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Did the Docs tell you collecting Vintage Paperbacks was like quicksand 🤔🤪

I like my sleaze by Bonfils to be dusky, busty, unadorned, and written by famous Beatnik Richard E. Geis under an African American female sounding pseudonym

This one is straight up your alley Beau (Not my copy, it's buried and too many pics on my phone to dig through ) About the "Girls" taking to selling Magazines, and a little more I read it about a year ago and recall it actually has a lot of background about the magazine selling business and a good page turner. Hitt wasn't quite at the "Gold Medal" writer level but his best could have been for sure. I saw a credit for Frank Uppwall as the cover artist on the webs but looks like Dodd (or Nappi) to me. Almost every Beacon from this time was reprinted from an earlier Universal related mag or digest but I don't know this one without digging into it.

Congrats Jim, that is a jaw- dropper!

Some more Sci Fi for the Friday Fun... The Ace series were the Heinlein Juvenile editions my sister gave me when I was about 11 that hooked me on Heinlein and Science Fiction as a whole. They are also, for the most part, the first pb editions of his "juveniles". Those copies were read to death and have gone to the great pb graveyard in the sky but these here beauties are going in the cabinet to stay "Rocket Ship Galileo" was the first one she gave me and it was perfect because I was a wise-alecky punk kid and it's about a bunch of wise-alecky punk teens who help build a rocket, go to the moon This blazing copy let's the Steel Savage artwork shine. His paintings were like good friends to a whole generation of geeky teen age boys. First published in 1947, First PB published in 1970 As the back cover blurb suggests, Lummox, "The Star Beast" was "just about the most appealing and lovable creature of the kind ever delineated". Steel Savage again with the unforgettable artwork on this blazer. Who could resist Lummox? First published in 1954, First PB published in 1970

I've read about a dozen Orrie Hitt novels (and have more in the stacks), they are definitely a cut above most of the sleaze titles. His characters are almost always regular people struggling to get one step ahead of the bills and end up doing questionable things to get there. Like almost all sleaze titles from the higher class publishers (Beacon/Monarch etc.) there is far less graphic groping than the covers suggest (and nothing like modern mainstream books like "Shades of Grey"). In order not to hijack Jim's excellent thread, if you go hang out here: Maybe I'll post a few Plus it's just a fun place to hang

You gotta neaten up those stacks pal

I like the colorful spines on Avons, reminds me of candy. Eye candy

A real nice DeSoto cover goes a long way. I've only read one Flora novel, "Park Avenue Tramp" which was a somewhat depressingly fatalistic noir about a rich control freak's alcoholic wife and the shot at actual love she discovers on one of her benders. It's noir so of course, there's no polyanna ending, even though Flora makes you hope for it. I'd read another.

I don't have it but have flipped through and Lovisi's guide is listed by subject matter with many color photos, which is great but not a true reference catalog. It's actually kind of like how modern collectors might collect, rather than old school run collectors. Warren's guide is listed by publisher, then series then number and is meant to be a complete reference. It lists 40,000 paperbacks with far fewer pictures. It has a fantastic author index in the back which is great for author collectors. The cover artists credits (not indexed) aren't perfect but still the best pre-internet collection of credits. Having both isn't a bad thing

Perfect bargain for a reference

Perfect to take on your forays in the wild

No, it's my brain needs a revision I'm pretty sure there was only one print but I could be wrong

Bantam, Penguin and Pocket most notably. They go for far more than their unjacketed counterparts, except the Penguins with non pictorial covers, which are kinda cool if you run into them dirt cheap but very un-thrilling compared to the "lurid covers over banal covers" that the cool ones have.

To say I'm jealous is an understatement! That's high grade for that unicorn

Real simple. Find yourself a copy of Jon Warren's paperback price guide from 1992. Prices are dated but It has just about everything. I keep telling people this but no one listens and tons of wasted typing on here

Just search for "overhang". It was mentioned prominently in their videos. Matt specifically said the wells were designed with 45 degree angles to envelop and have room for the overhangs and that the pressure of the well on front and back would keep the book in place in the holder. Whether that works for every individual book remains to be seen in practice

