Surfing Alien

Oh, Salome is a wraparound for sure. Probably the greatest in all of the paperbacks, (possibly tied with the Gold Medal "Seminole") Look at the floor she dances on. Goes straight around to the back. Not even questionable

Nappi Nurses

I like a nice minty fresh Dell once in a while. They have a certain charm.

Crime Detective March 1940.

When in doubt about Avon covers, get both

I like 'em

This is not a test, of the emergency broadcast system...

True, but those aren't vintage. If we start posting newer books, the next thing you know @Randall Dowling will be showing off his Sweet Valley High set

Some Friday fun ... "Maniac Rendezvous" by Marc Brandel Avon No. 387 Cover art by Don Brockell (credited inside) This was considered classic back in the day. I've always wanted a copy but never got one I really like the title font as well as the art generally. "Strangers On A Train" by Patricia Highsmith Bantam No. 905 Cover art by Stanley Zuckerberg. Highsmiths early pbs are all pretty tough and pricey from what I can see. Took a chance and lucked into this one for a song.

Well said, about as well as it can be said. Turning a blind eye to stereotypical paper won't make it go away and better to try to understand it imho. You couldn't remotely be an Avon completist or even serious collector without having some of them, whether its racial, nationality or gender types. For the record, no one on the Raymond Johnson panel I put together for his bio thinks Raymond Johnson did that cover. More likely it was Bill Randall, Robert Hilbert or some other Avon stalwart.

Well, Warren's guide has 41,000 pb listings so I guess there's an end somewhere

Excellent - those rarely go under the radar I won some cool things Easter night too as bidding seemed very subdued

More Fridge Magnet RayJo

Some would say Avati and not Avati back then But I always loved the slightly cartoonish renderings of the pulp influenced artists rather than the "gritty realists"

Another Ray Johnson confection.

Raymond Johnson's cover run at Avon in the early 1950's was astonishing. Belarski at Popular was the only comparable dynasty, and I love his run, but Johnson broke everything out of the confines of the cover space with huge figures in off-set layouts with bright colors and that smooth shading

That's like the Avon Hall of Fame right there

Finally landed a nice copy of this Lion Books No. 224 classic David Goodis noir 1st edition, "Black Friday". This is what "Real Men" collect

Fridge Magnet

Glad to see you got what you wanted Jimbo

On the list for sure but not a great cover. I'll take Lost Horizon, Wuthering Heights, Topper, Bambi and Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Not necessarily in that order but definitely Lost Horizon first The other five books beside these I'd take but mostly if they fell in my lap.

My oldest paperback is from August 1939. The first print of Pocket Books No. 11, The Good Earth (which is listed inside as the "second printing" however the "first printing" was the uber rare promotional nn in 1938. There was no "first printing" of No. 11) I've had one or two first printings of the rare first 10 Pockets but they were such beaters, I sold them. I foolishly passed on a nice copy of Pocket No. 1 First Printing back when I started collecting again, around 2017, because I was not used to spending 3 figures on a pb yet

Pretty copy

I respect your game Douglas, because you, Sir, are not afraid to "Mannup"

A recent pickup. I can still find a nice Jungle with GGA here and there for less than 4 figures