Covers are glossy, pages are uneven but tight and supple. Reader crease, other wise just has a few finger bends and minimal wear. Despite the mentioned flaws, a very presentable, collectible copy.

Going to start off literally with some big guns Kiss My Fist by James Hadley Chase Eton Books E112 Second Printing May 1952 $75 Now $60 An excellent copy of the hardest boiled title/cover art combination in American Paperbacks. The incredible violent GGA cover is uncredited to date but definitely in the Avon style paced by Raymond Johnson in the early 1950's. The Eton line was Avon's attempt to match Signet's tall format. They suffer from terrible spine and spine glue problems and are often falling apart. Fine. Solid square spine, great color and gloss. Light edgewear, a few tiny creases. Tiny dot on bottom cover. Pages are creamy and supple. Minimal toning. A very pretty copy of a very tough vintage paperback.

Thanks! I'm going to get this thread back going again within the hour. I'm finished with chores