Surfing Alien

Head of a Traveler by Nicholas Blake Pocket Books 742 1st Printing November 1950 $20 SOLD to Robot Man Had another copy of this sick severed head cover by Warren Baumgartner. Fine plus. Square, glossy and tight, hairline reader crease, light edge wear.

Another awesome cover... Hang My Wreath by Ward Weaver Popular Library No. 388 December 1951 $18 SOLD to TheComicsPreacher Bob Fink Union Girl stripping cover I like it. Fine Plus. Square tight and glossy. Has some light NCB creases. A fresh, pretty book overall.

Please Send Me Absolutely Free by Arkady Leokum Popular Library No. 366 September 1951 $30 A stunner of a copy of this Popular with great uncredited GGA of a ho with the empty wine glass. Condition rarity at work here. VF/NM Square tight and glossy with almost no wear. Those lines you see are reflections of the gloss, not creases. Slight bindery wear at top of spine.

Tales from the House of Mystery #1 by Jack Oleck Warner Paperback Library 0-446-75226-6 1st edition, 1st Print 1973 $90 for the pair Tales from The House Of Mystery: Volume 2 by Jack Oleck Warner Paperback Library 0-446-75256-8 1st Edition 1st Print 1973 A pair of tough books. Fantastic Berni Wrightson covers and interior illustrations Slightly lesser than the set I sold a while back because of No. 1 but still high grade. They both are super fresh, unread, new looking copies. No. 1 has an odd small production defect at the back lower corner. It looks like the edge hit the cutting machine and cut a tip off the back. Not a chew of any kind, very smooth, still a pretty book.

Beware The Lady by Cornell Woolrich Pyramid Books No. 80 1953 $65 SOLD to Goldust40 One of my favorite noir covers. An incredible Clarence Doore Bad Girl with the red dress, opera gloves and cigarette. Beware! Fine. Square, tight and glossy. Has a small split at bottom left, a few surface disturbances and some edgewear. Overall an attractive copy of a rare PB in any condition.

Torture Garden by Octave Mirbeau Berkley No. 111 1955 $15 SOLD to Goldust40 Bargain copy of the first paperback edition with the classic Dali-esque surreal cover art of the Eve's and the apple Fine minus/Fine. Would be VF ish but has an impact to the middle of the book with a large NCB crease, stress crack to spine and small erasure to cover. Still has a nice appearance.

Two Sinners by Lee Jackquin Stork Original Novel No. 8 $85 SOLD to Goldust40 Classic L.B.Cole painted sleaze romance cover in incredible shape for these. The Stork Novel digests were printed on cheap paper and are very tough to find in nice shape. Fine Plus. Great color. Minor creasing that doesn't break color. Some shadows on the back, light rust at the staples. One of the nicest copies I've ever seen. I'll regret selling this cheap.

These are the editions most guys my age read their first Lovecraft in. Quite memorable having them around the room

He's got Bats in his Belfry The Tomb and Other Tales H.P. Lovecraft Ballantine 03228 3rd Printing 1973 $30 Probably Holmes' sickest and most remembered Lovecraft cover VF minus/VF Closer to VF. Appears unread. Square tight and glossy with no reader crease, only light edge/storage wear. A small bit of color wear from old sticker on back.

The Lurking Fear H.P. Lovecraft Ballantine 03230 3rd Printing 1973 $25 Another high grade copy with the sick cover art by John Holmes. Black cover is real nice VF minus/VF Appears unread. Square tight and glossy with no reader crease, only light edge/storage wear, tiny impact at top right. A small bit of color wear from old sticker on back.

Tales Of The Cthulhu Mythos Vol. 1 H.P. Lovecraft Ballantine 03226 2nd Printing 1973 $25 High grade copy with the sick Skull cover art by John Holmes. Tough black cover series is impossible to find this nice due to the coloring VF minus/VF Square tight and glossy with no reader crease, only light edge/storage wear, tiny impact at top right. A small bit of color wear from old sticker on back.

The Colour Out of Space and Others by H. P. Lovecraft Lancer Books 74-501 1969 $22 A nice copy of the 2nd Lancer Edition with the burning skull cover Fine Plus/VF minus Square, glossy with light wear around the edges. Pages tanning

Madball by Fredric Brown Dell First Edition No. 2E 1953 $40 SOLD to OtherEric Awesome Griffith Foxley cover art on the true first edition of Brown's zany tale of Carny life ( and the Pickled Punks ) Fine plus. Bright and glossy with minimal creasing. Has slight slant, a few tiny chips at the top and old book smell

Revolt In 2100 by Robert Heinlein Signet No. 1194 1954 $18 SOLD to Goldust40 First PB edition with that great Stanley Meltzoff cover. The first one I've sold. Fine Plus/VF minus. Square tight and bright with a hint of reader crease and a small corner crease on the back. Real nice.

Space On My Hands by Fredric Brown Bantam 1077 1st Print 1952 $18 Higher grade copy of this collection of Brown's science fiction. Classic Charles Binger cover art FIne plus/VF minus. Square, glossy and bright with touches of edgewear, tiny scratch

Behind The Flying Saucers by Frank Scully Popular Library No. 326 March 1951 $45 SOLD to Goldust40 Not much to say about this Bergey cover other than "Stone Cold Classic" Tough to find in this nice shape. Fine Plus/VF minus Square, tight and glossy. Minimal edgewear, a couple light bends. Small writing on top of first page.

Vampirella, Bloodstalk by Ron Goulart. Warner Books 76-928 1st Printing November 1975 $55 SOLD to mstrange A stunner of a copy with the classic Jose Gonzalez Vampirella cover. The best I've sold. VF Structurally near perfect, square, glossy and smooth with almost no wear, just a touch at the upper left spine and a few tiny dents in cover. Some light surface dirt. Nice off white pages. Back is perfect.

The Man Who Upset The Universe (Foundation and Empire) by Isaac Asimov Ace D-125 1st PB, 1st Printing 1955 $12 Awesome cover art by Robert Schulz. The second book of the Foundation Trilogy. Fine. Solid and glossy, hairline reader crease and thumb bends/wear to corners, book has slight wave and pages tanning.

First to the Stars by Rex Gordon Ace Books D-405 1959 $5 First edition with Ed Emshwiller cover art Nice - looks VF unread but has pencil note on first page indicating when it was read (1959 lol) Pages tanning, some light residue on cover

Adventures on Other Planets ed. Donald A. Wollheim Ace Books S-133 1st Edition 1955 $8 1st edition anthology with Ed Valigursky cover art. Tight and glossy. Fine plus. Light crease and overall wear.

The Rebellious Stars by Isaac Asimov An Earth Gone Mad by Roger Dee Ace D-84 1954 $18 SOLD to piper Nice early Ace with a Harry Barton cover on the Asimov side, Valigursky on the other Fine plus. A real nice copy, real smooth on The Rebellious Stars and a couple smallcreases on the flip side, light edgewear

Take Thanks for the takes. "Nora" was available but Darwination already got this one. He'll probably be over the moon that he beat you to something I did clean up the rest of the thread and updated the Recap so will have a clean start this evening

Yes, Sir. I love the Avon originals from this period. Brewer adds 100% to it 👊

Enoch Bolles and Howell Dodd

One of King's more detailed covers. The Uni and Royal Giants are totally under-appreciated. Many great firsts and cover arts.