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Girls and Gangs by Don James Monarch MB 534 PBO 1st Edition 1963 $45 SOLD to goldust40 Classic Rafael DeSoto GGA Gang Girls cover in unread condition. VF like new, Square, glossy and unread, bright and white with a perfect spine, tiny bindery nicks and light distributor stamps to corner. Pretty copy.

Wild Town by Jim Thompson Signet 1461 PBO 1st Edition 1st Print 1957 $60 SOLD to goldust40 An iconic Maguire GGA cover and a Jim Thompson true 1st Edition. Probably the only decent copy on the web for less than $100. They've pretty much disappeared. VG plus/Fine minus Solid and square with a reader crease, spine and surface wear. Reader's creases are pretty much inevitable on this book.

The Curtain Never Falls by Joey Adams Popular Library 285 1950 $20 Earle K. Bergey GGA cover art Fine/Fine Plus, solid and smooth with great color. Has some spine wrinkle from glue shrinkage. A nice looking copy.

The Gates of Brass by F.J. Kelly Monarch 296 PBO 1st Edition 1963 $20 SOLD to goldust40 Scarce Monarch with a gorgeous Maguire painting. A real beauty. Pretty nice copy other than some spine color chipping. VG Plus/Fine minus. Solid and square with nice color and gloss, minor creasing and wear.

The Broken Doll by Jack Webb Signet 1311 1st Print June 1956 $10 SOLD to goldust40 Bargain copy of a classy signed Maguire GGA cover VG solid but has wear, creases, staining, page darkening, still presents the front cover art well

The Girl In The Spike Heeled Shoes by Martin Yoseloff Popular Library 265 1st PB 1950 $25 SOLD to popkulture Uncredited GGA art in the style of George Rozen/Rudy Belarski Beautiful unread VF copy with minimal wear to describe. Tough to find Pop's like this.

Stronger Than Love by Jess Draper Midwood F318 PBO 1st Edition 1963 $30 SOLD to goldust40 Tough Midwood title, higher grade with Robert Rader GGA cover art Fine Plus Solid spine has slight slant, tiny tear, covers are smooth with great color and little wear.

Gonna lean into some GGA of all sorts today I think Honeyman by Mike Panos Holloway House FHH-158 1st Ed 1st Print 1968 $30 SOLD to jimjum12 Great GGA cover art of two B-Girl honeys in a Los Angeles bar. I never knew what a "B-Girl" was until I read some sleaze Fine Plus. Appears unread or lightly read. Solid square spine, pages supple. Light bends on front cover. Small stamp inside front cover and on page edge Inside covers lightly toned. A very attractive copy of a scarce Holloway House sleaze novel.

Yeah, I screwed up again, didn't reserve a Recap post on page one Still a bit of a rookie I guess, anyway it's here on page seven so here it will be. I'll get to posting a bit earlier today since I was able to turbo the work workload earlier

* RECAP * P.1 Who Goes There by John W. Campbell, Jr. Dell Book D150 1st US PB 1955 $40 SOLD Robert Bloch "Fear Today - Gone Tomorrow" Award Books A811S 1971 1st Ed 1st Print of this short story collection - $10 SOLD Near perfect unread copies of "The Unknown 5" and "The Unknown". Pyramid R-962 January 1964, Pyramid T2326 2nd print October 1970 with the much better cover than the first print $45 SOLD@20%off P. 3 The Reign of Wizardry by Jack Williamson Lancer Books 72-761 from 1964 $18 SOLD Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber Lion Books No. 179 1953 $40 P. 4 Turn of the Table by Jonathan Stagge Popular Library No. 267 August 1950 $35 P. 6 Conan The Usurper by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague De Camp Lancer Books 73-599 1st Printing of the 1st paperback collection of these stories. 1967 $45 P. 8 The Curtain Never Falls by Joey Adams Popular Library 285 1950 $20 P. 9 Campus Tramp by Andrew Shaw (pseudonym of thriller writer Lawrence Block) Nightstand Books NB1505 PBO 1st Edition 1st Printing 1959 $75 SOLD P. 10 Hold Your Breath Stories of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock Dell 206 PBO 1948 $7 P. 11 Flashing Swords! #4 Barbarians and Black Magicians Edited by Lin Carter Dell 12627 Ist Edition 1977 $15 P. 12 The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Pyramid Books G514 Second printing - Movie Tie In Edition June 1960 $8 Freaks Against Supermen by Ralph L. Finn Gaywood Press 1950 $25 P. 15 Rocket To The Morgue by Anthony Boucher Dell Books #591 1952 $20 P. 16 Strangler's Holiday by Kurt Steel Crime Novel Selection No. 1 1942 $75 Off-Beat Detective Stories September 1960 $125

Want to thank you guys again for some great takes. I'm having a busy week at work so not having as much time to prepare and list but enjoying the company twice as much . I'll keep listing each night through the weekend and see where it lands. I had over 100 books pulled so don't think I'm half way through yet . There's some more cool stuff coming up I'll do a re-cap tomorrow to get the whole thing cleaned up.

