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The Five Faces of Murder Jay Flynn Avon F-156 1962 Great Maguire gun-moll cover. Has creasing, a small tear and light writing but the main image is strong $12 SOLD to goldust40

Well, I've got more books so the thread will stay open and let's see what else tickles fancies

RECAP P. 1 The Key Popular Library 232 1950 Nice VG has slight crunch/paper loss to lower left but nice overall. Back is clean $8 Murder By Latitude Popular Library 246 Belarski GGA cover Good - Pages uneven and coming loose, still looks ok $4 Fate Magazine November 1956 Cool digest. Chipped, paper loss at top spine, water damage to bottom $5 Fate Magazine May 1950 Cool digest. Shaver Mystery & UFO stories Complete but water damaged $4 P. 2 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson Pocket Books 123 8th Printing 1947 Spencer Tracy Movie tie-in cover VG/F Light creasing, general wear $12 Sins of New York edited by Milton Crane Bantam 786 1950 C.C. Beall Bad Girl cover $8 P. 3 Dr. Priestly Investigates John Rhode Avon NN(#5) 2nd print with HRN of 16 books on the back 1942 Classic very early Avon mystery $15 P. 4 Tarzan and the Silver Globe Barton Werper Gold Star IL7-42 1964 Unauthorized series that was cancelled after 5 books. Jack Endeweldt Bondage cover. Near Fine - has a light crease and surface wear $10 Tarzan and the Cave City Barton Werper Gold Star IL7-49 1964 2nd book in the series Jack Endeweldt cover. VF minus - unread, has light storage/surface wear $15 Sporting Lady Gene Gauntier Pyramid Books 113 1954 Nice uncredited GGA from a tough publisher. Fine Plus. Clean copy with very light wear $12 The Shame of Mary Quinn Clifton Cuthbert Pyramid Books 28 4th Printing 1951 Classic Hunter Barker nude GGA cover. Near Fine. Slight cover pull back, clean otherwise. Pages toning. $15 P. 5 Out of the Silent Planet C.S. Lewis Avon 195 1949 Bargain copy of a classic Avon science fiction/fantasy title. Chipped corners, wear $8 Death of a Tall Man Frances and Richard Lockridge Dell 322 Mapback 1949 Mr. & Mrs. North mystery with cool cat and coffin cover. VG+ Light creasing, general wear, back is pretty clean $7 Night Has 1000 Eyes George Hopley (William Irish) Dell 679 1953 Classic noir novel, great cover with Good Girl on the Bridge. Looks VG+ but missing title page. Small chew on bottom and at spine ends. Perfect, good looking reader. $6 P. 6 McKee of Centre Street Helen Reilly Popular Library No. 33 1944 Golden age mystery with a great Hoffman Art Deco cover. Fine plus, Square tight and bright, slight wave, light stain on back. True early goodness $15 P. 7 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 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 P. 8 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 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 P. 9 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 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 4 beat but complete 1940's Popular Library's 3 Mystery/suspense 1 Western Hoffman, A>Leslie Ross, Owen Kampen covers $10 The Passionate Pagan Carter Brown Signet S 2259 1st Print 1963 McGinnis GGA cover VF minus, printing is offset/blurred (factory issue) $6 The Regatta Mystery Agatha Christie Avon No. 85 1945 First PB Edition, cool dagger murder cover Fine minus - Looks Fine Plus/VF minus but has very light creasing front and back that doesn't break color $12 Who Killed Sweet Sue Henry Kane Avon 733 1956 PBO Victor Kalin cover art Good looking copy. VG+ Tight and bright, reader crease, spine wear, small tears at spine base, edge $10 P. 10 Back of Town Herbert Pruett Beacon B161 1958 PBO Beacon backwoods sleaze with GGA cover art VG cover creases, slight cover pull back, light grease pencil $5 The Dark Urge Robert W. Taylor Pyramid Books G72 1953 Julian Paul GGA cover Scarce Pyramid title. Fine, light corner creases, pages toned. $12 The Embezzler by James M. Cain Avon 99 1946 Nice copy of an early picture frame Avon by the hard boiled master. Fine/Fine Plus. Great colors and page quality, Spine and covers are smooth with minor wear and creasing $15 The Gorgeous Ghoul Murder Case Dwight V. Babcock Avon NN (#30) 1943 Scarce 1st print with HRN of 31 Cool early GGA with mummy mask cover art. VG/F Square and tight, great color. Light creasing, small split at back spine $15

That's the last book tonight, gotta go tend to the family. Truly appreciate the takes, likes, and even the corrections My wife gets a little giddy when I get corrected

