Robot Man

On 4/8/2024 at 3:21 PM, Comical Situations said:

 

 

When the Golds are Silent, Leave Canceled and The Dogs do Bark go to Comical Situations. Many thanks,I will add to your stack!

Looks like that will do it for today. Got one more similar size pile for tomorrow then I will wrap it up. Thanks for looking.

The Neon Wilderness by Nelson Algren 1949 Avon #222

An Avon classic streetwalker cover. Used later as the cover for Intimate Confessions #1 comic book. One of the best Avons.

This copy is missing one interior page. (yep, I count them). First page neatly detached but clean with no tears or creases. A little wear at top and spine rubbing.Right side looks trimmed but I suspect it isn’t because the book has a slight spine roll. A very decent filler copy with no damage to the classic cover! Happy to keep it if it doesn't sell.

Was $50.

Now $45.

SOLD!

Jayne Mansfield's Wild Wild World self biography 1963 Holoway House HH-110

Has a long photo section with many nude photos!

Sadly, this book has seen some water damage. Not real bad but very evident. No musty smell. A nice copy otherwise. Too bad, because this book goes for pretty good money if not.

Was $25.

Now $15.

SOLD!

Leave Canceled by Nicholas Monsarrat 1945 Dell Mapback #327.  

@jimjum12

Naked girl under a sheet cover!

Has some spine/reading creasing. A couple other very minor creases. Back cover has a long, thin crease. Full paper spine and well bound with no tears or splits.

$18.

SOLD!

The Dogs Do Bark by Jonathan Stage 1951 Popular Library #350

 Solid copy. Spine is very slight rolled. Minor wear at top of spine.No creases or tears. Full paper spine.

$15.

SOLD!

The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1950 Pocket Books #670

A very sharp copy. Looks like it was read maybe once. Very glossy full lamination. Tight, square full paper spine. Tightly bound, Just the most minute wear at tips of corners. Hardly worth mentioning.

Note: The cover is much darker. This was shot outside to magnify any defects.

Was $15.

Now $5.

On 4/8/2024 at 2:09 PM, goldust40 said:

Take

The Saint Theives Picnic goes to goldust40. Many thanks again!

SOLD!

When the Gods are Silent by Mikhail Soloviev 1954 Popular Giant

Love and sex in the Cold War. Used and illustrated in the censorship book "Parade of Pleasure"

A very nice, tight, clean copy. Has a couple tiny corner edge creases. Fat spine is square with full paper and no stress lines. Tightly bound copy with nice pages.

$20.

SOLD!

The Saint at the Thieves Picnic by Leslie Charteris 1952 Avon #347

Hot GGA hot poker cover.

Small bend/crease in lower right corner and glue has dried up along interior spine causing cover to pull away from book otherwise a pretty beautiful copy. Very glossy and bright with full lamination. Spine is tight and square with full paper. 

$20.

On 4/8/2024 at 1:54 PM, goldust40 said:

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And then there were None goes to golddust40.  Many thanks again!

The Way Some People Die by John Ross Macdonald 1952 Pocket Book #907

Toppless girl violent beating cover. "Dope, Delinquents and Murder"

Front cover is nice with just minor wear. Back cover has a couple small creases. Nice lamination with full paper spine. Well bound.

Was $25.

Now $20.

SOLD!

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 1945 Pocket Book #261

Awsome cover and a classic mystery book!

Has some upper cover creasing and a little spine edge wear. Square, tight spine with full paper. Bell bound copy

$12.

On 4/8/2024 at 1:33 PM, goldust40 said:

Take

The Chinese Parrot goes to goldust40. Thanks Andy!

Black Ivory by Norman Collins 1948 Pocket Book #632

Toppless slave girl cover

A tiny bit of top spine wear and a little edge rubbing. Looks like and un-read copy. Bright, clean with full lamination. Square, tight spine with full paper. Bound tight to interior.

Was $20.

Now $15.

SOLD!

Profiles in Courage by Senator John F Kennedy 1957 Cardinal Pocket Book C-238

Looks about unread. Beautiful copy

$5.

Sappho by Alphonse Daudet 1950 Avon #294

Sexy romance cover

A very nice copy. Has a tiny upper right corner crease. Cover and 1st 2 pages are detaching from book inside at bottom. Otherwise beautiful. Bright, full glossy lamination. Great color. Spine is square with fill paper and tight. 

$15.

The Splintered Man by M E Chaber  1957 1st printing Perma Books M-3080

Classic Commies Hypo cover

Cover is neatly split down 2" from top. Top 1" of spine paper missing. Decent copy otherwise.

Was $8.

Now $4.

SOLD!

The Chinese Parrot by Earl Derr Biggers 1951 Avon #344

Awsome cover by Ray Johnson A classic Avon

Has a small spine split at bottom of base and a crease in back cover. Small name on first page. Bright, glossy full lamination. Full paper spine. Book well bound to covers.

$25.

On 4/8/2024 at 12:52 PM, OuterboroGuy said:

Wow, I have never seen this cover.  I have the trilogy with the common cover from 1970s editions

And for a mere fifteen bucks, you too could own this classic...

On 4/8/2024 at 8:57 AM, manetteska said:

I second all of this.

I picked up a pulp at Windy City that was interesting and put it back in the box. I came back the next morning (basically only a few hours of "show time" since I put it down) and it was gone.

Same exact thing happened last year at Windy City; I didn't learn my lesson. 

Same thing happened to me a couple weeks ago at the LA Paperback show. Even worse, I saw the guy buying it. I was that close…

Another batch coming up soon. Gotta shoot a few more pictures. 

Kind of quiet today so how about another freebee?

Lost Horizon by James Hilton 31st printing Dec 1944 Pocket Book #1

A big one if a first print but sadly it isn’t

Has some spine wear and a small spine split at bottom. Some cover wrinkles and small creases but sound and well bound.

FREE to the NEXT purchaser of a book in this thread. Just claim it!

Pulps have not had the benefit of a Gerber Photo Journal book. Thusly, most are undiscovered. I see ones every day I never knew existed. Pulps have breathed a lot of new life in my collecting endeavors.

I have known for years that they are much more rare than comics. Very few people had the forsight to amass large collections in high grades. Comics have many pedigrees, pulps as of now, do not.

In knowing all of this, I have always known that the time to buy one you like is when you see it. Might never again get the chance. There are so many cool ones in all genres. But, they will always be second fiddle to comics for me. 

Anybody got a show report? With a few photos?