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The Deadly Streets by Harlan Ellison Ace Books D-312 1958 1st Edition $90 SOLD to OtherEric Classic JD cover. A scarce Ellison 1st that is tough to find in any condition, usually priced in the 3 figures. Fine. Square, tight and glossy with a couple of light creases

Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp Galaxy Publishing Corp. (Galaxy Science Fiction Novel #24) 1955 1st PB edition $25 Great de Camp fantasy from the Unknown pulp. Sweet Ed Emshwiller GGA cover Fine Plus, smooth and super glossy, small creases in lower corner, small, light staining on back cover.

Weird Tales #4 ed. Lin Carter Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. 0-8217-1238-1 1983 1st Printing $25 SOLD to goldust40 New story by Long. Cover art by Doug Beekman VF Glossy and new looking with minor surface wear

Weird Tales #1 ed. Lin Carter Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. 0-8217-1240-3 2nd Print 1983 $20 SOLD to goldust40 1st appearance of the title story by Howard. Cover art by Tom Barber VF Unread new looking copy with tiny wear at corners and on surface

Shock III by Richard Matheson Dell Books 7830 1966 1st Edition Cover by Adams $35 SOLD to goldust40 VF/NM - an insane copy for a black cover book. Unread, no reader crease near perfect corners. Rare like this

Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov Bantam 11527 1977 Later Printing with Movie Tie In cover $10 SOLD to mstrange VF Minus - very light bends and edgewear

World Without Men Charles Eric Maine Ace Books D-274 1st Edition $15 SOLD to goldust40 Great GGA cover art by Ed Emshwiller VG Plus - looks better, has a stain to upper right corner on cover and first half of pages

The Vault Of Horror Ballantine U2107 1st Print August 1965 One of the classic Ballantine EC collections. $40 SOLD to N e r V Fine Plus/Very Fine minus. Glossy copy with no bends or creases on the covers. Great colors. Light edgewear, mostly to the corners and page toning.

I need to take a few minutes to clean up the thread and then I'll start posting some more

Sorceress of the Witch World Andre Norton Ace Books H-84 1st Edition 1968 Beautiful Jeff Jones cover $18 SOLD to NerV VF Square tight and glossy with virtually no wear. A real pretty copy.

Rogue Roman by Lance Horner Fawcett T1978 1968 1st Print Frazetta cover $18 SOLD to NerV Fine Plus - Square and tight, looks unread but has a crease on back cover, a bit of dust soiling and light wear.

Finger Man by Raymond Chandler Avon 219 1949 $35 SOLD to goldust40 One of Chandler's best hard boiled noirs. Great Avon GGA nipple cover. Probably by Raymond Johnson. Fine. Spine is tight with slight slant. Colors are bold, covers are smooth with light wear, mostly to the edges and corners. Foxing, light stains to top of covers. Overall a very nice copy.

Have a lot of work today but I'm going to try to drop a few here and there when I can and will post a whole bunch this evening. Here's one that must be in any vintage pb collection (or book collection at that!) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Bantam Books A1071 1951 Classic cover by Charles Binger $60 SOLD to NerV A very nice copy of one of the great dystopian classics, the first one I've ever been able to sell as I slightly upgraded mine. Fine Plus - Square solid and glossy, no creasing, pages toning, slight stain to first couple pages.

Some of the ones you posted look fully hand painted, some fully photo, and some, like the one I have, look like a photo that has been painted in.

Yeah, this is a pretty odd title. Some of those covers are great, you'll always hear me protest that I don't collect photo covers but there's some that I will and those are the type Here' the indica and the title page (which is tucked to the side on the last page) With only 48 pages I guess they didn't want to waste prime space at the front crediting writers Offices were at 731 Plymouth in Chicago, at the heart of printers row. The building still stands. Looks just like the printing building in New York I used to go to to hand carry in my college newspaper floppy disk for printing when I was editor many years ago

Picked off this Official Detective March 15th, 1937 (It was 2x a month, pretty cool! and pretty skinny, 48 pages) This is definitely the largest magazine I've got now. It's huge. She doesn't really have headlights, but she's got a gun, so there's that to love Compare to this American Detective, which is a pretty large mag! I don't even own a bag for this size.

I have to tend to some family matters so will be taking a break for a few hours, I may be able to list some more later this evening, if not, tomorrow for sure.

Love Camp by Louis-Charles Royer Pyramid Books No. 84 3rd Print 1954 $85 SOLD to mstrange Nazi Good Girl cover by Julian Paul. One of the all time classic PB titles and covers, rare in any printing Fine Plus. Square and tight, light spine wear, finger creases ger

Paprika by Eric Von Stroheim Beacon B157 1958 $20 Novel by the famous actor/screenwriter/director sports a bare breasted Gypsy GGA cover, attributed to Robert Stanley. Considered a classic since the first Hancer Price Guide was published. Very Good plus/Near Fine. Square tight and bright, has a reading crease and staining to the back upper half of the pages. Still a very presentable copy.

Man Trap by Matt Harding Beacon B360 1960 1st Edition $25 SOLD to mstrange Another great title, signed Harry Barton GGA cover Fine Plus/Very Fine minus. Glossy and tight, slight curl and a few light spots on cover

Wild Hunger by Fred Malloy Beacon B171 1958 1st Edition Great title $20 Uncredited Beacon full length GGA Fine Plus, Glossy and tight, small corner crease front, light crease, wear on back

One Night With Nora by Brett Halliday Dell D387 1st Printing November 1960 $18 SOLD to goldust40 Real nice McGinnis headlights cover. Very Fine - Square, tight and glossy, couple tiny bends, appears unread. A beautiful copy

Switching over to some "romance" Counterfeit Wife by Brett Halliday Dell D358 1st New Edition Print 1960 $10 SOLD to goldust40 Nice McGinnis GGA cover Fine/Fine Plus - Square and tight, has small splits to front spine ends, light wear to extremities.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, Illustrated by Joseph Schindelman Bantam 12143-X 1st Standard Paperback Edition 1979 $50 SOLD to NerV Pure imagination! VF Plus - Square glossy and tight, hairline spine wear, no creases. A Gorgeous copy of a fantasy classic that is real tough in high grade.

The Atlantic Abomination / The Martian Missile John Brunner and David Grinnell Ace Books D-465 1960 1st Edition of the Brunner novel. Emsh & Valigursky covers $10 SOLD to goldust40 Classic Emsh cover on The Atlantic Abomination, one of my favorites - The Struggle is real! Fine Plus/VF minus - Square glossy and unread. Light edge, corner wear. A very nice high grade copy, white inside covers, much better than usual