Comics, Pulps, and Paperbacks: Why such a discrepancy in values? 26 26

[Surfing Alien]

On 8/14/2024 at 6:35 AM, jimjum12 said:

No need to be dismissive.

I apologize if that came off dismissive Jimbo, I didn't choose a dollar as a diminutive, but meant it as an economic difference.

[Surfing Alien]

On 8/13/2024 at 10:45 PM, johnenock said:

Looked at this copy. Definitely a bit of dried out glue but solid for now with a bit of separation along top of spine. Now, I will know what to avoid.

I don't avoid books with pull back altogether, sometimes that may be the best you can find and the book is otherwise solid, but overly dried out glue can be a hidden problem.

[Surfing Alien]

To play along nice the earliest mainstream "gimmick" cover I can think of was 1976's "Two Much" by Donald Westlake from Fawcett, which had fuzz applied to the painted book cover art. I believe I read somewhere that that the fuzz was hand applied, which, if true, must have been quite a job.

Not my copy, courtesy of Steve Wallace

https://www.flickr.com/photos/56781833@N06/30411818470

 

 

[johnenock]

On 8/13/2024 at 5:23 PM, johnenock said:

A nice looking cover by artist Ted Coconos...never heard of him which, admittedly, is not saying much.

Interesting stuff about this author. He did the cover to the book and the movie poster to Labyrinth. Also, the first edition cover for the Princess Bride!

https://unquietthings.com/beyond-labyrinths-shadows-exploring-the-groovy-kaleidoscope-of-ted-coconis-art/

[OtherEric]

Bookscans  mentions The Bat as an earlier book with raised felt on the cover.  I've never seen a copy:

https://bookscans.com/Oddities/dell652.htm

[jimjum12]

On 8/14/2024 at 11:16 AM, Surfing Alien said:

To play along nice the earliest mainstream "gimmick" cover I can think of was 1976's "Two Much" by Donald Westlake from Fawcett, which had fuzz applied to the painted book cover art. I believe I read somewhere that that the fuzz was hand applied, which, if true, must have been quite a job.

Not my copy, courtesy of Steve Wallace

https://www.flickr.com/photos/56781833@N06/30411818470

 

 

Kind of like the Stones album, "Sticky Fingers", with the actual zipper on the cover. One thing about embossed PB's, they're often found cheaper than cover and still in shape. I'm certainly not trying to be the first on my block to collect them all, but if I find any by some of my faves, like Cornwell or J Alexander Thom, I'm on board. If this makes it seem as if I like historical fiction, I will have trouble denying it. GOD BLESS ... 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Edited August 14 by jimjum12

[Surfing Alien]

On 8/14/2024 at 12:04 PM, OtherEric said:

Bookscans  mentions The Bat as an earlier book with raised felt on the cover.  I've never seen a copy:

https://bookscans.com/Oddities/dell652.htm

I recently sold a copy of one of these, it was raised, but I'm pretty sure it was not felt, just regular ink. Still an earlier gimmick than the Eastlake book though.

Just took a look and I sold it to Goldie - It was the orange version, I didn't know that color was that small a print run or might have kept it. That Goldie is one smart fella

 

[Book Guy]

On 8/14/2024 at 8:16 AM, Surfing Alien said:

To play along nice the earliest mainstream "gimmick" cover I can think of was 1976's "Two Much" by Donald Westlake from Fawcett, which had fuzz applied to the painted book cover art. I believe I read somewhere that that the fuzz was hand applied, which, if true, must have been quite a job.

Not my copy, courtesy of Steve Wallace

https://www.flickr.com/photos/56781833@N06/30411818470

 

 

As I was told the original cover art has the girls naked and the book was printed thusly with the floss added in a second pass. I've never scraped off the floss to find out. Kinda like the 2nd state of the Beatles 'Butcher' album cover. Also, supposedly some copies were not flossed correctly and were released nakedly. I'm not sure if either story is true...

Edited August 15 by Book Guy

[Darwination]

That's adorable.  I was surprised to see a bunch of copies available on eBay.  A different edition jumped out at me o.O

[GACollectibles]

On 8/14/2024 at 11:19 PM, Book Guy said:

I'm not sure if either story is true

If it's on the interwebs it must be true!

[Darwination]

In a whole week of travel covering the better part of a few different states, I only got the chance to hop in a single flea market today.  I actually found the most vintage pbs from my collecting area in a single spot by far.

The best part was the one to five dollar price range.  The worst part is everything was low, low grade. 

Amazingly, I didn't walk with much, as time was of the essence, but it was still cool to see spinner racks full of pbs and just to know I can find them out there in the wild in numbers once in a long while.

[Surfing Alien]

On 8/16/2024 at 8:31 PM, Darwination said:

In a whole week of travel covering the better part of a few different states, I only got the chance to hop in a single flea market today.  I actually found the most vintage pbs from my collecting area in a single spot by far.

The best part was the one to five dollar price range.  The worst part is everything was low, low grade. 

Amazingly, I didn't walk with much, as time was of the essence, but it was still cool to see spinner racks full of pbs and just to know I can find them out there in the wild in numbers once in a long while.

Very cool to see any vintage pb's in a flea market, nonetheless on a spinner rack  Was there a topper on the rack?

[Darwination]

I can't recall, but don't think there was.  I didn't even think to get a better picture of the rack, I was too busy spinning it around looking for books and then off to the next shelf

The vintage pbs were kind of mixed into all the different genre areas.  The crime stuff was best.  The SF stuff had been picked over pretty well.  Sadly, there was so romance/sleaze sort of material.

Pretty nice selection.  The variety of secondhand books in a college town is always pretty good.  Wish I'd had more time, but I was pretty much just skimming for PC or high value flip stuffs.  I should have grabbed a stack of readers but I had a whole market to get through, and my wife was on a bench outside :O

 

 

[Darwination]

Another rough Williams reader, I seem to be stacking em up

[Darwination]

Ten dollar beater lot.  A couple of glued covers, The Dead Ringer has some homemade lam, and most have some writing (pulp school 101?) and highlighting, but the price was right, and a couple of them have fresh pages.

 

[Surfing Alien]

On 8/17/2024 at 6:36 PM, Darwination said:

Ten dollar beater lot.  A couple of glued covers, The Dead Ringer has some homemade lam, and most have some writing (pulp school 101?) and highlighting, but the price was right, and a couple of them have fresh pages.

 

Perfect reader lot. Only posers don't read 'em  

There's nothing not to gain by seeing what the fuss was all about back then 

[moonpool]

Second team all British paperback artist  J. Pollack

[moonpool]

48 pages with a great Perl cover

[Surfing Alien]

Finally picked up a sweet copy of the "Gang Girl" UniBook to go with my "Marijuana Girl" UniBook 

A tough set in any grade

 

[moonpool]

On 8/21/2024 at 8:04 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Finally picked up a sweet copy of the "Gang Girl" UniBook to go with my "Marijuana Girl" UniBook 

A tough set in any grade

 

Very nice. I see a lot fewer Gang Girl copies than Marijuana Girl.