Comics, Pulps, and Paperbacks: Why such a discrepancy in values? 25 25

[Surfing Alien]

On 7/25/2023 at 11:03 AM, Robot Man said:

Always love these street walker covers!

Avon was pretty prolific in the streetwalker cover department, both with photo covers like Perversity and Bubu, but also painted covers like the Ray Johnson classic Neon Wilderness

 

 

Of course our pal @Randall Dowling will probably tell ya that "The Private Life of a Street Girl", an Ecstasy Novel Digest cover by George Gross may be the wildest streetwalker cover of all. I'm an equal opportunity collector, I want them all 

 

 

[Pat Calhoun]

[Randall Dowling]

On 7/25/2023 at 4:06 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Of course our pal @Randall Dowling will probably tell ya that "The Private Life of a Street Girl", an Ecstasy Novel Digest cover by George Gross may be the wildest streetwalker cover of all. I'm an equal opportunity collector, I want them all 

 

 

George Gross is one of the most underappreciated artistic talents, IMO.  And that is one heck of a cover!  Beautiful copy, SA! 

[BitterOldMan]

Matt Baker’s version and my cheap missing back cover copy.

The late Vera Lynn’s Lili Marlene lyrics

Underneath the lantern 
By the barrack gate 
Darling I remember 
The way you used to wait 
'Twas there that you whispered tenderly 
That you loved me
You'd always be 
My Lili of the lamplight 
My own Lili Marlene

[OtherEric]

On 7/26/2023 at 11:00 AM, BitterOldMan said:

Matt Baker’s version and my cheap missing back cover copy.

The late Vera Lynn’s Lili Marlene lyrics

Underneath the lantern 
By the barrack gate 
Darling I remember 
The way you used to wait 
'Twas there that you whispered tenderly 
That you loved me
You'd always be 
My Lili of the lamplight 
My own Lili Marlene

Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?

[themagicrobot]

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Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?

Of course. She died not that long ago aged 103. But wasn't the definitive version of Lili Marleen by Marlene Dietrich?

Vor der Kaserne
Vor dem großen Tor
Stand eine Laterne
Und steht sie noch davor
So woll'n wir uns da wieder seh'n
Bei der Laterne wollen wir steh'n
Wie einst Lili Marleen.

PS Whilst I'm here I note that many of these pulps and paperbacks are purchased more for their covers than their contents. I am having a spell of buying old paperbacks to read. Anything written by Jack Trevor Story is clever and funny and a pleasure from start to finish especially I sit in Hangar Lane where he is compared to Proust. I've sat in a car in a traffic jam in Hanger Lane many times but luckily never had the complicated sex life of Jack's lead characters (all based on his own life which was wilder than his stories)..

 

 

Edited July 26, 2023 by themagicrobot

[OtherEric]

 

[pmpknface]

On 7/26/2023 at 3:47 PM, themagicrobot said:

Of course. She died not that long ago aged 103. But wasn't the definitive version of Lili Marleen by Marlene Dietrich?

Vor der Kaserne
Vor dem großen Tor
Stand eine Laterne
Und steht sie noch davor
So woll'n wir uns da wieder seh'n
Bei der Laterne wollen wir steh'n
Wie einst Lili Marleen.

PS Whilst I'm here I note that many of these pulps and paperbacks are purchased more for their covers than their contents. I am having a spell of buying old paperbacks to read. Anything written by Jack Trevor Story is clever and funny and a pleasure from start to finish especially I sit in Hangar Lane where he is compared to Proust. I've sat in a car in a traffic jam in Hanger Lane many times but luckily never had the complicated sex life of Jack's lead characters (all based on his own life which was wilder than his stories)..

 

 

Cool!

[Surfing Alien]

A couple more "Lili's of the lamplight" I recalled having on the shelf...

 

Cover art by A. Leslie Ross.

 

Cover art by George Gross.

