-
When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
Book Guy
-
Posts
337 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Forums
CGC Journals
Gallery
Events
Store
Posts posted by Book Guy
-
-
I like the understated sexiness of the Shep Mead cover
TWO MUCH has pink flocking over the title and the bikinis. Word on the street is that the artist painted both gals naked as he knew they were going to be flocked over, but some copies escaped without the covering! I don't know if that's true or not. Supposedly you can scrape the flocking off and see,for yourself but I've never tried.
Anyone know for certain? Post pics of them unflocked if you got 'em.
-
- Popular Post
Devil just turned up 'in a box'. I think there was one posted a couple of weeks ago but you can't see it enough.
Corpse has the flying/floating eye motif which I like a lot
- pmpknface, Pat Calhoun, damonwad and 4 others
-
7
-
Another scarce digest with a good cover. Note the contents: Lawrence Block (and the suspicious B L Lawrence); Reynard (Fox) Jay, Jay Folb and Jay Fox all make me think of Harlan Ellison (whose middle name was Jay), but I can't find any info online. Presumably the same guy whoever it was! Most of the other names look pseudonym-my to me as well. Great story
titles!
titletitles!
Jay Fox
-
On 1/29/2022 at 3:13 PM, RedFury said:
Sure, here are a few shots of it. I also found an old photo of it online.
Wow! And able to levitate as well. Better keep an eye on it...
Where did it come from? Who did Smith give/sell it to?
It looks to be bigger than mine which is only about 3" tall.
-
On 1/29/2022 at 2:24 PM, RedFury said:
Very nice CAS collection! I especially love the sculpture and photo. Thanks for sharing your treasures!
I have two signed CAS books, The Star-Treader and Other Poems and The Abominations of Yondo, and I also have one clay sculpture with the typical "KA" on the bottom (for Klark-Ash-ton).
Post a pic of the sculpture! I'd love to see it. Mine is sculpted from a rock.
-
- Popular Post
For the Avon enthusiasts. Not a Mass Market Paperback, but interesting anyway. There's a nice copy on ABE for $45 now.
- OtherEric, damonwad, Surfing Alien and 3 others
-
6
-
- Popular Post
Uncommon pamphlet format volume.
- Surfing Alien, Bugfarm, chevalmeow and 3 others
-
5
-
1
-
- Popular Post
Last signed one for today.
-
- Popular Post
-
- Popular Post
-
- Popular Post
What follows are some of my CAS things. I'm in the SF Bay Area and Smith lived for most of his life in the Sierras about 100 miles east of here. He also spent time in San Francisco and Pacific Grove near Monterey. In other words, it's easier to find signed and unique items in this area and he was a big focus for me back in the day, so I bought whatever I could afford. Humble-bragging here-I probably have about half a dozen more signed items, but they are too difficult to get to at the moment. Also a piece of original art that I'll post when I get time.
The sculpture below and the books inscribed to 'Ji-Eich' belonged to George Haas (Hass?) an East Bay Sci-Fi fan and Bigfoot Investigator again way back in the day. He sold these to people I worked with who knew him well and I bought them from them. CAS was a sculptor of whimsical and Lovecraftian focus as well as a writer and painter. He used rocks picked up on his hikes around the Sierras as well as sometimes sculpting in some sort of clay which was then fired. There is a Book of his sculpture out there. I think I have it, but couldn't put my hands on it. There might be two books.
Note the backwards 'K' and the 'A on the bottom. That is how he usually signed them.
-
On 1/24/2022 at 11:58 AM, sfcityduck said:
I've been suspicious as well. But, I've heard second hand that Heritage has been talking about how Promise has brought in "new money." The last year seems to have been stupid money. So I'm thinking that we are seeing a new kinda cat, not the type of traditional collectors who have dominated the hobby (who seem to be increasingly priced out of the market). But, I'm open to theories and evidence.
Watch the Documentary SAVIOR FOR SALE about the supposed Leonardo Da Vinci painting for some possibilities. Russian 'Oligarchs'; Saudi Royalty, Mafiosos... I had never heard of 'Free Ports' before. High Security warehouses in foreign countries that exist in a Tax and Legal no man's land. Apparently filled with Old Masters (and presumably lots more) bought to launder money and hide from the taxman. A copy of Action # 1 is a lot smaller than an Old Master Painting!
