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Surfing Alien

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  1. Naked Canvas by Warwick Scott Popular Library No. 648 1955 $15 SOLD to mstrange Not sure who this artist is but the GGA is real pretty VF minus. Has one bend on the front cover and a little pen scribble on the back but a very square, glossy new looking book.
  2. Octagon House by Phoebe Atwood Taylor Dell No. 171 1947 $8 A real nice Art Deco cover design from the Golden Age with map back VG, has the usual Dell lamination creases that don't break color but you can see them held at an angle. Lamination almost all intact. Square and tight though, with great color.
  3. Most Likely To Love by Fletcher Flora Monarch No. 426 1964 $25 SOLD to Goldust40 Stunning Rafael DeSoto Good Girl cover art Fine Plus. Super glossy and new looking. Has slight slant, some light bends to covers and some edgewear. Looks great.
  4. The Bitter Tea of General Yen by Grace Zaring Stone Popular Library No. 169 1949 $10 SOLD to Goldust40 Early Popular Library GGA by an uncredited artist Spine has a crack at the middle but the book is solid and tight and the main cover image looks good with the wear apparent in the pics
  5. Teen-Age Terror by Wenzell Brown Gold Medal s734 PBO 1st Print 1958 $35 SOLD to OuterboroGuy Belt-whipping cover art by James Meese - a JD "fridge magnet" Shocking back cover blurb Fine plus/VF minus. Square, tight and glossy. Has a bit of edgewear, a light stain to the top page edge. Super smooth covers with no creases.
  6. Violent Streets by Dale Kramer Signet No. 1226 1st Printing 1955 $30 Gang girl alert! James Avati JD cover art, he didn't too many of those IIRC Nice higher grade copy VF minus, has a little bending at the lower right front, a bit of edgewer, otherwise a very square, glossy copy that looks unread.
  7. Addicted To Murder by Theodore Drachman Avon T-383 1960 $15 SOLD to Goldust40 I love this cover design by an uncredited artist. Falls in the drug story category Fine/Fine plus. Square and tight has a few creases to covers. Light rubbing and edgewear
  8. The Tightrope by Stanley Kauffmann. Popular Library No. 520 1953 $15 SOLD to mstrange One of Owen Kampen's blonde beauties featured on this Popular, another one with great art on the back as well. Feels unread with the one light crease at upper right and the rest of the book feeling clean and fresh
  9. Liana by Martha Gellhorn Popular Library NO. 1529 2nd print 1954 $15 SOLD to NerV Gorgeous colors on this Ray Johnson GGA painting with great vignettes on the back cover as well. One of the many inter-racial genre from this time period. Square, tight and glossy. Has a reader crease, light vertical crease on back and some edgewear. A real nice looking book.
  10. Take Me Home by Fletcher Flora Monarch Books No. 120 PBO 1959 $65 SOLD to TheComicsPreacher Sublime cover art by Harry Schaare graces this Lesbian classic. A very tough book in any condition. I'm probably crazy for selling it with what is happening with this genre. VF minus Square and glossy with the barest trace of a reader crease and a touch of wear at the upper right corner. "R" in pen on first page.
  11. Infidelity by Arthur Weigal Novel Library No. 24 1949 $40 SOLD to Goldust40 This famous GGA cover art, likely by Peter Driben, was re-used on the comic book Intimate Confessions No. 7 VF minus. It's square, tight and glossy. Some dust shadows on the back cover about all there is to report. A beautiful Avon!
  12. Thanks for the looks and takes, it's time for a bit longer break. Going to run a few errands at the store. I should be back around 6-ish EST. Should I get beer
  13. Dream Club by Albert Quandt Original Novels No. 726 1952 $25 SOLD to Goldust40 An affordable "Fridge Magnet" JD classic with the Herb Taus hypodermic needle cover art. Spine is split with front cover attached with archival tape. Pretty good otherwise. Perfect reader and "Looks great in a mylar"
  14. The Dream Is Deadly by Carter Brown Signet S1845 First Printing. October 1960 $25 SOLD to mstrange Incredible Good Girl with a skull cover art by Barye Phillips, one of the best VF Minus. Bright and glossy. Square and tight with great pages. Has a bit of surface disturbance on the cover, hard to see. A great copy.
  15. Murders I've Seen by Philip Mechem Croydon No Number (No.2) 1945 $45 SOLD to Goldust40 Classic L.B.Cole spotlight cover. Digest sized. Spine has slight slant, reader crease and edgewear.
  16. Seven Slayers by Paul Cain Avon No. 268 1950 $40 SOLD to Goldust40 Gorgeous Ray Johnson cover art on this noir collection from the Black Mask writer. Always considered a top Avon. Square, tight and bright with a small corner crease on back and light edgewear .
  17. Torture Garden by Octave Mirbeau Lancer 74-840 1965 $45 SOLD to Jimjum12 One of the rarest Frazetta paperback covers. Rarely seen and usually trashed. Square and tight with a slight ding to the lower right corner, light stain to the page edge on the back top. Smooth covers with light rubbing, no bad creases, much nicer than usual. She's on fire
  18. Bodies Are Where You Find Them by Brett Halliday Dell 0668 New Dell Edition, First Printing June 1966 $22 SOLD to crassus Another elegant GGA cover by Robert McGinnis in immaculate VF or better condition. These are so suwheet.
  19. The Violent World of Michael Shayne by Brett Halliday Dell 9334 First Dell Printing November 1965 $22 SOLD to crassus An elegant GGA cover by Robert McGinnis in immaculate VF or better condition