Surfing Alien

Definitely not the writer. I think it looks a lot like Ernest Chiriaka's work, seen here (as his pseudonym "Darcy") on Charles Williams' superb "Girl Out Back" from the same time frame. I see my pal Steve Wallace on Flickr hasn't put a credit on but I bet he'd agree the semi-loose brushwork and composition style is very similar. Chiriaka did a TON of cover paintings in the 50's & early 60's, many for Dell. If not him, someone in the style for sure. This pretty undercopy may appear in another thread around here this weekend

Okay, going to wrap for tonight, 3 hours with the cold I got feels like a days work Thanks for the takes and banter I'll see how I'm feeling, I may post a bunch thursday but this weekend for sure I'll post the good stuff

The Doom That Came To Sarnath H.P. Lovecraft Ballantine 02146 1st Printing 1971 $20 SOLD to Comical Situations Gervasio Gallardo cover art. This black cover Ballantine series is getting pretty tough in the 1st prints Fine plus. Square and super glossy. Light edge and surface wear, mostly to the corners. Great pages and inner covers.

The Shadow, Hands In The Dark #4 in the series by Maxwell Grant Pyramid N3557 1st Print January 1975 $10 Jim Steranko GGA cover art Fine Plus. Glossy tight and unread looking. Marking down because it has tiny color rubbing to the covers and foxing to the inside covers

Got enough energy for a couple more, this cold is knocking me back a bit... The Shadow, The Red Menace #7 in the series by Maxwell Grant Pyramid N3875 1st Print August 1975 $10 Steranko Shadow with guns blazing Fine Plus. Glossy tight and unread looking. Edgewear and small crease to back. Marking down because it has tiny color rubbing, mostly to the back cover.

The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle Signet #S1673 First Printing June 1959 $12 Super white paged copy of the 1st pb of yet another excellent Doomsday novel. Very Fine Minus. Square and unread looking. Has a couple light bends but blazing white pages and gloss. Looks new.

The Green Hills of Earth by Robert Heinlein Signet #943 First Printing July 1952 $20 SOLD to goldust40 Very nice copy of the 1st pb with awesome Stanley Meltzoff cover art. Fine Plus/Very Fine Minus. Square, super glossy and unread looking. Has some spine stress, small chip to back upper spine but no reader creasing and only a couple spots of wear here and there. Great page quality.

Our Friends From Frolix 8 by Philip K. MR. Ace 64400 June 1970. First Book Edition. $20 SOLD to goldust40 Cover art by John Schoenherr. Fine Plus. Light corner crease on back cover and a tiny color chip at tip, some edgewear and a light spine crease on back. An attractive copy.

The Fox Woman and other Stories by Abraham Merritt Avon 214 (no number - Canadian edition) 1949 True 1st Edition of this collection $35 SOLD to Comical Situations Golden Age Avon GGA. Scarce Canadian printing. Fine Plus. Square, solid spine, tight pages, great color and gloss. Some light wear to the spine edge and corners, hairline reader crease, some rubbing to the back cover. A very pretty copy.

The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Harlequin Books 238 July 1953 $30 SOLD to OtherEric The first North American paperback edition of an early Sci Fi classic. Tough to find without extensive rubbing, a notorious Harlequin defect Very Good plus. Solid spine, great colors for a Harlequin. Readers crease and a small corner crease. Pages lightly toned. Otherwise tight and bright

Man, I'd love to but I have a cold and I have to work tomorrow

Post away, I'm gonna take a refreshment break for about 15 minutes

I have #2 but no duplicates currently. I didn't know it was used in PCH but the cover is another one in the Tilburne style and is a direct swipe of a Harry Clarke painting (Tilburne was always swiping from what I can tell)

Avon Fantasy Reader No. 4 Digest of Weird Tales stories edited by Donald A. Wollheim 1947 $30 SOLD to N e r v Another wild cover in the style of Tilburne. Anthology with Smith, Dunsany and early Ray Bradbury among others. Fine plus. Square and tight with light edgewear, a couple of tiny color spots here and there, a few light dents on back edge. This was the first non-laminated issue IIRC.

