Surfing Alien

Wild Parties by Max Lief   Novel Library No. 40   1st PB edition    1950     $40

Tough later number from Avon's racy sister line. Who doesn't love a wild party?   Great GGA

VF minus. Square, tight, bright and new looking. Has a touch of spine wear, a little dent at top front and bottom, that's about it. Feels very fresh and new.

On 4/27/2024 at 5:09 PM, N e r V said:

Is that the scan or are there no nipples drawn on the boobs? Looks odd.

No nipples painted, or lightened up/painted over by the art director. Hard to know but they could not have gotten away with it at a mainstream publishing house otherwise.

 Seminole by Theodore Pratt  Gold Medal 369   1st Printing   January 1954     $30

I sold a 2nd print with the slightly smaller art before.   This is the full version of the pretty daring wrap around nude GGA cover by John Floherty

Fine Plus. Square, tight and bright.  Light spine and edgewear. Small dig in the spine.  No creasing to speak of.

Vampirella #6 Snakegod by Ron Goulart   Warner Books No. 86-090   1976       $50  SOLD to NerV

An outstanding copy of this tough book. I don't think I've sold a copy of this one before.  Complete with the insert ad for cigarettes. The classic cover from Vampirella 89 was used for this last book in the series. 

VF Minus. Square, glossy and tight. Has a hairline spine crease, small bend on cover and a few little touches of wear at the edges. Beautiful.

The Damned Lovely by Jack Webb  Signet No. 1233    First Printing   July 1956  $30  SOLD to Goldust40

A nice copy of this classic Maguire femme fatale cover

Fine Plus. Slight slant, faint reader crease, light wear.  Great color.

On 4/27/2024 at 4:33 PM, Darwination said:

This is awesome, looks like there were only two digest sized issues.  I'm assuming that's why Fictionmags is noting it as paperback, but it's not really that small. Or is it?

Any Maguire linework inside?

It actually just fits into a paperback sized bag. It's a skinny 100 pages as well. Great little mag, historical as well with the early Maguire.

Don't know who did the linework inside, it's unsigned. There's a vignette at the head of each story, one or two look like a different artist maybe.

 Off Beat Detective Stories     January 1960     Bullet through the ear cover     $40

Cult classic series with insane cover by Carl Pfeuffer. Super hard boiled stories by the usual 1950's crowd..

VG/VG Plus  Solid, tight and bright. Has a bit of slant, creasing, soiling, a host of little things, mostly on the back, but she still looks damn good

Strange Mistress by James Clayford    Astro Books No. 18    No date, probably 1949   $30

Gorgeous GGA cover, this is likely by Claude Rodewald

Square and tight with great color. Light creasing and wear. The main image looks great.

Stag Stripper by Gene Harvey     Novels, Inc. No. 9  No Date, probably 1949       $25  SOLD to OuterBoroGuy

Early Good Girl Digest with a nice stripper cover. These digests don't get any easier to find these days. I'm going to put a few up this sale.

Square and tight with great color. Some light creasing and wear. Clean spine. Very collectible copy.

Into Plutonian Depths by Stanton A. Coblentz   Avon Books No. 281  1st Edition  1950     $40  SOLD to Goldust40 @30% off

Classic Robert Crowl GGA cover art. The third and final Avon with the "Fantasy Novels" logo

Fine Plus.  Solid, tight and glossy with brilliant color. Spine has a few stresses, non color breaking creases on the front, a few on back, tiny color loss.

 The Princess of the Atom by Ray Cummings      Avon Fantasy Novels No. 1   1950  1st PB edition   $30  SOLD to mstrange

Golden Age Avon science fiction with beautiful GGA cover art. First of a two issue special numbering scheme that Avon then folded back into their regular number line.

Higher grade copy. Square, solid spine, tight pages, great color and gloss. Has some bindery chipping to top of the back cover, almost no handling wear.  Pretty!

Run Tough, Run Hard by Carson Bingham   Monarch Books No, 194  PBO    1961   $35  SOLD to mstrange

Awesome Ray Johnson Biker Girl GGA

VF minus. Square tight, bright, unread copy with great gloss. Tiny bindery chip to lower right and small ding on upper back cover.

The Kidnaper by Robert Bloch  Lion Books No. 185    PBO     January 1954     $60

Bargain copy of this rare Bloch PBO with one of the sickest Lion covers. This was my keeper for a long time.