Night Winds by Karl Edward Wagner Warner Books 89-597 1st Edition, 1st Printing August 1978 $60 SOLD to mstrange Tough high grade copy of this Frazetta Kane cover. Love the babe in hiding. Very Fine Minus/Very Fine, Solid, square and glossy, unread, almost no wear other than a touch along the spine edges. It's much more a Very Fine.

Death Angel's Shadow by Karl Edward Wagner Warner Books 90-001 Second Print, which is the first printing with the Frazetta cover. December 1978 $40 SOLD to mstrange Frazetta Kane battle cover. The first Frazetta cover on this Kane book, Fine Plus, Solid, square and glossy, has a light reader crease, some spine, surface and edgewear.

The Martian Way and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov Signet S1433 1st PB, 1st Printing July 1957 $30 SOLD to goldust40 Nice example of this early Asimov collection. Cover art by Richard Powers. Tough to find Signets with no creases. Fine Plus/VF minus. Killer black spine. Covers bright and glossy, obviously unread. Has some pressure marks to covers but no creases, just edgewear. Light toning to interior. A tough copy of a cool 1st PB for sure.

The Ganymede Takeover by Philip K. and Ray Nelson Ace G-637 1967 $40 SOLD to goldust40 First one I've offered. PBO/1st Edition of this PKD novel collaboration. Cover art by Jack Gaughan A beautiful book in many ways. Looks like it just came off the printing press. Super square and fresh with virtually no wear, only a couple tiny color flakes at extremities.

The Variable Man and Other Stories by Philip K. Ace D-261 1957 $60 SOLD to goldust40 1st Edition of this collection of PKD stories. Contains "The Minority Report", one of many of his stories made into movies. Great Ed Emshwiller cover art. Sweet copy, VF minus/VF. Square, bright, glossy. Unread with no creases, just a chip to lower back spine and a touch of wear here and there.

The Man Who Japed by Philip K. / Space-Born by E. C. Tubb, Ace Double D-193 December 1956 $80 SOLD to mstrange PBO/1st Edition of this Philip K. novel. These early PKD's are disappearing in high grade. One of the coolest Ace SF covers ever by Ed Emshwiller (Ed Valigursky cover on "Space Born") From the High Grade collection, a killer copy. A match to my keeper. Glossy, square and tight. No reader creases, only a few light finger bends, tiny color flecks. Pretty amazing in hand.

The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov Signet S1240 1st Print October 1955 $30 SOLD to goldust40 1st paperback edition of Asimov's classic Space Mystery. Robert Schulz cover art Fine Plus. Solid and glossy with slight lean, light wear to the tips and edges. Very nice for a Signet

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein Signet D1987 1st Print of the 1st PB November 1961 $20 SOLD to goldust40 Decent bargain copy of he scarcest Heinlein Signet. 1st print of the Hugo winning novel, considered one of Heinlein's best. VG/VG + Square and solid. Has some chipping to the top of front cover, spine ends and some creasing.

The Humbug Digest, Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. Ballantine Books 242 PBO 1st Print 1957 $35 SOLD to goldust40 Great Jack Davis cover. Jack Davis, Will Elder, Al Jaffee art Glossy Fine Plus/VF minus copy. Has a hairline spine crease, tiny chip at base, light crease to front cover that doesn't break color, otherwise glossy, square and new looking.

Conan The Usurper by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague De Camp Lancer Books 73-599 1st Printing of the 1st paperback collection of these stories. 1967 $45 Frazetta Conan vs. Giant Serpent cover. Contains The Treasure of Tranicos, The Phoenix on the Sword, The Scarlet Citadel, and the 1st publication anywhere of Wolves Beyond The Border. From the same collector the previous book came from. Near perfect Very Fine copy, one of the best I've found. Great color and gloss. No reader crease, slightest wear to the corners.

Conan The Warrior by Robert E. Howard. Edited by L. Sprague De Camp Lancer Books 73-549 1st Printing of the 1st paperback collection of these stories. 1967 $45 SOLD to goldust40 Classic Frazetta battle cover. Contains Red Nails, Jewels of Gwahlur and Beyond The Black River. Near perfect Very Fine copy, one of the best I've found. Great color and gloss. No reader crease, slightest wear to the corners.

Night-World Robert Bloch Fawcett Crest M1845 1973 $20 SOLD to goldust40 1st PB of this 1973 Novel length thriller VF, unread, glossy, has only some light edge/storage wear

The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories Selected by Herbert van Thal Pan Books x161 4th Print 1965 $15 SOLD to mstrange Ghoulish cover art signed W. Francis Phillips Fine Plus - nice fresh copy with some light discoloration at top right, very smooth otherwise with minimal creasing 21 Stories including Poe, Blackwood, Faulkner, H.G. Wells and others

I don't have one pulled but I'll look to see if I have an extra somewhere