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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

Popular Library No. 447 - "Dragon's Island" by Jack Williamson, 1952. Cool cover art by Earle Bergey. VG+ minor handling wear and a paper scrape near the word "of" top right edge front cover. $15 Now $12

Popular Library No. 310 - "Here Lies The Body" by Richard Burke, 1951. Outstanding cover art! VG+ condition with a few reading creases, mostly upper left. The colors really pop on this book! $25 SOLD

Popular Library No. 380 - "Rear Guard" by James Warner Bellah. Nice cover treatment by Sam Cherry. VG+ with minor general wear and back cover soiling. $12 Now $10

Dell No. 53 - "Blood Money" by Dashiell Hammett. Classic cover by Gerald Gregg. VG- with creasing and some spine roll. $25

Avon No. 188 - "Fools And Their Folly" by W. Somerset Maugham. Nice cover art by Harry Barton. VG+ with light general wear. $20

Bantam Books No. 1 and 2 - "Life On The Mississippi" by Mark Twain, with a nice folksy cover by Hoffman, second printing, and "The Gift Horse" by Frank Gruber, stated second printing. Solid VG to VG+ copies - some creasing to "Life On The Mississippi" lower right and some foxing on the left-hand edge of "The Gift Horse" and some spine fading. Both really tight bindings. $15 Now $12 for the pair, and you're one-fifth the way complete with the first ten!

Archer Book No. 51 - "Night Haunts of Paris" by Roland Vane. VG+ copy - tight book with minor storage wear and light moisture staining to the front and back upper right portion of the book. $25

Popular Library No. 276 - "Somewhere In This House" by Rufus King. Terrific GGA cover art by Rudolph Belarski. VG+ mostly due to some creasing to the covers and book; a few dog-ears to a couple of the back pages. The colors are strong and the book really "pops" propped up on a shelf... $25 SOLD!

Popular Library No. 402 - "Main Line" by Livingston Biddle, Jr. A great GGA cover by Harry Barton. Fine+ copy with some ink smearing (bluish) from the page edges and one slightly cocked signature to the pages. $25 Now $20 SOLD!

Popular Library No. 142 - "Guardians of the Desert" by Tom Gill. Popular published their share of westerns in addition to the mysteries which collectors cherish. Fine copy, with minimal wear and a slight spine slant. $12 Now $10

Horatio goes to OtherEric - thanks!!

Here’s another group of six “thick books.” The condition again varies, but these are definitely on the more fragile side like earlier pulps and you’ll usually see some paper loss at the spines and along the edges. $10 each - The Young Outlaw top row has been sold - or take the remaining five books for $35!

These are usually referred to as “thick books” by the older generations of collectors of genre fiction. They bridge the era from the dime novels and nickel weeklies to the pulps. They are digest-sized and mirror the pulps in printing quality, with slick covers pasted on cheaper wood pulp interiors. I can post some individual scans later. I have several more besides the ones shown. $10 each, or $40 for the lot as shown. The conditions vary, but all can be considered fragile by comic standards, and more in line with early pulps.

I feel the same way, that Hollywood keeps looking rearward instead of forward, with constant remakes and franchises run into the ground. Still, as others have already indicated, it looks interesting. I'd give it a watch.

Thanks, Goldust40! Added to your stack.

Kozy Book No. K161 - "Madame" by Ben Berkey, 1962. VG copy with some creasing and handling wear. $12 Adults only Now $10

Paperback Library No. 53-615 - "The Big Freak-Out" by Troy Conway, 1968. First printing. Yes, the spy craze didn't spare the sleaze paperback market. VG copy tight with some soiling to the page edges and a few small nicks to the first few pages righthand edge ( < 1/8 inch). $12 Adults only Now $10

Pleasure Reader No. 175 - "The Lust Assassin" by David Lynn, 1968. "Scott turned chicken when it came time to pulling the trigger, but there were four hillbilly lovelies who never would have believed it. They'd all found him a very handy man with his gun." VG copy with some creasing and scuffs. $12 Adults only Now $10

Newsstand No. U152 - "Crack -Up" by March Hastings, 1961. Exotic cover art by Robert Bonfils. Spine crack near the 'C' in "Crack-Up" and split near spine LLFC. Some rubbing to the back cover. $15 Adults only SOLD

Playtime No. 777 - "Sex Thief" by Caval, 1966. First printing. Slight crease ULFC. A few spots of foxing to the page edges top of book. $18 Adults only SOLD

Magenta Books No. 115 - "Daytime Harlot" by Ben Ellis, 1965. Similar slight stacking wear (a slight roughness to gloss varnish). $15 Adults only Now $12

Magenta Books No. 110 - "The Gypsis" by Neil North, 1965. Minor stacking wear. $12 Adults only Now $10

Magenta Books No. 107 - "Tender Flesh" by Chase Roberts. Surface rubbing from stacking. $10 Adults only