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Surfing Alien

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  1. Madball by Fredric Brown Dell First Edition No. 2E 1953 $40 SOLD to OtherEric Awesome Griffith Foxley cover art on the true first edition of Brown's zany tale of Carny life ( and the Pickled Punks ) Fine plus. Bright and glossy with minimal creasing. Has slight slant, a few tiny chips at the top and old book smell
  2. Revolt In 2100 by Robert Heinlein Signet No. 1194 1954 $18 SOLD to Goldust40 First PB edition with that great Stanley Meltzoff cover. The first one I've sold. Fine Plus/VF minus. Square tight and bright with a hint of reader crease and a small corner crease on the back. Real nice.
  3. Space On My Hands by Fredric Brown Bantam 1077 1st Print 1952 $18 Higher grade copy of this collection of Brown's science fiction. Classic Charles Binger cover art FIne plus/VF minus. Square, glossy and bright with touches of edgewear, tiny scratch
  4. Behind The Flying Saucers by Frank Scully Popular Library No. 326 March 1951 $45 SOLD to Goldust40 Not much to say about this Bergey cover other than "Stone Cold Classic" Tough to find in this nice shape. Fine Plus/VF minus Square, tight and glossy. Minimal edgewear, a couple light bends. Small writing on top of first page.
  5. Vampirella, Bloodstalk by Ron Goulart. Warner Books 76-928 1st Printing November 1975 $55 SOLD to mstrange A stunner of a copy with the classic Jose Gonzalez Vampirella cover. The best I've sold. VF Structurally near perfect, square, glossy and smooth with almost no wear, just a touch at the upper left spine and a few tiny dents in cover. Some light surface dirt. Nice off white pages. Back is perfect.
  6. The Man Who Upset The Universe (Foundation and Empire) by Isaac Asimov Ace D-125 1st PB, 1st Printing 1955 $12 Awesome cover art by Robert Schulz. The second book of the Foundation Trilogy. Fine. Solid and glossy, hairline reader crease and thumb bends/wear to corners, book has slight wave and pages tanning.
  7. First to the Stars by Rex Gordon Ace Books D-405 1959 $5 First edition with Ed Emshwiller cover art Nice - looks VF unread but has pencil note on first page indicating when it was read (1959 lol) Pages tanning, some light residue on cover
  8. Adventures on Other Planets ed. Donald A. Wollheim Ace Books S-133 1st Edition 1955 $8 1st edition anthology with Ed Valigursky cover art. Tight and glossy. Fine plus. Light crease and overall wear.
  9. The Rebellious Stars by Isaac Asimov An Earth Gone Mad by Roger Dee Ace D-84 1954 $18 SOLD to piper Nice early Ace with a Harry Barton cover on the Asimov side, Valigursky on the other Fine plus. A real nice copy, real smooth on The Rebellious Stars and a couple smallcreases on the flip side, light edgewear
  10. Take Thanks for the takes. "Nora" was available but Darwination already got this one. He'll probably be over the moon that he beat you to something I did clean up the rest of the thread and updated the Recap so will have a clean start this evening
  11. One of King's more detailed covers. The Uni and Royal Giants are totally under-appreciated. Many great firsts and cover arts.
  12. Okay, I think this is a good spot to take a break. Got a lot more listed tonight than yesterday. I really appreciate all the likes, takes and great banter . My wife says she still can't close that damn closet door so I guess I'll have to keep listing tomorrow evening
  13. 3 Low to Mid grade Ace Doubles. D-79 D-110 & D-491 $15 SOLD to Microbia Decent bargain copies, includes, Asimov & Leiber. D-110 is the lowest with a spine split, cover loosening and browning pages. The other two are very solid
  14. Planet of the Dreamers by John D. MacDonald Pocket Books 943 1st Print 1953 $10 Rod Dunham spaceship cover art on this Science Fiction by the *mostly* hard boiled author. He wrote a fair amount of Sci-Fi Fine Plus. Nice copy. Glossy, square and tight. Maybe read, maybe not. Tough silver spine coloring has a hairline crease, light pencil mark, light edgewear.
  15. One Night With Nora by Brett Halliday Dell D387 1st Printing November 1960 $12 SOLD to Goldust40 Nice McGinnis headlights cover Fine. Square and tight, has a few bends, edgewear and fading to the spine. Back is clean
  16. Untamed Darling by Jack Woodford Avon No. 403 1952 $75 SOLD to Microbia A staggering NM/M copy of this classic Peter Driben cover of Eve offering the apple. I don't grade anything NM/M but here it is. Near perfect everything, including the ultra-glossy lamination. Small pencil arrival date code on top of first page. WHITE inside covers and off-white pages. Just an incredible copy that can't be beat.
  17. "GOD BLESS YOU PLEASE MRS. ROBINSON..." The Graduate by Charles Webb Signet P3167 Sixth printing form 1967 with the Movie Tie-In $30 SOLD to Goldust40 High grade copy of the Movie Tie-In edition. VF Square, tight and bright with tiny bindery chips and slight edgewear
  18. Dark Crusade by Karl Edward Wagner Warner Books 88-154 1st Edition, 1st Printing $40 SOLD to Goldust40 1st appearance of Frazetta's "Dark Kingdom" Kane, the most expensive Frazetta painting ever sold. Just got in a trade so offering it here. Fine Plus. Solid, square and glossy, has some light spine wear and tiny edge and surface wear. Back cover has some slight discoloration or rubbing to it that is hard to photograph
  19. Payoff For The Banker by Frances and Richard Lockridge Pocket Books No. 501 1st Printing March 1948 $15 SOLD to Goldust40 Pretty risque GGA for a Pocket Book. Art by Donald Beck Amazing condition for a 75 year old book. VF Unread. Square tight and super glossy with minimal edgewear.