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Counterfeit Wife by Brett Halliday Dell D358 1st New Edition Print 1960 $8 SOLD to goldust40 Redhead Alert! Nice McGinnis GGA cover. Fine Square and tight, has light reader crease, corner crease on back and light wear.

Dateline Debbie Hank Janson Compact Books (UK) F223 1963 $20 The best later Hard Boiled Janson series after the Heade covers in the '50's imho. Leggy Michel GGA Square and tight, has some light creasing, staining and aging. A very presentable and collectible copy.

Marked For Murder by Brett Halliday Dell D291 New Dell Edition 1959 $8 SOLD to goldust40 Sweet Blonde McGinnis Girl Fine. Square and solid. Has a fair amount of wear on back cover and light stain to bottom corner. Still nice looking.

The DumDum Murder by Carter Brown Signet S2196 First Edition First Printing October 1962 $12 Some booty call hanging out there Fine. Couple of spine stresses, faint pen on spine, some light residue on covers.

I'm going to take a break to do a few things. I should be back to finish up in about an hour

The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson and The Black Mass of Brother Springer by Charles Willeford $15 for the pair SOLD to goldust40 Minty reader's of two of the craziest noir novels ever conceived by the warped minds of men Not Golden Age, but crazy that these are listed as "vintage" by sellers now, having been published in the 1980's in the Black Lizard/Quill noir revival. I remember them new on the rack in bookstores Unread with minimal edgewear

Tickets For Death by Brett Halliday Dell No. 8884 New Dell Edition 1965 $8 Elegant McGinnis GGA Fine/Fine plus? Would be VF minus, has a tiny corner chip, discounted accordingly. Still attractive

The Road To San Jacinto by L.L. Foreman Pocket Books No. 824 1st Print 1951 $25 SOLD to goldust40 Classic "hooded vigilantes" lynch mob cover art by Carl Mueller VF minus/VF Square, tight and glossy. Some light edgewear and page tanning. Great copy, it's usually beat.

Across Time / Invaders from Earth David Grinnell, Robert Silverberg Ace Books D-286 1st Ed. 1958 $12 SOLD to goldust40 Nice Ed Emshwiller , Ed Valigursky covers Fine plus/VF minus Square, tight and bright, other than small corner creasing on "Invaders" and page tanning, this is a structurally new looking book

Angel by Carter Brown Signet S2094 First print. March 1962 $20 SOLD to goldust40 Gorgeous nude Good Girl "back shot" cover art by Robert McGinnis. Just a killer image, one of my favorites Fine plus. Square tight and bright. Has a code number on spine and some light overall wear

Taffy by Philip B. Kaye Avon 377 1st Print 1951 $25 SOLD to jimjum12 A "fridge magnet" book. Juvenile Delinquents in Harlem Raymond Johnson Headlights GGA art Glossy and never read. Has some laminate peeling on the spine, neat name stamp on inside cover and page edge. Interiors toning as usual but virtually no creasing or edgewear.

To quote Jimbo himself "she's got the kind of buttocks that make a man go straight home from work"

Girl In A Shroud by Carter Brown Signet G2344 1st Print 1963 $15 SOLD to jimjum12 Sweet McGinnis Good Girl back shot Fine/Fine plus. Square, tight and bright. Has small pen date on first page, some rubbing and some color transfer on back. Still overall nice looking.

The Never Was Girl by Carter Brown Signet G2457 1st Print 1964 $15 SOLD to crassus McGinnis Good Girl in the mirror Fine plus. Square, tight and bright. Has faint pen mark on the spine and a few spots of color transfer on back, else VF looking copy.

The Shocking Secret by Holly Roth Dell No. 850 1st PB 1955 $20 Gorgeous William Rose bondage cover VF minus. Square tight and bright with a little lower corner wear. A beauty

House of Evil by Clayre and Michael Lipman Lion Books No. 231 1st Edition PBO 1954 $20 Rudy Nappi GGA cover art on this Lion original Noir. Love Martin Goodman's Lion Books line. One of the few I would try to be a completist on. Fine. Square and tight with great colors. Has a reader's crease and a small chip on cover, but that's about it

I forgot to put the placeholder on page 1 again So here it is on page 6 Take a look, there's some cool books left. I should be back in a couple hours with more.

