Surfing Alien

On 4/27/2024 at 11:10 AM, jimjum12 said:

This one comes highly recommended by my pal, H.P. and I'm trying to find a nice edition with larger print that I can read. Love the Steele Savage cover, which is a wraparound by the way. GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Steele Savage is such a unique artist, as well as name. A little like a Hannes Bok for the 70's generations 

"Swamp Girl" would be hard to top, so I'm going to take the break here and will finish up tomorrow. Thanks for the likes, takes and talks    I've saved a few goodies for the endgame

Swamp Girl by Evans Wall  Pyramid Books No. 39        First  Printing 1951    $80  SOLD to Microbia

One of the top Pyramid books with the famous bondage/whipping cover by Julian Paul.  The 1st print has a more brutal back cover blurb than the later prints.

I recently upgraded my first print so am offering this one here, it's even nice than the 3rd printing I sold last time.

Fine plus/VF minus.   Square, solid tight and glossy. No reader crease, clean spine just a bit of edgewear, light crease and wear on the back.

Shadows Of Lust by Ralph Carter   Croydon Love Novel No. 14    1949     $45  SOLD to NerV

L.B. Cole GGA cover.  A pretty stunner of a copy.

VF minus, square and solid with a near perfect spine. Has a little color rub to upper corner and a faint reader crease that doesn't break color, tiny dig on back.

Terror At Night  Ed. by Herbert Williams    Avon No. 110    1947       $30  SOLD to NerV

Great George Mayers cover art on this nice copy of Avon's first true horror anthology featuring Lovecraft and several other Weird Tales writers.

A much better than average copy with decent centering of the red frame that is usually totally cut off on more than one side.

Fine/Fine Plus. Solid square, bright and tight, has a fair bit of spine wear but very little to the covers

The Secret Of The Spa by Charles Leonard  Thriller Novel Classic No. 30    1944    $18 SOLD to Goldust40

True Golden Age goodness. This hard boiled hypodermic cover was considered classic in the old guide days.

Fine.  Tight and bright. Has some light creases and bends, a bit of edgewear but a very presentable copy overall.

 The Fabulous Clipjoint by Frederic Brown Bantam Book 302 1948                   $15  SOLD to OtherEric
 
1st Paperback edition of the 1948 Edgar Award Winner.     Beautiful Ed Grant GGA Cover
 
Fine/Fine plus.  Tight and bright with great color. Very little wear, lamination is lifting but almost all there.

On 4/27/2024 at 7:16 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Basement Gang by David Williams   Intimate Novels No. 32    PBO  1953     $120

Legendary JD/Drug digest with the famous photo cover of the boy with an e*r*e*c*t*i*o*n that was censored on 4 later usages of the cover photo. It's a battle whether this is better or lesser than my keeper. I'll regret selling it anyway.

A bright VF minus/VF  copy that is super glossy and new looking with no creasing to speak of, just a few bends on the back edge, a touch of wear to the edges, a few of the page tips have minor chipping although the pages are cream/off-white without any brittleness.  A fridge magnet for sure.

SOLD per PM

Basement Gang by David Williams   Intimate Novels No. 32    PBO  1953     $120  SOLD per PM

Legendary JD/Drug digest with the famous photo cover of the boy with an e*r*e*c*t*i*o*n that was censored on 4 later usages of the cover photo. It's a battle whether this is better or lesser than my keeper. I'll regret selling it anyway.

A bright VF minus/VF  copy that is super glossy and new looking with no creasing to speak of, just a few bends on the back edge, a touch of wear to the edges, a few of the page tips have minor chipping although the pages are cream/off-white without any brittleness.  A fridge magnet for sure.

Vampirella #4 Blood Wedding by Ron Goulart.     Warner Books No. 86-088     1976        $55  SOLD to NerV

A killer copy. The first and best I've had to list.

VF/VF Plus - unread. Square and glossy. No reader crease on the tough black cover, just very minor edge wear on this otherwise fresh looking copy. Pages are lightly tanning. Small rubber stamped code to top of page edge.

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

“Gay white way”????

Broadway Baybee

This is a good spot for a dinner break. I should be back around 7:00PM EST

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.