FS: Higher Grade Vintage Sci-Fi Paperbacks (& Hard Covers!)

[adamstrange]

Some outstanding books.

 

Thanks. There are a lot more, but I am gauging interest. These rarely come up for sale in this sort of shape, so the market is a little "undefined".

 

Books from this era are tough to find in nice shape. Very sweet.

 

True. This batch of Avons came from a collection of a few 100 1950s to 1970s pbs I picked up several years ago. Really stunning. I had seen these books before, but never in this sort of shape. These are really cool and accessible collectibles (IMHO) and very scarce in nice shape.

 

I believe paperbacks are a great market for some fantastic(see above pics as examples!) & affordable items.

I see only seasonal collectability for these wildly over-hyped items. Unless it's Spring, Summer, Winter or Fall, I don't know when any one will find these of interest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dgillock]

Will you be selling Reform School Girl by Felice(sp?) Swados?

 

I know the book, but I don't own one. I've focused on Science Fiction. Definitely a cool paperback.

[dgillock]

Working up some more scans tonight... will post ASAP. Dug out some interesting stuff.

[namisgr]

Any ACE sci-fi from the fifties?

 

[aardvark88]

Any pulps from the 50s with b/w Wally Wood illos? Think he only did about 3.

[dgillock]

Any ACE sci-fi from the fifties?

 

 

Yep. Pulled a copy of Solar Lottery out last night. Had to go to a social thing with my wife, which totally messed up the posting scheduled... Will try tomorrow...

[dgillock]

Okay, how about some classics? (some cheaper ones too...)

 

Signet S1282 I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (1956)

 

 

 

Light, general edge and corner wear, light reading crease. Solid and supple. Small neat pen notation on title page ("Signet - S1282")

 

$15

[dgillock]

Crest Books S226 Ralph 124C 41+ by Hugo Gernsback (1958)

 

 

 

Sharp and supple. Minor corner bumps. Small, neat pen notation on title page ("Crest -s-226")

 

$20

[dgillock]

Dell B204 Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney (1961)

 

 

 

Sharp, tight, and supple. Light surface rubs. Small, neat notation on title page ("Dell-B-204")

 

$15

[dgillock]

Bantam 991 The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury (1952)

 

 

 

General, light wear. Small tear at top of spine on back.

 

$25

[dgillock]

Ballantine 382K Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1960)

 

 

 

Supple and solid. Light reading crease and general minor edge and corner wear. Small, near notation on title page ("BB-382-k")

 

$15

 

 

[dgillock]

Did someone mention Aces? How about a few doubles by a guy named Philip K. ... these are from the late 1950s, early 60s (I know namisgr asked about 1950s... those will come soon!)

 

Ace Double D-457 Vulcan's Hammer by PKD / The Skynappers by John Brunner (1960)

 

This is a PBO ("paperback original"), meaning this is the 1st full published version of this PKD story.

 

 

 

Light wear, minor color loss near spine. Light bends that barely break color. Solid spine and interior with supple, but creaming pages.

 

$30

[dgillock]

Another PKD PBO (and his second published novel). This one's from the 1950s, too!

 

Ace Double D150 The World that Jones Made by PKD / Agent of the Unknown by Margaret St, Clair (1956)

 

 

 

General light wear and rubs. Solid, supple, but creaming interior. Minor bends and some color cracking along spine.

 

$40 PENDING

 

 

[dgillock]

Last PKD for now (but more coming!)

 

Ace D261 The Variable Man and Other Stories by PKD (1957)

 

This is also a PBO. One of the stories included is Minority Report, which of course was adapted into a feature film.

 

 

 

Generalized light wear. Small tears at top and bottom spine corners. Supple, solid cream to off-white interior.

 

$30

[namisgr]

Another PKD PBO (and his second published novel). This one's from the 1950s, too!

 

Ace Double D150 The World that Jones Made by PKD / Agent of the Unknown by Margaret St, Clair (1956)

 

General light wear and rubs. Solid, supple, but creaming interior. Minor bends and some color cracking along spine.

 

$40

 

 

[dgillock]

Another PKD PBO (and his second published novel). This one's from the 1950s, too!

 

Ace Double D150 The World that Jones Made by PKD / Agent of the Unknown by Margaret St, Clair (1956)

 

General light wear and rubs. Solid, supple, but creaming interior. Minor bends and some color cracking along spine.

 

$40

 

 

 

Done. Congrats!

[namisgr]

Thx. It's a cool early PKD novel and has an awesome cover painting.

[dgillock]

Here are a few that are "end of the world" themed.. first up

 

Ace D-548 End of the World by Dean Owen (movie adaptation) (1962)

 

 

 

Nice solid, supple example with very minor edge and corner wear. Small, net pen notation on title page ("D-548")

 

$25

 

 

[dgillock]

Another "fun" early 1960s Atomic-Anxiety entry:

 

Ace D-530 The Day They H-Bombed Los Angeles by Robert Moore Williams (1961)

 

 

 

Generalized wear, rubbing, but solid and supple.Pencil price and notation on 1st page.

 

$20

[dgillock]

A little earlier:

 

Dell 627 When Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie & Edwin Balmer (1952)

 

 

 

Supple, solid and glossy. Some waving, likely due to glue shrinkage (not uncommon). Some corner creasing back cover.

 

$25