- sfcityduck and zosocane
-
2
-
On 1/22/2022 at 3:54 PM, Surfing Alien said:
Since most of Avati's pb work was for Signet, you should go to the Bookscans website and click through the Signet covers there as that is probably your highest % avenue of pursuit to find it if it was published
It's from LOUISVILLE SATURDAY by Margaret Long as per a response in the Original Art Thread. A Bantam 35 cent Giant. Thank you 1,000 Headed Man!
-
On 1/22/2022 at 6:00 PM, ThousandHeadedMan said:
Thank you!
-
- Popular Post
And here's a piece by Stanley Meltzoff.
Just showing off!
Apologies for the flash problem..
- Yorick, OtherEric, Pat Calhoun and 3 others
-
6
-
These images are posted in the Paperback thread as well.
This is a James Avati preliminary. Anybody know if there was a finished piece and if so what Book/Magazine it was used for?
- OtherEric, Pat Calhoun and detective35
-
3
-
I knew Gary, though not well and was shocked to hear he had died. There has been very little posted about his collection being sold off. Does anybody know much about him? What he died from? What he did for a living? etc./ I used to send Catalogs to him and would see him when I exhibited at Book Fairs. We always had a chat about Bookish subjects, but I realized I didn't know much ABOUT him (and probably the same for him about me!.
-
- Popular Post
I assume everybody who posts here knows about this book. I read it years ago when it came out and remember it as one of the best books on Vintage Paperbacks. Tons on Avati and Meltzoff and that whole school of Paperback 'Realism'. Copies on ABE Books for as little as $12.50. A must-have reference book.
-
- Popular Post
And here's some pictures of a Stanley Meltzoff piece. Bought at an Estate sale years ago.
Meltzoff was a studio mate of Avati and an avid scuba diver, later famous for his very well executed 'Fish Pictures' which were often painted underwater while diving! There is a recent book on him and this picture is shown but the image is taken from the Magazine publication and not the original art. It was used as the cover of an ATLANTIC Magazine which is also shown. Very attractive in person NFS!
Apologies for the flash.
-
What follows is another Original Art question. Below is an original James Avati preliminary painting. Any idea what book this image was used for when fully developed (if it was used)?
-
On 1/11/2022 at 6:29 PM, CGC Mike said:
It has been brought to my attention that there has been talk about whether or not this thread should get moved to the pulp section. What do you guys think?
Fine with me.
-
On 1/8/2022 at 9:06 AM, Robot Man said:
And if you want a fun read, grab this. Amazing stories of great finds and the very secretative and most obsessive group of collectors in most any hobby. These people are unreal.
A real fun read!
-
147 is one of the best covers in the series. 165 is maybe the creepiest!
- JohnH19, LDarkseid1 and comicjack
-
3
-
On 12/29/2021 at 11:11 AM, frozentundraguy said:
Picked up two more sci-fi books recently. I also found that A. E. Van Vogt ignited a lengthy discussion on his ability to "fix up" short stories and meld them into novels. PKD turned out to be one of his biggest supporters.
Literary critic Fredric Jameson has asserted that “[v]an Vogt’s work clearly prepares the way for that of the greatest of all science fiction writers, Philip K. , whose extraordinary novels and stories are inconceivable without the opening onto that play of unconscious materials and fantasy dynamics released by van Vogt.” frequently gave credit to van Vogt, as did Harlan Ellison, and his acknowledged or apparent influence shows up in other odd places — the socio-psychological speculations of Colin Wilson, for example, or Stan Lee’s X-Men.
Link to the full article for those interested.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/fix-up-artist-the-chaotic-sf-of-a-e-van-vogt/
Both covers by Ricard Powers, I believe.
It would be a Crime not to post your Detective Pulps
in Pulp Magazines
Posted
Also posted in PAPERBACKS. Great cover and great story titles! Me thinks there are some pseudonyms on the title page...If you know for sure, let me know. I suspect Harlan Ellison for at least one of the 'Jay' Authors!