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

[Surfing Alien]

It's a nice friday eve when everyone posting their finds 

Here's mine:

A copy of the scarce 1st print of the 3rd Peanuts pb, note the "R in a circle" Rinehart colophon. A very tough book.

 

A Sam Cherry nurse cover digest ... calling @Randall Dowling!

And a trio of sharp Croydons including a scarce Vaneer/Whittington title and nice covers by Safran and Marchetti.

 

 

[OtherEric]

A local store pickup today:

[Pat Calhoun]

bump: found on Hoffman's wiki page. original is a POSTER 46mb several feet either way. download if you have a giant printer or enjoy mousing over pointillist blowups of pb covs...

[Pat Calhoun]

here's a fave of mine: wonderful novel as well...

[Surfing Alien]

Love visiting the "oldies". Hoffman had a great grasp of symbolism. Here's a couple nice ones:

and my favorite, #6:

[OtherEric]

Today's finds.  I have a copy of the D-36 already, but it was too cheap to resist and my other copy is in storage at the moment, anyway.  I think we've established how little ability I have to resist the Ace D- and S- series in general, anyway:

[Sarg]

On 10/29/2021 at 4:38 PM, OtherEric said:

Today's finds.  I have a copy of the D-36 already, but it was too cheap to resist and my other copy is in storage at the moment, anyway.  I think we've established how little ability I have to resist the Ace D- and S- series in general, anyway:

 

Too bad that wasn't a Timely cover...

 

[OtherEric]

On 10/29/2021 at 3:15 PM, Sarg said:

 

Too bad that wasn't a Timely cover...

 

Was thinking something along those lines, how much would that be worth if it was a comic rather than a paperback?  It's classic Schomburg, that's for sure!

Edited October 29, 2021 by OtherEric

[frozentundraguy]

A few recent arrivals, with thanks to PatC and S.A. for posting their copies in the not too distant past.

The cover alone was enough to convince me, but the location and impending adventure didn't hurt. I'm not positive but the book looks to be unread.

Had not yet read "The Invisible Man" by Wells, yet another classic I have not read.

 

One of the few novels by Weinbaum. I just discovered that he only wrote for a year and a half before succumbing to cancer.

 

Finally another Fantasy Press edition of "The Moon Is Hell" by John W.Campbell. He is generally credited for the onset on modern science fiction.

Edited October 30, 2021 by frozentundraguy

[flashlites]

On 10/29/2021 at 7:33 PM, frozentundraguy said:

A few recent arrivals, with thanks to PatC and S.A. for posting their copies in the not too distant past.

The cover alone was enough to convince me, but the location and impending adventure didn't hurt. I'm not positive but the book looks to be unread.

Had not yet read "The Invisible Man" by Wells, yet another classic I have not read.

 

One of the few novels by Weinbaum. I just discovered that he only wrote for a year and a half before succumbing to cancer.

 

Finally another Fantasy Press edition of "The Moon Is Hell" by John W.Campbell. He is generally credited for the onset on modern science fiction.

Nice pick ups there!

[OtherEric]

On 10/29/2021 at 5:33 PM, frozentundraguy said:

One of the few novels by Weinbaum. I just discovered that he only wrote for a year and a half before succumbing to cancer.

 

Weinbaum was an amazing writer, it's a shame his body of work was so tiny before his death.  I would love to get the edition you have but this will do for me for now:

[Surfing Alien]

On 10/29/2021 at 5:38 PM, OtherEric said:

Today's finds.  I have a copy of the D-36 already, but it was too cheap to resist and my other copy is in storage at the moment, anyway.  I think we've established how little ability I have to resist the Ace D- and S- series in general, anyway:

Killer finds @OtherEric The Conan has a great spine and the Schomburg cover is super white and fresh looking. Something I've come to appreciate on the white covers 

[Surfing Alien]

On 10/29/2021 at 6:15 PM, Sarg said:

 

Too bad that wasn't a Timely cover...

 

It deserves to be "found" for what it is imho, another piece of great illustration in a classic run of vintage paperbacks from Popular Library and its contributors 

[Surfing Alien]

On 10/29/2021 at 8:33 PM, frozentundraguy said:

A few recent arrivals, with thanks to PatC and S.A. for posting their copies in the not too distant past.

The cover alone was enough to convince me, but the location and impending adventure didn't hurt. I'm not positive but the book looks to be unread.

Had not yet read "The Invisible Man" by Wells, yet another classic I have not read.

 

One of the few novels by Weinbaum. I just discovered that he only wrote for a year and a half before succumbing to cancer.

 

Finally another Fantasy Press edition of "The Moon Is Hell" by John W.Campbell. He is generally credited for the onset on modern science fiction.

Sweet copies all around! 

[Surfing Alien]

I had one arrival today, she's a little tawdry but you take those scarce Falcon Books when you can get them 

[frozentundraguy]

On 10/29/2021 at 7:56 PM, OtherEric said:

Weinbaum was an amazing writer, it's a shame his body of work was so tiny before his death.  I would love to get the edition you have but this will do for me for now:

In reading about Weinbaum I found there were a few latter day critics. The gist of their critiques was that Weinbaum is now considered antiquated and quirky. I can well imagine the same might be said of some modern writers 90 years from now.

[OtherEric]

On 10/29/2021 at 7:36 PM, frozentundraguy said:

In reading about Weinbaum I found there were a few latter day critics. The gist of their critiques was that Weinbaum is now considered antiquated and quirky. I can well imagine the same might be said of some modern writers 90 years from now.

Yeah.  Make no mistake, his stuff has aged.  But no less an authority than Issac Asimov has said that Weinbaum was utterly transformative to the entire genre of SF, and pretty much for Weinbaum's entire life the field was trying to catch up to him.

[Randall Dowling]

On 10/29/2021 at 8:04 PM, Surfing Alien said:

I had one arrival today, she's a little tawdry but you take those scarce Falcon Books when you can get them 

Falcons are super tough (as you well know).  I'm still working on that run but once I get organized and can tell what I have, I'll post some group pics.  Might take me until Thanksgiving, though.  

[Randall Dowling]

I like buying in bulk.  These are all due to arrive tomorrow!  

For the record, I did not purchase this group because of Big City Nurse.  It's ridiculous to imply that I did!  

[Surfing Alien]

On 10/29/2021 at 11:07 PM, Randall Dowling said:

I did not purchase this group because of Big City Nurse