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Comics, Pulps, and Paperbacks: Why such a discrepancy in values?
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On 2/13/2023 at 8:14 PM, BitterOldMan said:

Kayo Books had the book on their Instagram feed.  The owner gave me the book free of charge after finding loose pages.  The owners, Maria Mendoza and Rob Blum, are super nice and have an oddball esoteric selection of books for sale.  They are open by appointment.

As I will say every time it comes up, KAYO is an awesome store.

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It's a good day when you close out the two holes in your high grade vintage Himes collection :headbang:  I've found these two to be his toughest in high grade.

For Love of Imabelle, cover art by Mitchell Hooks

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The Big Gold Dream, cover art by George Ziel.

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On 2/21/2023 at 6:23 PM, Surfing Alien said:

It's a good day when you close out the two holes in your high grade vintage Himes collection :headbang:  I've found these two to be his toughest in high grade.

For Love of Imabelle, cover art by Mitchell Hooks

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That body is indeed lovely but not very "dusky."

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Some more new additions. Not super high grade but I do buy quite a few mid grade books because sometimes it's all I can find for decent prices. As I upgrade they keep my ebay store stocked and they're perfect for actually reading.

Lion Books 29, Cover art by Reynold Brown

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Avon 761, Great "Back shot" cover art by Raymond Johnson.

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Graphic Mystery 51, just read this one. Pretty solid mystery. Straightforward for Keene. This was 1949, before the Florida writers started creating more twisted characters and scenarios in the Gold Medal years.

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Avon 339, a slight upgrade but I still haven't found a Fine or Very Fine one

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Signet 1147, Cover art by George Ziel. His first cover and Ira Levin's first paperback. A vintage pb that I didn't know was so important until I bought this and researched it.

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Beacon B155. Classic JD title and another one for my "Girl" title collection

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On 2/24/2023 at 8:50 PM, OtherEric said:

Today's pickup:

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You are really working those MMM's! When I started my first collection I aimed to get them all. I got about half way there. I have fewer now but you're whetting the appetite again. They have a great look with that nappy skull colophon.

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On 2/24/2023 at 5:59 PM, Surfing Alien said:

You are really working those MMM's! When I started my first collection I aimed to get them all. I got about half way there. I have fewer now but you're whetting the appetite again. They have a great look with that nappy skull colophon.

They do look great.  I'm slightly second guessing myself having gone for the paperback rather than the MMM on The Big Sleep, but it's hard to regret the choice I made.  I wonder how the book situation will look at Emerald City next week...

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