RECAP - some excellent books still available P. 1 The Rolling Stones Ace 73440 1970 1st PB 1st Printing $15 SOLD to Dover @40%off Rocket Ship Galileo Ace 73330 1970 1st PB 1st Printing $20 The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein Ace F-375 1st PB 1st Printing 1966 $8 SOLD to Dover Dark Threat by Patricia Wentworth Popular Library 382 1st pb 1951 $8 So Dead My Love by Harry Whittington b/w I The Executioner by Stephen Ransome Ace D-7 1952 $15 What Really Happened by Brett Halliday Dell D381 2nd Dell Edition with new art $6 P. 2 The Bombshell by Carter Brown Signet No. 1767 1st Print 1960 $12 P. 3 The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone by Tennessee Williams Signet D2027 $8 Bargain lot of 2 Dell Mystery Mapbacks Dell # 40 & 493 $10 Drums of Destiny by Peter Bourne Popular Library 237 1950 $15 The Lady In The Lake by Raymond Chandler Pocket Books 389 3rd Print December 1946 $20 Jadie Greenway by I.S. Young Avon No. 269 1950 $25 Shock by Richard Matheson Dell First Edition B195 1961 $25 P. 4 Shock III by Richard Matheson Dell No. 7830 1966 $18 Swamp Fire by Don Kingery Popular Library #815 1957 $18 Master of Life and Death / The Secret Visitors Robert Silverberg, James White Ace Books D-237 1st PB 1957 $6 P. 5 Eye of the Monster / Sea Siege Andre Norton Ace Books F-147 1st Edition 1962 $10 The Myopic Mermaid by Carter Brown Signet S1924 1st Ed. 1st Print April 1961 $8 Bargain pair of Brett Halliday Dells Dell no. 617 & 743 1952/53 $10 The Passion Murders by Day Keene. Avon No. 684 1956 $20 P. 6 House of Evil by Clayre and Michael Lipman Lion Books No. 231 1st Edition PBO 1954 $20 The Shocking Secret by Holly Roth Dell No. 850 1st PB 1955 $20 P. 7 Tickets For Death by Brett Halliday Dell No. 8884 New Dell Edition 1965 $8 The DumDum Murder by Carter Brown Signet S2196 First Edition First Printing October 1962 $12 P. 8 Dateline Debbie Hank Janson Compact Books (UK) F223 1963 $20 A Kiss Before Loving by Mack Reynolds Monarch Books No. 214 PBO 1961 $20 Red House on Green Street by Wanda Lane Newsstand Library 514 PBO 1960 $20

We have a function to attend to tonight, but I have a nice box full of similar material to post tomorrow so hope to flood the zone with great stories and cover art then. 🤘😑🤘

Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein Ace Books True 1st Print of the 1st Paperback edition Ace 71140 January 1971 $18 SOLD to NerV More classic Steele Savage cover art. A glorious series. VF minus. Square, glossy and new feeling. Tiny scrape, edge wear

The Star Beast by Robert A. Heinlein Ace Books True 1st Print of the 1st Paperback Ace 78000 October 1970 $20 SOLD to NerV Classic Steele Savage art on this amazing Heinlein 1st VF minus. Square, glossy and new feeling. Tiny edge wear

Lot of folks with good taste around here

I like it when the boards heat up and the flames start crackling

6 x H by Robert Heinlein... Pyramid G642 1st PB edition Great book! 1961 $20 SOLD to NerV 1st PB of this classic Heinlein collection. Bob Engle surreal cover art. Fine plus. Square tight and colorful. Has a spine stress near top but overall a superior copy of one of the Grandmaster's best collections.