Front cover looks great. Cover reinforced to the spine with archival tape. Some dots of marker touch up to spine lettering.

We Have Always Lived In The Castle by Shirley Jackson  Popular Library 75-8106    September 1970      $25  SOLD to OuterBoroGuy

If you know, you know. One of the most oddly magical books I've ever read. Other collectors must know because finding any copy of the Popular pb editions with the original Bill Teason cover of Merricat peering through the fence in decent shape is tough.

Tough black cover book. Has spine stress, edgewear, scraping on the back but still a displayable copy that can still be read.

On 4/27/2024 at 2:24 PM, goldust40 said:

On 4/27/2024 at 2:23 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Drawn To Evil by Harry Whittington / The Scarlet Spade by Eaton K. Goldthwaite    Ace D-5  PBO   1952        $65

The Saunders negligee cover on "Evil" is his best GGA of the early Ace run. Super tough book in any shape, this was my keeper for a long time. I only just upgraded recently.

Square, tight and bright with a scattering of edgewear, mostly along the spine edges, and small creases. The main images look great with no big creases.

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Drawn To Evil by Harry Whittington / The Scarlet Spade by Eaton K. Goldthwaite    Ace D-5  PBO   1952        $65  SOLD to Godlust40

The Saunders negligee cover on "Evil" is his best GGA of the early Ace run. Super tough book in any shape, this was my keeper for a long time. I only just upgraded recently.

Square, tight and bright with a scattering of edgewear, mostly along the spine edges, and small creases. The main images look great with no big creases.

1984 by George Orwell   Signet NO. 798    1st PB edition, 2nd Print  October 1950    $45  SOLD to TheComicsPreacher

Nice looking bargain copy of the classic Alan Harmon "Big Brother" cover art.   Early printing color scheme with the red banner at the top.

Has a nice appearance. Square and tight with higher grade structure, no big creases, just edgewear, mostly to the spine. Colors are bright but darkening at the edges as are the pages so I'm discounting this one.

The Lady and the Snake by John Farr (aka Jack Webb) / Nothing To Lose But My Life by Louis Trimble     Ace D-235  1957     $18  SOLD to OtherEric

Beautiful un-credited cover art on the "Snake" side - looks like Barton - Rudy Nappi on the flip side

Fine-ish.  Square, tight and bright. Reader creases and "Snake" side has some light creasing. Still a nice looking copy.

The Buried Motive by Bruce Cassiday/Marked Down For Murder by Spencer Dean (aka Prentice Winchell)  Ace Double D-253       1957     $30  SOLD to OtherEric

Very tough mystery double in great shape. Covers are uncredited but I'm sure "Motive" is by Marchetti

Fine Plus/VF minus  Square, tight, glossy and bright with light wear to the extremities and no bad creases. A pretty copy.

Six-Gun Western Magazine   December 1950   Rare digest sized    $35

One of Robert Maguire's earliest GGA covers on this last issue of a long running pulp title.

VG. Has creasing, closed tears, wear.  Still a presentable copy of a very tough early Maguire cover before he did paperbacks.

I'll have to go do the chores now

Be back later with lots more fun stuff

Time For The Stars by Robert Heinlein   Ace Books 81125  1st Printing    April 1971    $5  SOLD to OuterBoroGuy

Nice reader that is still collectible.   1st print of the  1st US PB edition with the great Steele Savage cover art

Light reader crease and a few assorted bends. Tiny stain upper right.

To the Tombaugh Station by Wilson Tucker / Earthman, Go Home!  by Poul Anderson Ace D-479    1st Edition   1960   $10

Nice glossy copy with Ed Emshwiller , Ed Valigursky cover art

VF minus. Square tight and glossy. Hairline reader crease on "Station" tiny edgewear. Pages tanning.

Echo in the Skull  by John Brunner/ Rocket to Limbo by Alan E. Nourse  Ace D-385  1st Edition   1959    $10

Nice copy with Ed Emshwiller , Robert E. Schulz cover art on these

VF minus. Bright and glossy with no reading wear. Has tiny bindery chipping at spine ends, slight page uneveness, tanning.

The Green Hills of Earth by Robert Heinlein    Signet #943  First Printing       July 1952     $18  SOLD to Goldust40

A nice copy of the 1st pb with awesome Stanley Meltzoff cover art that came in the collection I just bought.

Fine Plus. Square, super glossy with no reader crease. Has some wear along the spine, mostly on the back and a few small bends, light edgewear.