Surfing Alien

The Lurking Fear by H.P. Lovecraft Avon Books 136 1947 $100 SOLD to mstrange Another "Stone Cold Classic" First PB of this story/collection. Cover art by A. R. Tilburne swiped from Virgil Finlay's cover for Weird Tales, 1939 Fine plus. Square, tight and solid. Killer color strike, there are a few very light creases that don't break color, light edgewear. Pages are off white and supple, inner covers white. A really beautiful copy, especially if you know how tough this book is without hard creases. I may regret selling

The Lurker at the Threshold August Derleth, H. P. Lovecraft Beagle Books / Ballantine (The Arkham Edition of H. P. Lovecraft #4) 95058 2nd Print June 1973 $10 SOLD @30% off to davet75 Gino D'Achille cover art on this early UK pb edition. Fine. Square tight and glossy, has a stain at the bottom back spine but overall a pretty nice looking copy

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward H. P. Lovecraft Beagle Boxer (The Arkham Edition of H. P. Lovecraft #9) 95123 1973 $15 SOLD @30% off to davet75 Bizarre Victor Valla cover art on this early UK edition Fine/Fine Plus Square tight and bright, light wear, a few light bends. Fairly heavily toned inside keeps it down a bit.

The Shadow #22 The Silent Death Jove Books V4281 March 1978 $18 SOLD to goldust40 Steranko bondage babe and in a test tube You can't beat that. My favorite in the series. Fine plus. Square, tight and glossy. Has very light wear, has a light indent on cover where another book pressed on it. Another very attractive bargain copy.

The Shadow #17 Fingers of Death Jove Books V4279 September 1977 $15 SOLD to goldust40 Killer Steranko headlights cover Fine plus. Square, tight and glossy. Has light spine, surface and corner wear. That said, still very attractive bargain copy.

The Stealer of Souls and Other Stories by Michael Moorcock Lancer Books 447-78751-125 $35 SOLD to N e r V Elric of Melnibone 1973 Lancer pb collection with the killer Jeff Jones cover From the same collection as the two Frazettas, another stunning NM copy, like a 9.6 with perfect spine and fresh clean pages.

At The Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs Ace 03323 Undated, probably 1973 $20 SOLD to N e r V Another killer Frazetta Good Girl Another stunning NM copy, like a 9.4/9.6 with perfect spine and fresh clean pages. This one has tiny touches of wear at the top tips, that's it.

Haven't had many of these lately but here's a pair of stunners: The Moon Maid by Edgar Rice Burroughs Ace 53702 January 1974 $20 SOLD to N e r V First Frazetta cover paperback edition and a classic Stunning NM copy, like a 9.6 with perfect spine and fresh clean pages.

The Universe Maker / The World of Null-A A. E. van Vogt Ace Books D-31 1st PB of each 1953 $15 The first "true" science fiction Ace Double. Classic Stanley Meltzoff cover on "World of Null-A". Paul Orban cover on Universe Maker Fine Plus. Square tight and bright, has light wear, light creasing and toning to the pages, letter "P" indent on cover of "Universe Maker"

Sentinels from Space by Eric Frank Russell / The Ultimate Invader and Other Science-Fiction: Stories from the Four Corners of Time Edited by Donald A. Wollheim Ace Books D-44 1st PB editions of both 1954 $12 SOLD to OtherEric Another nice very early Ace with Robert E. Schulz & Stanley Meltzoff cover art Fine. Square tight and bright, has spine wear, light creasing and toning to the pages, still nice - not your usual Ace Beater from this time period

The Man Who Upset The Universe (Foundation and Empire) by Isaac Asimov Ace D-125 1st PB, 1st Printing 1955 $15 SOLD to goldust40 Cover art by Robert Schulz. The second book of the Foundation Trilogy. Fine Plus. Sharp square and glossy, light spine wear, very thin reader crease, a few bends.

The 1,000 Year Plan (Foundation) by Isaac Asimov Ace D-110 1st PB, 1st Printing 1955 (backed with No World of Their Own by Poul Anderson) $25 SOLD to goldust40 Awesome cover art by Ed Valigursky, classic if there ever was one. The first book of the Foundation Trilogy. Fine Plus. Sharp square and glossy, light edgewear, few light bends, tiny split at base of spine on the Anderson side.

No, only 4 in the early 50's & 60's that I know of, this one, The Sirens of Titan (Dell) and two Gold Medals, Canary in a Cat House and Mother Night. He started getting a TON of pbs in the 70's

I'm going to take a few minutes to clean the thread up for the re-cap and then get going again on some more science fiction to start with

Good deal

Okay, I'm going to take a break until late this afternoon. I have house and home things to take care of for the wif for the next couple of hours but I have moar, much moar to share with you all this week

The Long Tomorrow by Leigh Brackett Ace F-135 1st PB 1962 $10 Ed Emsh cover art. I don't know why I'm posting so many "doomsday" books today, better stay away from the windows today Fine Plus/VF minus Glossy and tight. Spine has slight lean, edgewear to spine, a spot of glue or something on back cover. Real nice looking copy.

Killer book and a great take

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, Gold Medal 417 1st Print 1954 $100 SOLD to goldust40 The rare first printing of the First Edition of this Matheson horror classic. The cover art is Stanley Meltzoff's masterpiece. VF minus. Square, tight and bright with great gloss. A very nice copy, has some superficial creases and edgewear, light dust shadow on bottom back, slightly musty smell. Clean interior, a real looker overall.

A "Top of the Hobby" book

Line to Tomorrow by Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore) Bantam 1251 1954 1st PB Collection $15 SOLD to dover A great collection, including "A Gnome There Was" by the Weird Tales & Astounding authors. Wild Mitchell Hooks cover Fine Plus/VF Minus. Square spine, pages tight, bright colors, nice cover gloss. Light edge wear, bindery chip and wrinkle at top spine, light crease on back. A very nice copy.

Beyond the End of Time Edited by Frederik Pohl Perma P145 1952 $10 SOLD to BuscemasAvengers A true reader's dream. One of the best of the early anthologies. Has a Heinlein story (collaboration) that wasn't reprinted anywhere else for many years. Bradbury, Asimov and others too. Great cover art too, uncredited, looks like Harry Barton to me. Fine minus. Solid and tight for such a thick book, has light wear and creasing, pages toning but still presents well.

Utopia 14 (Player Piano) by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Bantam A1262 1st PB edition 1954 $25 SOLD to goldust40 1st PB of a scarce classic with a great Charles Binger cover VG/F Square tight and bright, has a chip and tearing at upper left corner, wear at right side and on spine, still attractive over all.

Blood Runs Cold by Robert Bloch Popular Library K18 1962 1st Edition $25 SOLD to goldust40 1st Edition of this collection of 17 stories from the sci fi digests of the 1950's Very Fine minus/Very Fine. Square tight and bright, neat pen name and date inside cover. Very little overall wear.

Buscema by a hair