Mr. Lady Luck

true that! I especially love that December cover!

I also couldn't resist getting this one...

Very nice. Probably a repurposed paperback cover. I suspect that a lot of these painted covers originally appeared somewhere else. Regardless, some of them are sooooo beautiful, it's love at first sight. Just picked up this lovely Crippen copy...

I agree, I like that Lovelorn as well I didn't recognize / know Dorothy Hart's name but thanks to the Internet, I now have an image I want wiped out of my brain - Sorry but that is one creepy bunny As an eye cleanser, here's a picture that I believe captures her very well - Regarding Great Lover Romances #22: I always knew the name Richard Basehart since Gypsy from MST3K had such a crush on him, but this was the first time I had seen his photo.

Recent acquisitions (although I'm not sure how rare they are)... For the record, is this thread devoted to all Golden Age Romance? Or just the hard-to-find issues?

I wonder whether they didn't sell well. The covers seem more attractive to male readers -- who probably weren't buying romance books -- than to female readers -- who were the main buyers of the books. I agree. Check out these covers from 1952 - 1954 to the venerable Love Story Magazine, the long running pulp dating back to 1921. We are well before the "Fabio" era where hunk-age is a de rigueur element on Romance covers. At this stage, the industry still helped the reader project herself onto the main heroine on the cover. Maybe, it simply wasn't wholesome enough and there is too much of a come-and-see me style to the cover combined with the Forbidden that was just enough askew that the main clientele simply didn't want to be associated in any way, shape or form with the package. Knowing that the male client weren't interested in the first place, the title died a quiet death on the newsstands. These are beautiful covers! Oh dear... please don't get me addicted to another genre...

I love this cover.

Although it's not a teen book it still attracts a number of the same collectors due to it being an Atlas title and the Al Hartley artwork. Some related Atlas titles would be Meet Miss Bliss and Della Vision. The closing price is high but these books are scarce to begin with and rare in high grade. Miss Bliss. Miss Bliss and Della Vision

Once again, absolutely amazing books!! If PW #5 is an "injury to eye cover", shouldn't PW #3 be a "sharp blade to butt cover"?

AWESOME BOOKS!!!

Oh, yeah! Possible that's an unrecognized Church copy? You would think it is a possibility, considering it is a 9.6 White. It is even with the better of the Church copies for 4. I wouldn't be surprised if that's a Church copy. It's certainly the most breathtaking copy in existence!

Beautiful books!! I can relate to "title is growing on me" situation. The same thing is happening to me with Tessie... ...and Jeanie.

Too fast for me to do anything about it. Honestly kind of glad though. A little tapped out for a bit. Fear not, I'm sure I will be selling more goodies in the near future

I'm parting with a complete five-issue set of Lady Luck comics. Check it out if you're interested: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=9551142#Post9551142

Sweet book!! You should also post this in the Teen Humor thread.

I dream of Jeanies.

New arrival. I'm not sure how rare it is, but when I discovered this comic, it was love at first sight.

But is Willie touching her butt, or reaching for her booty? ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!! See what I did there? A little pirate humor...

That cover is gorgeous enough to sweeten even the bitterest of bitter old men.

Resistance is futile, PF. Welcome to your new addiction! And that is a beautiful book with a wonderful cover!

One of my all-time favorite covers!

Nice haul from Baltimore!!

A wonderful assortment!!