My assessment, as well as most of the dealers I spoke to was that it was "vibrant". From open to close there were more people coming in and the variety of people was much greater than at Windy City for pulps. I'm sure it has to do with the fact that there's really something for everybody in paperbacks and the affordability factor. There were rows and rows of 4 for $10 and 1/2 price and just generally inexpensive vintage pbs from the 40's through the present of every genre. Exactly the kind of stuff that has general appeal to folks of all ages and budgets. I bought all I could carry, as I've mentioned, I wish I had a truck (or brought a carry-on at least ). For someone who loves vintage pbs it's kinda like heaven to be around so many As mentioned above - great overall selection - I didn't find a few particular grails I was looking for, but I'm used to that I was kinda hoping there would be a whale there with copies of RSG and other big books on the wall, but no RSG, not even a copy of the Ace "Junkie", which was somewhat surprising because it's relatively common, if expensive. Kayo and Terry had some bigger books, but I already have the ones I want of those, although I would have bought Kayo's "Marihuana" if it was still there went I did my second round. Prices ranged from dirt cheap to fair market. Everyone gave good discounts on a stack. I've already posted some standouts in the pulp section, here's a couple more: I did get one Cole (that has become impossible to find lately) These you don't see every day: It was worth the trip for sure. Everyone had great attitudes and the conversations were fun. It is definitely dizzying to look at so many spines. I'm not used to seeing so many pbs displayed that way. I literally did not know which way to turn at certain points of the day

There were unicorns, mostly of the sleaze and British variety, but unfortunately, not a single one of the books I had on my small "dream list" that I put together to look for there. The dealers who I spoke to (and showed pics of my collection to) were mostly of the opinion that I was going to have a tough time finding those books since I was a pretty good "finder" and the fact that I don't have them yet means they are truly rare books. But I did feel very satisfied picking up a few books that were not on my "list" but were unicorns, either generally or in grade. These Victor Norwood Scion books are really tough to find and with the incredible Ron Turner covers, they get snapped up. I was very far up the line to get in at 9AM and got to the British Dealer's table first and grabbed this bad boy "The Coming of the Rats" can be found but it's scarce and the black cover is brutal on defects. It's a book I've always wanted to get but wanted to wait to get one with nice corners. When I saw this copy I almost fell on the floor and had to pick myself up to grab it before it was gone

Kayo was great, Maria and I were best buds by the end of the show. I bought a big enough stack from them that they are going to mail it to me free of charge They had some great deals on a side bookshelf with unbagged pbs. Of course, I bought plenty off their main table as well. They know their pbs and values but were all very fairly priced and they gave me a good chop off the price of my stack My only regret is that I didn't buy the real nice copy of "Marihuana" they had. It's not as nice as my copy but one of the better ones I've seen. I was at their table for quite a while and I needed to move on to see what else was around the room and when I came back later some smart person had snapped it up. I could tell they sold a lot of books as their stacks were well thinned by my second go-round.

It was a “crime of opportunity”. I’d never seen it before. PBs and Digests are SO much cheaper than the comics I usually buy. And, although I don’t have the patience to look through endless rows of spines, Digests usually pop out easier when you can find them. It's a great drug book and great cover. When you look at the copyright page, it says "Second Printing" but it's actually the Second Printing of "Beyond Desire" with a new title and same cover art. That used to confuse the heck out of people who went looking for the First Printing of "Dream Club" and thought it was a unicorn (well, Beyond Desire is a bit of a unicorn )

Take at 20% off FYI, this sweet cover art is by Robert Stanley, who did all those great Dell Mapback covers. My buddy Brian Emrich owns the original art

@jimjum12 The Sleaze Force was strong at this show. I always say that I don't collect sleaze per se but when the wind is blowing your way, you set your sails with it, not agin' it I bought a ton of high grade, high class sleaze at this show, all I could possibly carry. One dealer had such a sumptuous spread that I would have bought the table If I had a truck. I picked off a lot of the books with very high quality cover art and catchy titles. Who could resist?

Great minds think alike I picked up a minty copy of "Country Girl" from Kayo along with a great high grade Two-Fisted digest and the Gil Brewer classic PBO "Nude On Thin Ice" Tough books all around. I ended up buying a big enough stack from Kayo that they are shipping them to me Super nice folks with more of the higher end stuff I like than most sellers there.

There were 1000% mo better looking wimmen at this show than I saw at Windy City the last two years. Cali got the goods as far as PB Grrrls