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    [CLOSED] GA books. 20% off all remaining books!

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    Posted · Edited by johnenock

    Tales from the Crypt 41

    bought off the boards quite awhile ago

    5.5

    Obvious small tear/chip off left edge front cover

    Slight chip top left at spine you can see it on the back cover scan. From the scan looks like it's a spine split but the spine is attached at top and below. Just that paper loss in that one spot.

    Otherwise really bright cover inks and OW pages.

    650.00 550.00

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    [CLOSED] GA books. 20% off all remaining books!

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    Posted · Edited by johnenock

    Pulling an October! Selling off my collection to either get all the way out, buy a few big books or buy all pulps and paperbacks!

    The standard rules:

    Payment via Paypal or Zelle.

    No HOSers! First :takeit: in thread wins over PM conversations.

    Returns accepted within 7 days of receipt.

    I ship priority mail. 1-3 comics will fit in a legal sized envelope and costs 8.00. Anything totaling 300 dollars or more will ship in Medium Flat Rate Box and costs 16.00.

    I will not do any photo editing of these books. Scanned at 200 DPI. My scanner tends to show whites a little washed out or dirtier than the actual book but will leave them as is.

    If someone wants to buy all my GA I would be willing to sell it off in one big lot just PM me (I realized it might not be legal to ask for a bulk price). Otherwise, I will list books individually here and there over the next few weeks and send the slabs to an auction house.

    Will be doing the same with my BA/CA/MA over the coming months. 

    Otherwise here is a preview:

     

     

     

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    I'll pound you to a "Pulp" if you don't show off yours!

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    Posted · Edited by johnenock

    On 2/23/2024 at 2:33 PM, Surfing Alien said:

    Very nice, Surf has some Friday fun for this thread as well :)

    Nice H.J. Ward bondage cover on this one. I have quite a few Private Detective's including #1, since they were, relatively reasonable for Ward cover pulps when I got into them 5 or so years ago. Not so much anymore but I still look around for them.

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    Really nice one! The rare Blue dress pops! I have noticed the steeper prices on the Private Detective pulps...but I do have one on the way. Stay tuned...

    Pulp sales discussion thread

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    "I’m curious to see if the pulp market is as cover-driven as comic books (particularly pre-code)."
    > No. Pulps are collected primarily for the fiction.

    "I know previous generations collected them for their content, but with CGC slabbing pulps I could see that shifting."
    Not among pulp collectors. How does one read the fiction in a slabbed pulp? It not as if you can read the stories online.

    I'm sure there are some collectors who collect pulps to read, but with almost every story by notable authors reprinted in some form or another, why would someone read a 2-40,000 dollar pulp? Seriously, why would someone shell out 240,000 dollars to read the first Tarzan story other than to own it, when they can read it for free or on the cheap in multiple other forms?

    People don't own First Editions of the Maltese Falcon, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby or even Harry Potter to read. They own them to collect.

    From my perspective, I buy for the covers and for particular authors. I have and would assume a lot of pulp collectors have already read most of the notable stories throughout their reading lifetimes.

    Pretty sure I have read all of Chandler, Heinlein, Asimov, Blish, Lovecraft and lesser authors etc.

     

     

    Think Small, Show us your Digests!

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    Posted · Edited by johnenock

    On 2/16/2024 at 5:53 PM, OtherEric said:

    I had been holding off mentioning this until I had a copy on the way, but this issue is oddly probably best known for the review column, because it's the first appearance of Sturgeon's Revelation, better known as Sturgeon's Law:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_law

    I tend to agree with his Law and his Revelation!

    Or the comic book law:

    What you like is crud, what I like is awesome!