Pat Calhoun

excellentium: I just got in a 1953 Ronns... 

Outstanding: from one classic French author to another, I just got in this 1949 beauty...

one of my all-time great book buys was at Pellucidar circa Dec 1979. was extra-special as it was the first hunt with my #1 son, Crane, then around a month old. hard to believe I had fifty bucks in my pocket, a lot of dough for the young family, but talk about an epic acquisition...

I've always liked this one a lot...

here's a nice Red Circle

just read a great war-/-detective crossover: a WWII flashback where Blake is sent aboard a Brit warship escorting a merchant convoy to Murmansk with the job of finding the traitor who's communicating their location to U-boats in the area. The icy waters add an eerie backdrop as suspense mounts each time the convoy is attacked. The scene where the gunnery officer shoots down a plane was particular meaningful to me as my dad was a star gunnery officer back in the day: I can almost hear those big booms...

The above looks similar to the Sexton Blake detective series I've been collecting. Also were published twice a month. Here's my newest: June 1961. The 64-page booklets are easy on shelf space...

good stories in there too

borrowed a pic from Red for jimbo: "when I was forced to read 'The Outsider' in English class and liked it"

Dar's tour of Mexico was fun: ended up spending some dinero: but looks like I've ordered the very copy he posted...

even Pat has an Allison collection

mine is 80

that Avon Aphrodite is lush; the Berkley edition is also a sweetie...