Tawny Donald Henderson Clarke Avon 237 1950 Pretty Golden Age Avon girl, looks like one of the True Crime Mag artists girls. VG+ Spine slant, slight stain and wave, front cover smooth, crease on the back. A nice looking copy. $8 SOLD to goldust40

Mexico After Dark MacFadden Books 50-222 1964 Unread VF minus copy with a great cover. Small bend at lower corner, super glossy and new looking. $18 SOLD to goldust40

Flesh and the Sea John Dobbin Avon T-100 1955 Nice uncredited Good Girl with a cigarette. VG+ Nice looking copy, has chips and tears at spine ends, slight uneveness, but no big creases. $8 SOLD to goldust40

Waterfront Blonde Gordon Semple Beacon B352 1960 GGA cover art by Charles Frace, who went on to become a foremost Wildlife painter. Unread but has water warping and front cover dent. Still a real cool piece for the money $12 SOLD to goldust40

Jule: Alabama Boy In Harlem George Wylie Henderson Avon 577 1954 Another classic Avon with GGA VG, no bad creasing but spine slant, edge and surface wear, stamp on cover and inside $10 SOLD to OtherEric

The Terror Of The Leopard Men by Juba Kennerley Avon 339 1951 $15 SOLD to OtherEric Classic cover. VG A decent presenting bargain copy that still displays well. Covers pretty smooth but has spine wear, chipping to the spine ends, general wear.

Park Avenue Tramp Fletcher Flora Gold Medal 761 First Printing 1958 A really good noir read with a nice photo cover. VG+/Fine minus, glossy, slight slant, small tear at base of spine, light wear $8 SOLD to goldust40

13 French Street Gil Brewer Gold Medal Books 858 5th Printing with alternate cover. 1959 One of Brewer's most twisted noirs. VF minus. Unread, super glossy and new looking, tiny creasing upper corner $8 SOLD to goldust40

Adam and Two Eves Anonymous (Lilla Van Saher) Lesbian theme novel with incredible GGA cover, uncredited but looks like Walter Popp. Would be Fine+ with only minor wear but has water warp. Still a great looker of a classic cover $15 SOLD to goldust40

McKee of Centre Street Helen Reilly Popular Library No. 33 1944 Golden age mystery with a great Hoffman Art Deco cover. Fine plus, Square tight and bright, slight wave, light stain on back. True early goodness $15

The Imperial Orgy Edgar Saltus Avon 111 1947 Early GGA cover by MAM artist George Mayers Fine/Fine Plus. Tear and small piece missing on top of first page, spine a little faded - nice smooth copy of a classic picture frame Avon $12 SOLD to OtherEric

Did take the time to fix that anyway. I get math dyslexic like that sometimes

Thanks to the takers Gonna take a bit of a refreshment break, should be back in a half hour or so with a last stack for today.

The Death Dealers by Isaac Asimov Avon T-287 Paperback Original, 1st Printing 1958 $15 SOLD to goldust40 Killer Femme Fatale cover art by GGA master Robert Maguire. Asimov's signature Crime Novel. VG+ has surface scratching, light wear, clean back.

Night Has 1000 Eyes George Hopley (William Irish) Dell 679 1953 Classic noir novel, great cover with Good Girl on the Bridge. Looks VG+ but missing title page. Small chew on bottom and at spine ends. Perfect, good looking reader. $6

Death of a Tall Man Frances and Richard Lockridge Dell 322 Mapback 1949 Mr. & Mrs. North mystery with cool cat and coffin cover. VG+ Light creasing, general wear, back is pretty clean $7

Ticket to Oblivion Robert Parker Bantam 878 1951 & Come Fill The Cup Harlan Ware Bantam A1097 1953 Cool pair of Golden Age Bantams about Paris & Chicago life with nice uncredited cover art. Both VG+/Near Fine Glossy with general wear, no big creases. $10 for the pair SOLD to goldust40

Georgie May by Maxwell Bodenheim Avon 158 1947 - One of the first very large Good Girls at Avon, has a fair crease on the front cover but very presentable overall $7 SOLD to goldust40

The Lenient Beast by Fredric Brown Bantam 1712 1st PB 1st Print Another cool Brown tale. Mitchell Hooks cover. 1958 VG/VG+, reader crease, edgewear, slight slant but solid and tight $6 SOLD to goldust40

We All Killed Grandma Fredric Brown Bantam 1176 One of Brown's best twisted tales, Charles Binger cover art. VG+ reader crease, back cover crease, light wear. $10 SOLD to OtherEric

The Wanton Carter Brown Signet 1713 First Printing 1959 Barye Phillips bad girl cover Fine minus. Tight and glossy. General wear, no big creases $10 SOLD to goldust40