Surfing Alien

In the 50's by most accounts that I recall, $200-300 was an average for well known guys, cheap was $100-150.

Closing this sale. It was engaging as usual and I appreciate having such good sportsmanship out here I'll work out invoices tomorrow.

I do like the second Lion Edition of Candide, may have to re-acquire it at some point. Here's a close up of the first. The cover art is un-credited but the girls face looks a LOT like a Rafael DeSoto girl. I read this in high school too and loved it, since half the book was chasing maidens around in the bushes, which was always a fun, irreverent thing to actually be able to talk about in class

I'm pretty sure the reason many of the early pb publishers produced many Eurpoean "classics" was due to them being out of copyright, or cheap to get the rights to, and were kind of guaranteed product/sales since they were well known as classic literature to the generation consuming them. I like Zola.... it seems to me every French classic is imbued with fate, impossible coincidence and vengeance

Well it's been great sharing my "horror-ble" (ugh, groan ) duplicates, odds an ends with y'all. You paperback collectors are really the best (and savviest) players on these here boards I updated the Recap page and anything on there is 20% off until the close of sale tonight. Feel free to make offers if that's close but not close enough

I'm gonna wrap it here and say thanks for all the takes and likes tonight. This has been a fun horde I'll do some wrapping up tomorrow

Off-Beat Detective Stories September 1960 $125 Very nice copy of this rare hard boiled digest with insane bondage cover by Carl Pfeufer. A Big Boy book Fine Plus. Bright glossy fresh copy, square tight and bright appears unread. Neat date stamp. Small chip on back cover. Glue shrink stress marks at spine.

Strangler's Holiday by Kurt Steel Crime Novel Selection No. 1 1942 $75 Shocking Norman Saunders strangulation cover on this Golden Age pre-Atlas digest. A really tough book in my experience. VG. Solid and square. Has spine wear, a fair amount of light creasing and edgewear. Still a very nice central image of a sick cover digest.

The Pool of Death by Keats Patrick. Best Detective Selection No. 5 1942 $45 SOLD to N e r V Classic skull/fountain cover, early 1940's true Golden Age digest sized line by Martin Goodman. The cover art and colors on these are awesome. VG+/Fine Solid and square, light creasing and wear. A nice looking pre-Atlas Digest.

I'm gonna take a break for about 30 minutes and grab a snack. Gonna use Dirty Harry Callahan to segue into some Detective books, namely a couple of killer 1940's Digest sized Atlas Detective novels

Dirty Harry by Phillip Rock Bantam S7329 Second Print December 1971 $40 SOLD to goldust40 Movie Tie in with classic Clint Eastwood 44 Magnum photo cover VF Minus. Glossy and new looking with surface wear and a light bend to front cover but very little edgewear.

Alien by Alan Dean Foster Warner Books 82-977 1st Print June 1979 $40 SOLD to goldust40 Very high grade copy of the 1st pb movie tie-in VF Glossy and new looking. Light surface wear and touches of edgewear. A beautiful copy of a tough black cover book

Night of the Living Dead by John Russo Pocket 83573-4 1st Print January, 1981 $35 SOLD to goldust40 Killer Movie Tie-In with Foil cover Fine Plus/VF minus. Nice square copy with light edgewear and surface wear. Tough in higher grades, the foil shows every little thing

Vampirella, Deadwalk by Ron Goulart. Warner Books 76-630 Stated First Printing January 1976 $50 SOLD to N e r V Great copy, classic San Julian front cover and Enrich back cover. Very Fine Plus. Beautiful, square, glossy and smooth. Very fresh and white. Light wear at spine edge. Pressure mark on back cover.

Another cool bargain lot of 4 higher grade Signets. $20 SOLD to goldust40 Rock Wagram Signet 945 Uncredited GGA cover Laird's Choice Signet 923 Stanley Zuckerberg GGA cover The Stubborn Heart Signet S 956 Uncredited GGA art Separate Tables Signet S1609 Movie Tie-In Rita Hayworth, Burt Lancaster photo cover All Fine plus or better, pretty, glossy books. I got in a large group of Signets with nice covers, many are dupes of what I have so offering up some bargain higher grades here

Bargain lot of 4 nice higher grade Signets. $20 SOLD to goldust40 Love is the One With Wings Signet 906 Harry Schaare cover Episode in Palmetto Signet 983 James Avati cover The Temptress Signet 976 Uncredited GGA art Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Signet S1711 Movie Toe-In Allison cover art All Fine plus or better, pretty, glossy books. I got in a large group of Signets with nice covers, many are dupes of what I have so offering up some bargain higher grades here

I, The Jury by Mickey Spillane Signet 699 1st PB, 2nd Printing January 1949 $45 SOLD to N e r V The one that exploded tough gangster fiction, with the classic Tony Varady GGA cover. One of the most famous pb covers. Very Fine minus. Square and tight. Appears unread, other than finger bends on lower corners.

The Big Eye by Max Ehrlich Popular Library 273 September 1950 $10 SOLD to goldust40 Bargain copy of the classic Earle Bergey giant eyeball Sci Fi cover. VG - looks nice, has a large crease down the side of the book, pages somewhat uneven. Still a nice bright image.

Rocket To The Morgue by Anthony Boucher Dell Books #591 1952 $20 Nice copy of Boucher's Sci-Fi/Mystery novel with a great Bob Stanley cover Fine/Fine Plus. Square, tight and glossy. Has spine edge wear and general edgewear but very clean of creases.

The Synthetic Man (The Dreaming Jewels) by Theodore Sturgeon Pyramid Books G247 1st PB 1957 $15 SOLD to goldust40 1st PB of probably Sturgeon's most famous fantasy. Art Sussman modern art cover. Very Fine minus/Very Fine. Unread glossy and tight. Gorgeous copy

The Moon Pool by A. Merritt Avon T-135 1956 $20 SOLD to N e r V Killer copy, looks new. Crazy Art Sussman modern art cover on this later 1950's Avon edition of the Fantasy classic. The first of two fresh looking books I have with Sussman covers. VF/NM Unread with virtually no wear. Worth it just for the condition of a 67 year old sci fi book.

The Survivor and Others by H.P. Lovecraft and August Derleth Ballantine 629 1st Print 1962. $30 SOLD to goldust40 Richard Powers cover art on this 1st PB edition of the Arkham House collection Nice bright and clean, Fine Plus/VF minus copy. Light reader creases, a thumb bend on the back and light edgewear.

Was putting away that stack of Lion Books so figured I'd display some Thompson Firsts...

Oh, that's a short list But I still buy so much stuff I don't want

Ok, I'm being told I need to go have some fun on a Saturday night But this is fun I say. I'll put the pause here though and pick up tomorrow. Thanks for the takes and likes. It may be a rambling affair tomorrow, it depends on how the day goes