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Avon (no number) 26 - "Seven Footprints To Satan" by A Merritt. A classic early Avon!

VG/F  A clean, tight book with some creasing (mostly lower right) that keeps it from a straight Fine.

$25    SOLD

Monarch Books No. 185 - "Eve's Apple" by Ronald Simpson, 1961. Nice GGA cover by Harry Barton.

VG condition with some creasing and tiny chip missing URFC.

$12   SOLD 

Popular Library No. 208 - "The Deputy At Snow Mountain" by Edison Marshall. From the collection of Lance Casebeer, a prominent paperback collector who had one of every American paperback up to at least 1959. 

VG+ condition, with some transverse cover creases front cover and some paper loss from insects in a few places along the edge of the front cover.

$12

Pocket Books No. 943 - "Planet of the Dreamers" by John D. MacDonald. First Pocket printing. 

VG-   some creasing and back cover soiling.

$10

Pocket Books No. 1045 - "Science Fiction Terror Tales" anthology, with stories by Ray Bradbury, Fredric Brown, Robert Heinlein and others. Cover by Stanley Meltzoff. 1st Pocket printing. 

VG cond. Clean and tight with some spine wear. 

$12   SOLD

On 2/4/2024 at 7:15 AM, DR.X said:

This....................what a sad state for our hobby. I'm starting to actually feel good about liquidating my F.F.'s and other parts of my collection.

That is sad: nobody should be made to feel good about liquidating their FF’s…  

Still, as your thread proved, it’s useful to be able to accurately represent and grade books yourself, and you should have no problem moving them at fair prices. 

On 2/4/2024 at 7:11 AM, Bosco685 said:

That movie is so good. When it went on sale last year on VUDU I didn't hesitate.

The 80’s did spawn a host of terrific coming-of-age movies.  

On 2/3/2024 at 10:39 PM, Darwination said:

I see a funky one at the bottom, so I'll bite on the mags per usual,

Stirring Adventures 1942-01, recognized that quick from Heritage in October

Secret Love Revelations 1942-01

Another funky title, lasted 2 issues, never seen one before but now I want one.  James Cagney here, the other ish has a Bogart cover.  Since we're at this place I'll even put one up in one of these silly blue boxes (not to mention the reds are fantastic)

one last oddball, Intimate Confessions v01n01, likely a one-shot

EDIT: OOPS, thought I'd landed in the newsstands thread, muh bad, messing up the Centaur-ness

I recognize a few magazines as well. This is a standout: Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney on the cover of the January 1942 issue of Movie Life.

Knowing very little about what Disney is doing these days, but knowing that there has been a remake of another 80’s movie Roadhouse recently, I thought this thread referred to yet another 80’s remake: this time of the Matthew Modine-led, coming-of-age wrestling flick, Vision Quest.  

Lot of eight westerns by various publishers. Good to VG condition except The Border Kid which has a few loose pages and is missing one page. Secret Valley has some lamination peeling right margin. Red River has an indentation and cover tear lower left front cover. 

$25

Lot of four Dell mapbacks in Good condition with creases and some soiling. No. 301 has a spine roll.

$20      SOLD! 

On 2/2/2024 at 11:03 AM, gunsmokin said:

Battle 30 VG/VG+ $15

Take 

The demographics simply don’t support the trends over the past few decades. Sure, people will point to certain key books in higher grades as continued evidence that prices will just keep on increasing, but do you think there are enough babies in the maternity ward right now who will pay $200 when they’re in their 50’s for a Roy Rogers no. 56, a Richie Rich Gems no. 3, a Betty and Veronica no. 111, or even a Marvel Presents no. 6? We’re talking about kids who will never have read a comic book, let alone bought one off the stand. What else will prop up the hobby? Intellectual properties? Because they will have made the twentieth crappy Ant-Man movie by then??

For vanity’s sake, a mega-wealthy person will buy the Church Action 1 or Allentown Detective 27 for some ridiculous sum, but that’s not going to trickle down to 99.9% of the rest of the hobby. 

In the near term, comics will do fine, but someday they’re going the way of stamps and Hummels (even if you and I and everyone else here thinks they’re cooler).  

On 1/31/2024 at 10:15 AM, Changer said:

Joing the party, Take these 4 frazetta aces ,thx 

Thanks, Changer!   

I went through the thread and discounted many of the books that are still available. If time permits, I may add a few more later tonight. Thanks for looking! 

Ace No. 53702 - "The Moon Maid" by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Later Ace printing with newer Frazetta cover.

Fine+ tight, square book, with some very minor surface wear.

$12   SOLD

Ace No. 79792 - "Tanar of Pellucidar" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1973. Fourth Ace printing, but first tall format with new Frazetta cover.

VG++ tight, square book, with some creasing top front cover.

$12    SOLD

Ace No. 09282 - "The Cave Girl" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1973. Third Ace printing, but first tall format with new Frazetta cover.

Fine- tight, square book, with a very glossy front cover but some foxing along the edges of the inner front and back covers. 

$15    SOLD

Ace No. 47012 - "The Land of Hidden Men" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1973. Third Ace printing, but first tall format with new Frazetta cover.

Fine minus - a clean tight book with some tiny color flecks from stacking front cover.

$12     SOLD

On 1/27/2024 at 5:49 PM, Comical Situations said:

Thanks! Added to your stack.  

On 1/27/2024 at 2:20 PM, crassus said:

Thanks, Crassus!! 

On 1/27/2024 at 2:18 PM, goldust40 said:

Take

Thank you, Goldust40! Added to your stack. 

Popular Library No. 138 - "The Case Against Mrs. Ames" by Arthur Somers Roche, 1948. Cover attributed to Rudolph Belarski.

Near Fine copy, slight yellowing with age.

$15

Popular Library No. 329 - "Bullet Brand" by Hal G Evarts, 1951. A nicely painted western heroine by Kirk Wilson.

VG+ copy with only minor surface wear and some light soiling rear cover.

$12   SOLD

Popular Library No. 388 - "Hang My Wreath" by Ward Weaver, 1951. Historical GGA cover by Bob Fink.

Near Fine, clean copy except for some surface wear and soiling near the spine and rear cover.

$15   SOLD