Surfing Alien

The Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Ace F-235 1st Edition thus February 1963 $35 Killer copy. Cover and interiors by Frank Frazetta. A beautiful composition. Blazing white. Square, bright and glossy. Near perfect spine, razor corners. Virtually no wear other than a hint of surface rubbing. Amazing for a 61 year old book.

Bloodstone by Karl Edward Wagner Warner Books 78-711 1st edition, 1st Printing March 1975 $65 SOLD to Goldust40 An inspiring Frazetta Kane cover. Blazing copy, my keeper for a couple of years. The first I've been able to offer of the 1st printing since it took me forever to just barely upgrade this. Super tough black cover. Tiny tear to upper left, finger bend to back lower left, perfect spine.

Dr. Bloodmoney Or How We Got Along After The Bomb by Philip K. D*i*c*k Ace F-337 First Book Edition 1965 $45 SOLD to ThePreacher Cover art by Jack Gaughan A true first edition PKD pb that is getting pretty scarce. A very square and new looking copy. Cover glossy with only a few traces of wear, pages tight and supple with light toning.

The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney Dell First Edition 42 1st Edition 1955 $55 SOLD to Goldust40 John McDermott cover art on this, the true first edition of the famous novel that was later adapted into the movie featuring Donald Sutherland RIP Square, tight copy with strong colors, light wear to the spine. Inside covers white, pages toned. Very nice for this one.

What was it looking at?

Stole a few break minutes to update the re-cap. I hope to start listing around 4PM EST today

Normally I'm a high grade collector but happy to get any copy of this one. Show your copies please

Ballantine to Ballantine OA

Pratt to Pratt

Got in a copy of Steinbeck's Cannery Row in the Dust Jacket with Ben Stahl artwork. Inside cover art by Lester Kohs. Another one of the rarer ones and highly unusual in that the inside book is a first printing. I think every copy I've seen before has been a fourth or later printing.

The Penguins are definitely some of the rarer ones. Very nice

Face to Face

OK, Thanks for the grabs and gab - I'll be back tomorrow around the same time with another stack of fun

It's purty

Ok, going to drop this sweet Maguire book for the last one here for this evening as the wife is wanting to take me out for a walk The Devil's Punchbowl by Duane Decker / Run If You Can by Owen Dudley aka Dudley Dean MacGaughey Ace D-439 1st Edition 1960 $50 SOLD to johnenock Incredible condition. Robert Maguire cover art on the "Devil's Punchbowl". "Run If You Can" looks like Harry Barton but it remains uncredited. Newsstand fresh looking copy with sharp corners, no creases, barely a mark anywhere. Light toning to pages. A premium copy that you won't be upgrading.

The Sex Peddler by Wade Hunter Playtime 631 1st Print February 1963 $45 SOLD to comicnoir Stunning copy with Robert Bonfils cover art on this classic sleaze title. It's funny, these Playtimes are all way tamer than "Shades of Grey" NM stunning unread copy with blazing whites. I hate to let some of these go but I have a lot of books and I gotta pay for that damn tree removal

Dangerous Dames - Selected by Mike Shayne - Foreword by Brett Halliday Dell First Edition 77 PBO 1955 $22 SOLD to OuterboroGuy @30% off Great copy of this anthology featuring Day Keene, Anthony Boucher, Brett Halliday & more. Very cool Bob Stanley cover art Square tight and glossy with no creasing, just a touch of edgewear, mostly to spine edges

Such a great cover - surprised it lasted this long!

Awake To Darkness by Richard McMullen Popular Library 212 1st PB 1949 $15 Unsigned GGA cover credited to Belarski in the old guides but doesn't look like his at all. I would swear it's Barye Phillips, not Belarski Square and tight with bright colors and near white pages. Has some very light NCB creases on cover, maybe read once.

One Foot In Hell by Wilene Shaw Ace D-520 1st Edition 1961 $25 SOLD to johnenock Great Title, composition and art by the magical George Ziel. Shaw is a compelling, gritty writer. Square and glossy with no reader crease and very little wear. Wisp of a crease to upper right. Pages toned.

The Thin Line by Edward Atiyah Avon No. 510 1955 1st PB edition $20 Scarce Avon hard boiled crime novel with nice cover art, uncredited - looks a lot like Willard Downs Square and tight with great color, light reader crease and edgewear, small inclusion. Presents well

Blonde Bait by Stephen Marlowe Avon T330 PBO 1959 $12 SOLD to Goldust40 Bargain copy of this noir original with sweet Ernest Chiriaka cover art. Great looking cover copy at a reader price Square tight and bright, has waviness to the back of the book and an impact to lower spine

The Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett Dell 129 1946 $30 SOLD to OuterboroGuy @30% off Hard Boiled pulp collection with one of the most famous Dell Mapback Art Deco covers with a hanging man inside a badge. Solid binding, pages tight and supple. Unusually straight spine for this title, covers are nice and uncreased, small initial indented into cover at colophon. Light foxing, edge and cornerwear. Lamination is fully intact. A very nice copy of an all time classic vintage paperback.

Double Indemnity by James M. Cain Avon 60 1st small Avon edition 1st printing 1945 $75 SOLD to Goldust40 Paul Stahr cover art. Just a beautiful copy of what is, imho, far and away the most well painted early Avon cover The crisp colors, especially on the unfaded spine, are so unusual for this book. Square and tight, no reader crease, a couple of wisps of creases at edges. Pages are evenly toned and supple with a little foxing inside the front cover and first and last pages.

Ok, going to get myself situated and list a little stack here in a few.