Avon Fantasy Reader No. 3 Digest of Weird Tales stories edited by Donald A. Wollheim 1947 $25 SOLD to goldust40 Great demon cover, one encyclopedia credits it to Bok, but there's no way it's him. I place my bet on Weird Tales artist Tilburne, who painted the cover to the Avon's "Lurking Fear" I listed over the weekend, right around the same time. Anthology with Merritt, Moore, Lovecraft etc. VG/F? Tough to grade. The pages are uneven but still intact in the binding. The covers are glossy with intact lamination. Back cover is tanned.

The Metal Monster by Abraham Merritt Avon 315 1951. $50 SOLD to N e r v Great copy of the classic Golden Age Avon Merritt fantasy with the Raymond Johnson nude GGA cover. Very Fine minus. Super glossy, square and tight. Spine has a couple of light stresses that don't break color. Light bindery wear at bottom back. Great colors and complete lamination. Very light wear overall.

Avon Science Fiction Reader No. 3 Digest edited by Donald A. Wollheim 1952 $25 SOLD to N e r v Earle K. Bergey Robot/GGA cover. Anthology with Lovecraft, Long etc. Fine minus/Fine. Solid and tight, a bit of rust to staples, light creasing, stain on back cover, usual bindery chips.

One of my favorite Golden Age Avon digest series... Avon Science Fiction Reader No. 2 Digest edited by Donald A. Wollheim 1951 $25 SOLD to N e r v Classic GGA cover, uncredited but likely Robert Crowl who did No. 1. Anthology with Smith, Dunsany, Wandrei and others. Fine. Solid and tight with clean staples, light creasing, usual bindery chip

N e r V by a nose ...

Vulcan's Hammer by Philp K. Mr. / The Skynappers by John Brunner, Philip K. Ace Books (Ace Double #D-457) D-457 $35 SOLD to N e r v 1st Edition of Vulcan's Hammer. Ed Emshwiller and Ed Valigursky covers Fine Plus Square, tight and bright with light creases and minor wear to the extremities, mostly the tips. Great spine, color and pages.

Conan The Conqueror Robert E. Howard/The Sword of Rhiannon Leigh Brackett Ace D-36 1953 $80 SOLD to goldust40 The first Conan paperback, 1st Edition of Sword of Rhiannon. Norman Saunders/Robert Schulz covers VF minus. Square, tight and glossy, great spine, has super light reader crease, a couple of thumb bends, light edgewear. Inside covers are near white with the usual toning to pages. A really nice bright copy, much better than usual, I'll probably regret this some day.

Conan by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague De Camp and Lin Carter. Lancer Books 73-685 Volume 5 of the Complete Conan. $35 SOLD to N e r v First print with the 1967 date. Classic Frazetta Ape battle cover. VF minus/VF. Glossy and tight. Bright whites for a Lancer. A few spots of surface wear on front. Slight curl on upper left back with a little indent. Great pages and no toning inside the covers.

Conan The Warrior by Robert E. Howard. Edited by L. Sprague De Camp Lancer Books 73-549 1969 $25 SOLD to N e r v 2nd Print with 1969 date inside. Classic Frazetta battle cover. Contains Red Nails, Jewels of Gwahlur and Beyond The Black River. Very Fine minus. Glossy and bold. Very light spine crease, slightest wear to the edges. Cover whites are a bit yellowed as usual. Great pages and inside covers.

Conan the Buccaneer by L. Sprague De Camp and Lin Carter. Lancer Books 75181 Volume 11 of the Complete Conan. $25 SOLD to N e r v First print with the 1971 date. Killer Frazetta Conan cover. VF minus. Glossy and tight. Mostly bright whites, a bit yellowed at the spine. A few spots of missing ink on front, not worn or scraped, appears to be printing related. Only a few touches of wear. Great pages and inside covers.

The Survivor and Others by H.P. Lovecraft and August Derleth Ballantine 629 1st Print 1962. $15 SOLD to goldust40 Richard Powers cover art on this 1st PB edition of the Arkham House collection VG/F Spine has lean but still tight, small split at bottom, light creases and edgewear, pages toning. Still a decent looking copy .