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Surfing Alien

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    The High Window Raymond Chandler Pocket Books 320 1st Print of the 1st Paperback Kauffer cover Good+ Tight, front looks ok, back is stained and worn $5 SOLD to goldust40
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    4 beat but complete 1940's Popular Library's 3 Mystery/suspense 1 Western Hoffman, A>Leslie Ross, Owen Kampen covers $10
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    Two western digests The Black Rider by Burt Arthur, Star Books No. 12 1950 George Gross cover & Raw Passion by Charles Martin Uni Books No. 16 1951 GGA cover. Both have significant storage wear and tear, browning and chipping (barn storage wear ). Front cover art looks great $8 for both
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    Quite a few of the early ones were re-used. Avon was pretty notorious for cover re-uses. In many cases, they re-used art from a front cover on the back cover of different, later books, all throughout the plain number run.
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    Loves Lovely Counterfeit James M. Cain Avon Murder Mystery Monthly 44 (Digest sized) 1st PB of this hard boiled Cain novel. Don Milsop Cover art Scarce later number MMM Good plus, covers are worn, have old moisture damage but a presentable copy of a tough book $10 SOLD to goldust40
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    The Stray Lamb Thorne Smith Avon 69 1945 Classic British Fantasy Has a long crease on front, else Fine $5 SOLD to OtherEric
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    The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie Avon 75 1945 Cover by A. Gonzales Scarce book. VG, Great color and structure, looks Fine Plus but has some old moisture staining and a couple of super light ring traces on cover that are hard to see. $8
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    Kept Woman Vina Delmar Avon 286 1951 Nice GGA cover, probably by Barye Phillips, totally his style. Fine Plus, glossy and square with minimal wear, great lamination, slight page uneveness $15 SOLD to goldust40
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    Ok, I have to wrap it up for tonight, have another project I have to work on, but I have enough of a stack to do another round tomorrow, including some more beloved Avons
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    Lot of 3 1950's Signets Nice covers by Clark Hulings, James Meese and James Avati. VG minus to VG plus $10 SOLD to goldust40
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    Lady Ann Donald Henderson Clarke Avon 105 Later print with HRN 153 Early Raymond Johnson cover G/VG, Front cover pretty nice, back cover has big dent, creasing $6
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    Valley Vixen by Ben Ames Williams Avon 153 1948 Early Avon GGA signed Strick for Carl Stricker 1948 $8 SOLD to goldust40 Very Good Plus. Square and tight, uncreased, bright whites, has a dust shadow at the right edge.
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    Never Come Morning Nelson Algren Avon T-223 1958 Gritty JD cover art. Fine plus, has a couple small indents on the covers but smooth and nice $10 SOLD to goldust40
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    Lot of 4 beat but complete 1940's Avons $10 SOLD to OtherEric
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    Andrews Harvest John Evans Berkley No. 314 Scarce Berkley with nice cover art, probably Rudy Nappi. Fine minus, front cover nice, back has creasing, slight cover pull back $8
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    The Furies In Her Body Guy Endore Avon 323 Nice Raymond Johnson GGA cover. Covers are nice structurally but cover has pulled back, pages uneven, tight but there is spine separation at one section. $6 SOLD to goldust40
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    Where There's a Will Rex Stout Avon 103 1946 Picture frame cover Avon VG minus, creases, wear, writing on title page. $6 SOLD to OtherEric
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    Kiss Her Goodbye Wade Miller Lion Library LL96 1956 Hardboiled mystery with a classic Charles Copeland Big Good Girl cover and back cover art. Tough book. VG+ Bright and tight with light creasing $18 SOLD to goldust40
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    Flames of Time Baynard Kendrick Bantam A902 1951 Beautiful wraparound Bondage cover, rare for Bantam Very Fine minus, unread beauty for such a fat (400+ pages) book $15 SOLD to goldust40
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    The Spider Strikes R.T.M. Scott Berkley Medallion X1735 1969 Fine/Very Fine Light spine edgewear. Nice copy $8 SOLD to goldust40
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    Conan the Avenger Robert E. Howard Lancer 75149-095 1968 Frazetta cover. Later print with alternate cover design Very Fine, glossy and sharp. Has small, neat store price sticker on back cover $6
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    The Brat Gil Brewer Gold Medal S1258 Stated third printing of this Paperback original by one of the best of the "Florida Writers" Great back cover blurb! Good girl art cover by Barye Phillips. Nice Fine, light reader crease, light wear. $8 SOLD to goldust40
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    Avon Fantasy Reader No. 17 1951 Lovecraft, Bradbury stories among other Weird Tales authors. Harry Barton cover art. VG minus creases, chipping to page edges. Nice reader that still looks pretty good $10
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    Run, Killer, Run William Campbell Gault Dell 868 1956 Hardboiled noir with MAM artist Stanley Borack cover art. Very Fine minus - nice copy. $12 SOLD to goldust40
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    Mistress Murder Peter Cheyney Avon 349 1949 Beautiful Raymond Johnson cover art, has that Renaissance "glow" Sharp copy, no creases, a bit of fading to the page edge stain. $18 SOLD to goldust40