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I went for the fair maidens as well, but the earlier Pocket books don’t have the Belarski and Bergey babes like Popular Library does. They take a more mature, symbolic turn at times, with some of the covers reminding me more of WWII posters and other graphics of the era. And then there was Dell, a whole other deal altogether...

Pocket really hit a stride with mysteries in the 200’s:

I was just going through a plastic bin full of old Pocket Books that I haven’t seen for at least twenty years. Most of them were doubles or beaters at the time and just got stashed away. The cool thing is how many first printings are among these castaways. Pockets don’t get the love Avon’s or Popular’s do, but there are some historic issues among them.

That sucks to read of the passing of a boardie who was obviously held in such high esteem by so many here. From what I've gleaned from other comments, it sounds like Bob resided here in the Chicago area, as do I. I cannot place him by name, but I have to believe I saw him over the years as I've been going to shows for over forty years. It could be he only did larger cons, so perhaps our paths did not cross. Does anyone have a photo they'd care to share so we can put a face to the name? It happens often enough in collecting circles that I've seen someone for decades and never really know their name. R.I.P.

Every time somebody quotes this (and it is VERY quote-worthy indeed), I smile and think you're subconsciously assembling everything you and I and everyone else coming into AARP-dom drooled over in Richard O'Brien's "The Golden Age of Comic Books!" At least four of those books were in the book, and there weren't any Marvels (copyright obstacles) so the super-plane didn't even have a chance, while the Brenda Starr and the Strange Worlds would've missed the cut-off. The "Golden Age" back then seemed to have a hard cut-off at 1945.

He will be parking his car outside for a long time if that's the case.

What a Clever Concept to Curry and Cultivate our Collective Curiosity!!

It always makes me sad to see somebody's collection bulked out like this (as I'm sure it was). I can appreciate the bind the family is in, but the whole pennies-on-the-dollar received for a collection that took all those many hours to assemble and curate... well, as I said, it's an oft inevitable dose of reality that makes me sad.

$10??! Hands down some of the best deals I've seen in a thread for a loooonnggggg time! Sorry I missed them all. Congrats to the lucky buyers!!

Hemingway's "Men at War" is a fairly thick book, some 600+ pages if I recall correctly. I don't have my Signet "Fountainhead" handy, so I'm no help there (although I guess any one of us could just look it up, but that seems like cheating!).

I recently completed my first deal with Tim and would have no hesitancy to buy from him again. The books were packed very well and graded accurately. I'll be giving his threads a second and third look going forward!

What backglass is that hiding all the way on the left?

SSS #15 - $50

That's a really cool article with some great books and history. Thanks for posting the link!!

I have thousands of paperbacks and was also surprised at how few of those pictured I actually had in my collection. I guess it just goes to show you how many different directions one can go regarding paperback collecting. p.s. Regarding the books featured in the early Overstreet color sections, I at least have more paperbacks pictured in the Lovisi book than those early Overstreet sections! The early editions have nothing but killer books pictured. Take for example Overstreet 6, the first with a color section: the first four books pictured are Action 1, Adventure 61 (1st Starman), All-American 16, and All-Star 4. Then there's Batman 1, Cap 1, Detective 27, Human Torch 1, Police 1, Superman 1, and so on. In those early sections, the only lower dollar books that would creep in were by artists like Walt Kelly or lesser Frazetta covers. It wasn't until silver age started appearing in droves that I could actually glance over those color sections and see books that I owned - or could hope to own!

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May 1927 bedsheet:

May 1929 bedsheet:

June 1940:

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May 1940:

January 1929 bedsheet:

January 1935:

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