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The Blonde by Carter Brown Signet S1972 3rd Print 1961 $15 SOLD to Comical Situations Early Brown title when the mighty Barye Philips was painting covers. A sweet one here. Fine Plus. Tight and glossy. Spine has slight slant. Covers smooth with only a little edgewear. Has a code on spine. I'm showing this one for reference but several have them so I will mention them but not take photos, they don't detract the cover art.

Lady In Peril Ben Ames Williams Popular Library No. 164 1949 $45 SOLD to goldust40 Impressive copy of a killer early Belarski GGA cover Very Fine minus/Very Fine Square glossy and stunning. Great lamination with tiny lifting. Very light edgewear, trace of an "m" indent on cover near throat. Great off white pages.

Great take my friend It's a proud title to own

Another "Stone Cold Classic" The Doll's Trunk Murder by Helen Reilly Popular Library 211 1949 $85 SOLD to mstrange Iconic violent Rudolph Belarski Bondage/Headlights cover. Has become rare to find in any shape for good reason. I'm going to call it a qualified Fine Plus due to it being bound slightly askew. Bright and glossy with only a few very light creases. Small ding on the back cover. A few very light spots on cover. Still an unusually sharp cover with great color and corners.

Sinner by Gordon Semple Croydon Love Novel 16 $50 SOLD to goldust40 L.B.Cole painted sleaze GGA cover in nice shape. These Croydon Books were printed on cheap paper and are very tough to find in nice shape. Fine plus. Nice presenting copy. Strong colors. Solid spine with slight slant. No significant creasing only some light bends. Tiny stain to upper right corner.

Passionate Princess by Jack Woodford Novel Library No. 4 1948 $40 SOLD to mstrange Great early Golden Age Good Girl goodness from the Avon folks and a scarce one in condition. The cigarette holder does it for me. Fine plus. Square and bright. A few spine stresses, light edgewear. Store stamp on first page.

Harem Island by Anthony Sterling. Monarch MA310 PBO 1961 $20 SOLD to mstrange Bargain copy of the religious sleaze cult novel with the wild Raymond Johnson GGA cover Has warping from moisture and wear on back but smooth front cover that presents well.

I believe only Murder by proxy is taken, the rest are you my friend

Catch Me A Phoenix by Carter Brown Signet D2637 1st Print 1965 $22 SOLD to Comical Situations Love this McGinnis vixen, nice copy too. Fine Plus/VF minus Just light edgewear, a few super light bends and toning to report.

Too Friendly Too Dead Brett Halliday Dell 8949 1964 $18 SOLD to goldust40 Super McGinnis GGA cover VF minus Tight and glossy. Spine has slight slant. Very light spine and edgewear.

Tickets for Death Brett Halliday Dell 989 1958 $10 SOLD to goldust40 Nice Bob Stanley GGA cover Fine minus. Square and tight. Has a bunch of thin light creases but still a sharp book overall.

COUNTRY CLUB CONFIDENTIAL Lee Brill Beacon Books #B594F 1963 PBO $22 SOLD @30% off to Crassus Great title. Usual nice Beacon GGA. Looks like Rossi or Olsen. VF minus/Very Fine. Appears unread Square sharp and glossy. Pages toning but has very little wear

Brood of Fury by Jess Shelton Crest Giant d434 1st Printing March 1961 $25 SOLD to goldust40 Great Stan Zuckerberg tail-lights cover. Fine Plus Square, glossy and smooth. Colors are deep. Bindery chip at top spine. Small pen name on front page. Off white pages, normal toning to interiors. Dust shadow and small crease on lower back cover. All that said, it's a pretty book.

Going to take a break for about an hour or so to take care of some honey-do. Will be back with another stack then

Murder By Proxy Brett Halliday Dell 5949 1963 $20 SOLD to goldust40 Sweet McGinnis GGA cover on a Mike Shayne mystery VF minus/VF Thinnest hair of a crease along spine, looks new.

Seminole by Theodore Pratt Gold Medal 635 2nd Print 1957 $20 SOLD to Comical Situations Amazing wrap around nude GGA cover by John Floherty Fine Plus/VF minus. Light spine and edgewear. One small crease to back cover.

Black Opium by Claude Farrere Berkley G-120 1st PB edition 1958 $120 SOLD to Comical Situations Classic Maguire nude rising out of an opium pipe cover, one of the most famous in the hobby. If this was a comic book cover Fine plus. Spine is tight with slight lean, light spine and edgewear. A very nice copy of an extremely tough black cover.

The Victim by Carter Brown Signet D2606 3rd print with different cover 1965 $10 SOLD to Comical Situations Another fine McGinnis back shot VG/VG+ Front looks great with light edgewear. Back has a couple long creases.

The Hammer of Thor by Carter Brown Signet D2794 1st Print 1965 $12 SOLD to goldust40 That's no Donald Blake it's a full length McGinnis girl Fine. Has a non color breaking crease at top front otherwise very sharp.

Blonde On The Rocks by Carter Brown Signet T4682 3rd Print with different cover art $22 SOLD to crassus Classy McGinnis good girl VF very light wear to extremities. White pages

Going to switch over to some Good Girls for a bit... Overboard by George F. Worts Popular Library 292 1950 $50 SOLD to goldust40 A "stone cold classic" if there ever was one and tough to get in any condition. Belarski Bondage/Headlights cover, one of his most notorious. VG+ Solid and tight with a few light creases. A great bargain copy

Space On My Hands by Fredric Brown Bantam 1077 1st Print 1952 $10 SOLD to BuscemasAvengers Great collection of Brown's science fiction. Classic Charles Binger cover art VG Great front, looks much nicer but has bundle mark on the back. The bottom of the bundle copy

City by Clifford D. Simak Perma Star No. 264 1st PB edition $12 SOLD to dover 1st PB of this classic story. Richard Powers cover VG/F Looks nicer, has about a 3/4" split at top spine and a bit of wear on the back.

I Robot by Isaac Asimov Signet s1282 1st PB, 1st Printing March 1956 $75 SOLD to goldust40 Iconic Robot cover art by Robert Schulz. The big daddy of all Asimov pb's. Tough to find at all let alone in any kind of decent shape due to the black cover and notoriously poor Signet construction. Fine plus. Spine is solid with a backwards lean, pages tight. Glossy without major creases, there is a pressure line along the left side that barely breaks color and a bit of edgewear/color flakes. Bindery chip to top of spine. Real nice for this book

The Shadow Over Innsmouth H.P. Lovecraft Scholastic Books TK1934 1971 $5 SOLD to OtherEric Alan Magee cover art. You know Lovecraft had arrived when he got a Scholastic edition! VG. Looks better but has moisture wrinkling to top of first 20 pages or so. Light front cover crease.