Surfing Alien

The Lady In The Lake by Raymond Chandler Pocket Books 389 2nd Print September 1946 $35 SOLD to N e r v Gorgeous Tom Dunn cover art. A pretty book, tough to find Pocket's from this era in minty shape. VF minus/VF Square tight and glossy, minimal wear, a bit of dust soiling and edgewear on back cover.

The Dreadful Night By Ben Ames Williams Popular Library No. 155 1949 $40 SOLD to goldust40 Wicked Belarski lingerie cover Fine Plus/VF minus Tight and super glossy with full lamination, slight slant, pages toning, a few cut a little ragged at the top inside, small pen price and name on first page. A beauty overall

Bad 'Un by Ozro Grant and The Mating Call by Wilene Shaw Ace D-50 1st Edition PBO 1954 $30 SOLD to goldust40 Great title and Victor Olson cover art on Bad 'Un! Fine plus Square tight and glossy with a nice spine. Light reader crease on b side. Store stamp inside cover. Light wear otherwise. Nice pages.

The Drowning Wire Marvin Claire (cover by Norman Saunders) Departure Delayed by Will Ourlsler (cover by Bernard Barton) Ace D37 1953 $20 SOLD to goldust40 Tough early Ace Mystery double in nice shape Fine plus Square tight and glossy with a nice spine. Light reader crease on b side and 10c on cover. Light wear otherwise. Great off white interiors.

I'm gonna take a break for about 15 minutes. Probably switching gears a little to more classics and GGA type books

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Lion Books No. 146 1953 1st Mass Market PB edition $65 SOLD to goldust40 Rare in any condition, this one has super nice covers, my former keeper. Great cover art, I think it's by Lou Marchetti. Fine plus. Square and glossy with a few light bends. Page block is slightly uneven but tight. Private library rubber stamp on title page and bottom page edge. That all said this is a sweet copy, the best I've had for sale.

Cry Horror! By H.P. Lovecraft Avon T-284 re-titling of "The Lurking Fear" 1st Print 1958 $25 SOLD to N e r v Richard Powers cover art. 11 stories collected. VF Square tight and glossy with very minor wear to the extremities

So it begins...

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath. By H. P. Lovecraft. Ballantine 01923. 2nd print 1971. $20 SOLD to N e r v Beautiful Gervasio Gallardo cover art. VF/ VF plus Square tight and super glossy, minimal wear. A beauty

Weird Tales Edited by Leo Margulies Pyramid books R-1029 May 1964. $25 SOLD to goldust40 Weird Tales Pulp writer anthology with a great Virgil Finlay cover. VF minus Bright, square and glossy. Pages tight and supple. Appears unread, light finger bend, tiny color loss at corner and a bindery chip to top spine is about it to report.

The Moon Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs Ace Books F-159 1st PB edition 1st Print October 1962 $15 Nice Ed Emsh art on this Burroughs classic. Tough dark cover. VF Square glossy and tight with very little edge wear, usual toning to interiors

The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Ace 47020 2nd Ace edition 1970 $12 SOLD to TheComicsPreacher Awesome Krenkel dinosaur fight cover. VF Looks unread and new. Has a pressure mark on cover and some toning to interiors.

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Lion Books #14 1st PB Edition 1950 $45 SOLD to goldust40 Classic Herman Bischoff Pulp GGA cover of Tessie Hutchinson collecting her lottery prize. Jackosn's first book and a tough pb in any condition. VG Plus. Solid tight spine and pages tight and supple with usual tanning. Covers show moderate creasing and wear. Date stamp and small price written at top. The main image is still clear and compelling.

The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany Ace Books F-427 1967 $10 SOLD to goldust40 True first edition of this Nebula winner. Creepy Jack Gaughan cover art. Fine Plus/VF minus. Hairline reader crease, light spine and edgewear

Planet of Exile by Ursula K. Le Guin Tandem 6429 May 1972 1st UK PB $15 SOLD to BuscemasAvengers Very cool Peter Goodfellow cover art on this early edition VF Glossy and tight. Very new looking. Has a light crease on flat of spine, no reader creases. A touch of wear at edges.

The Door Into Summer by Robert Heinlein Signet S1639 First Printing of the 1st PB edition. March 1959 $20 SOLD to BuscemasAvengers Gorgeous Paul Lehr cover on this one. Fine Plus Plus. Square and glossy. Spine is tight. Has light reader crease on front and back, otherwise only a couple spots of wear. Great page quality.

Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein Ace 77730 1st print of the 1st US Paperback edition May 1971 $12 SOLD to BusecemasAvengers Beautiful Davis Meltzer cover art. Very Fine minus. Square, glossy and tight. Hairline reader crease and some light wear.

Should be firing up around 2PM EST

Only "Run Collectors" know that stuff...

You have to be a True Believer to get that

I'm being called away by the wif, so I think I have to halt it here. I have a few beauties still in the box, some Sci-Fi, some Heade, some other GGA and classics so will do a fair session tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully will see a few of you there

1984 by George Orwell Signet Giant 798 1st PB edition, 7th Print August 1952 $70 SOLD to goldust40 Classic Alan Harmon "Big Brother" cover art. Early printing color scheme with the red banner at the top. Fine Plus - Solid and square with minor wear, light corner ding, edgewear. White inner covers and great off white page quality, unusual for this title.

Well, I guess I can do one Sci-Fi book tonight if it's a "Stone Cold Classic" like the theme

I'm not quite sure what to post after the Picture Quiz book. What the hell do you post after that???

Great take. A "Big Book" since vintage pb collecting began