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

[frozentundraguy]

A few more acquisitions from Dreamworks, including an early Ace Double.

Not mentioned on the cover but this book has "Destination" by Simak.

 

A not so early Ace. This novel was originally released in 4 parts in Argosy All-Stories Weekly (1929)

And the early Ace.

[frozentundraguy]

5 hours ago, Pat Calhoun said:

just checked my copy of Werewolf and cover is credited to William Randolph. any info?

Mine also credits William Randolph. I find it odd that the artist is not mentioned in the Official Price Guide Paperbacks by Warren, given that it's mentioned in the book.

[frozentundraguy]

Since were on the topic of cover artists I found this site which lists artists for Crime books. There's definitely a crossover for artists of other genres.

https://crimereads.com/12-cover-artists-every-vintage-crime-lover-should-know/

 

[Randall Dowling]

1 hour ago, frozentundraguy said:

Since were on the topic of cover artists I found this site which lists artists for Crime books. There's definitely a crossover for artists of other genres.

https://crimereads.com/12-cover-artists-every-vintage-crime-lover-should-know/

 

This is excellent.  Thanks for sharing!

[Surfing Alien]

12 hours ago, frozentundraguy said:

Mine also credits William Randolph. I find it odd that the artist is not mentioned in the Official Price Guide Paperbacks by Warren, given that it's mentioned in the book.

Warren is my go to guide, definitely the most comprehensive and well laid out imho, but you have to remember it has 41,000 listings, so i've found quite a few instances where the artist was credited on the book but it wasn't in the guide. A reference this large is a monumental undertaking, and unless you have copies of every book, you're relying on info supplied by others. Also, it was published in 1991, so the scholarship just wasn't there yet for so much of the un-credited stuff.

I am pretty certain Randolph was William Randall, both stylistically and for the fact that Randall was doing both credited and uncredited covers for Avon at this same time and there is no William Randolph associated with pulps or paperbacks. From working on the Ray Johnson puzzle, i'm learning that a lot of attribution goes to "who was" and "who wasn't" the other artists who were working for a publisher or on a title at a given time.

It wouldn't be the first typo in Avon history. For instance the Avon Fantasy Reader #15 cover was credited in the US Copyright office as by "J. Gama" which has been credited by all the authoritative sources i've seen or contacted as being James Bama. Bama had recently done his first paperback cover for Avon (#267 A Bullet for Billy The Kid") and there is no J. Gama anywhere.

Enough boring talk, here's my copy of that spicy goodness

 

 

[OtherEric]

5 hours ago, Surfing Alien said:

Warren is my go to guide, definitely the most comprehensive and well laid out imho, but you have to remember it has 41,000 listings, so i've found quite a few instances where the artist was credited on the book but it wasn't in the guide. A reference this large is a monumental undertaking, and unless you have copies of every book, you're relying on info supplied by others. Also, it was published in 1991, so the scholarship just wasn't there yet for so much of the un-credited stuff.

I am pretty certain Randolph was William Randall, both stylistically and for the fact that Randall was doing both credited and uncredited covers for Avon at this same time and there is no William Randolph associated with pulps or paperbacks. From working on the Ray Johnson puzzle, i'm learning that a lot of attribution goes to "who was" and "who wasn't" the other artists who were working for a publisher or on a title at a given time.

It wouldn't be the first typo in Avon history. For instance the Avon Fantasy Reader #15 cover was credited in the US Copyright office as by "J. Gama" which has been credited by all the authoritative sources i've seen or contacted as being James Bama. Bama had recently done his first paperback cover for Avon (#267 A Bullet for Billy The Kid") and there is no J. Gama anywhere.

Enough boring talk, here's my copy of that spicy goodness

 

 

I do love how the Avon Fantasy Readers... how to put this... creatively rename and present stories.  The cover story was originally "Flight on Titan"

[OtherEric]

A very minor pickup today at the local book store:

[porcupine48]

Heya my friends!Been a while,I know-here's a lovely to try and make up for time

@comicjack totally made me think of you sir

[porcupine48]

[porcupine48]

[Randall Dowling]

16 minutes ago, porcupine48 said:

Heya my friends!Been a while,I know-here's a lovely to try and make up for time

@comicjack totally made me think of you sir

This is very cool!  Wantlist updated.  

[porcupine48]

1 minute ago, Randall Dowling said:

This is very cool!  Wantlist updated.  

The things people throw away/dump in those mini libraries!I've had to put up another pb shelf!

[Surfing Alien]

1 hour ago, porcupine48 said:

Heya my friends!Been a while,I know-here's a lovely to try and make up for time

Welcome back, you never know what you'll find over here 

[Surfing Alien]

Just picked this up. Missing a tip like so many Uni's but its the first copy i've seen in years. Much rarer than the later Beacon reprint. I had to have it.

[comicjack]

6 hours ago, porcupine48 said:

Heya my friends!Been a while,I know-here's a lovely to try and make up for time

@comicjack totally made me think of you sir

Great cover and i do love them skulls 

[Hepcat]

I love Paul Rader's artwork on this cover:

 (Not mine.) 

[Surfing Alien]

Merry Christmas my friends... may the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future bring you pleasant memories, current joy, future prosperity and spiritual peace  

oh.... and lots and lots of cool vintage paper 

[Hepcat]

Another cover I really like!

 (Not mine.)

[Randall Dowling]

A lot of fun stuff being posted guys.  I haven't had a chance to catch up and only just now can show the highlights of recent additions to the library.  I'm still working away at the Maguire covers.  Some are upgrades.  Others, well, I am continually finding new ones...

Obviously, I'll Never Let You Go isn't a Maguire cover but a great Pop Library nonetheless.

A beat but complete L. B. Cole cover on a Croydon

And a fun mixture of SciFi, Crime, and Horror.  A really get a kick out of the evolution of presentation style on paperback books from 1945 to 1970.  It's a great sampling of various layout devices being used during those times.  For instance the cover of Three for the Money by Barry Lake (1960) is really classic late 50s modern layout.  And Kelly Freas' cover for Man of Many Minds by E. Everett Evans (1959) is just  

[Hepcat]

On the basis of the covers i like The Virgin and the Gypsy the best.