[Pat Calhoun]

wanted to issue a public thank you to themagicrobot as I ordered a 'Flip Side' today, and pulled the trigger on a Boardman PB I've been contemplating... have been on a UK roll: just-ins include this crazola MJ from Gary Lovisi (the 6D is a used price sticker presumably over 1'/6) and a 2023 Penguin Modern Classic edition that's the first new book (novel's from 1958) I've bought in a long time but saw in a little bookshop while tripping with the old lady and it had a real good feel to it...

[OtherEric]

So, in the race for the D-S-G Aces in @Surfing Alien's last sales thread, I only missed one that I didn't already have.  This copy of The Gilded Hideaway isn't quite as nice as the one in that thread, but it will do.  And I'll hopefully have the books from the thread in a day or two. Since I could save on combined shipping, I grabbed a couple other cheap Aces as well.  I'm now up to a third of the Ace D-S-G run:

[themagicrobot]

It seems there is (was?) a Jack Trevor Story Memorial Cup (and $1000) presented for humorous writing. In 2009 it was presented by Michael Moorcock. There were conditions:  that the money be spent within two weeks and the recipient have nothing to show for it by the end of that period. This recalls Story’s remark to a bankruptcy judge when asked what had happened to money from his films The Trouble with Harry and Live Now, Pay Later: “You know how it is, judge.  Two hundred or two thousand.  It always lasts a week to a fortnight.”

 

[pmpknface]

On 7/27/2023 at 5:25 AM, themagicrobot said:

It seems there is (was?) a Jack Trevor Story Memorial Cup (and $1000) presented for humorous writing. In 2009 it was presented by Michael Moorcock. There were conditions:  that the money be spent within two weeks and the recipient have nothing to show for it by the end of that period. This recalls Story’s remark to a bankruptcy judge when asked what had happened to money from his films The Trouble with Harry and Live Now, Pay Later: “You know how it is, judge.  Two hundred or two thousand.  It always lasts a week to a fortnight.”

 

They went all "Brewster's Millions" style!  Nice...  ;) 

[Pat Calhoun]

also picked up a couple of UK ERBs

[themagicrobot]

That book may have originated in the UK but the ink stamp says Swanston Street Melbourne Australia!?!

PS: I recently acquired this history of John Spencer/Badger Books. They produced hundreds of paperbacks (many in numbered series) in the UK from the late 1950s to the late 1960s.There were a handful of comics too. Many of the SF paperbacks were written by the prolific R.L.Fanthorpe using dozens of pseudonyms.

 

[catrick339]

This is probably the right crowd to ask. 

Out picking yesterday, got a big ol' pile of men's adventure magazines. Short on sneering Nazi covers, but  plenty of Yellow Peril covers.
And something I hadn't run across before, a nice group of Cavalier and Saga with Mickey Spillane stories.  Anyone have any experience with them?

50's and early 60's, and it looks like they're going for a good price online. Anyone have any experience with them? 
Midgrade for the most part, with a few gems.  I can supply some pix later today...after I get home from the comic auction,  

Edited July 29, 2023 by catrick339

[OtherEric]

On 7/29/2023 at 5:30 AM, catrick339 said:

This is probably the right crowd to ask. 

Out picking yesterday, got a big ol' pile of men's adventure magazines. Short on sneering Nazi covers, but  plenty of Yellow Peril covers.
And something I hadn't run across before, a nice group of Cavalier and Saga with Mickey Spillane stories.  Anyone have any experience with them?

50's and early 60's, and it looks like they're going for a good price online. Anyone have any experience with them? 
Midgrade for the most part, with a few gems.  I can supply some pix later today...after I get home from the comic auction,  

 

[catrick339]

Just posted some in the thread from OtherEric's linky.

Here's a couple for this thread too.

[OtherEric]

And the books from @Surfing Alien's sales thread finally showed up.  The delay was purely the post office.  Other than the Avon, this first batch was all a gift to go with the purchase. Which is incredibly generous, particularly in the case of the Helen of Troy, which is inarguably one of the 100 most famous paperback covers, and probably has a strong case for the top 10.

[OtherEric]

But, as always, my major project these days remains the Ace D-S-G series books, and a lot of very good one were in the batch today: