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

[moonpool]

Still no scanner, so here are another 2 that were in photobucket.  I remember going through the Warren guide and hitting the page with a b&w picture of The Girl from Tiger Bay.  Prioritizing British paperbacks hit immediately.

[Surfing Alien]

Sweet titles  Tough to follow up The Girl From Tiger Bay with this geek stuff but this just in. I've been looking for an affordable decent looking 1st print paperback of Stranger In A Strange Land for a looong time. These fat and fragile books got beat to hell when they came out.

[rjpb]

36 minutes ago, Surfing Alien said:

Sweet titles  Tough to follow up The Girl From Tiger Bay with this geek stuff but this just in. I've been looking for an affordable decent looking 1st print paperback of Stranger In A Strange Land for a looong time. These fat and fragile books got beat to hell when they came out.

I grok you.

[Westy Steve]

Got these in today. More LB Cole Croydons.  Bought sight unseen. Both were pretty cheap so I’m not too disappointed with the filler copy as it was described as a reading copy.  The Belle Camille was nicer than I expected. 

 

 

[Westy Steve]

1 hour ago, Surfing Alien said:

Sweet titles  Tough to follow up The Girl From Tiger Bay with this geek stuff but this just in. I've been looking for an affordable decent looking 1st print paperback of Stranger In A Strange Land for a looong time. These fat and fragile books got beat to hell when they came out.

Cool.  Looks a lot like Dr. Manhattan.  I wonder if they are somehow related to each other. I’m sure this one came first.

Edited January 22, 2020 by Westy Steve

[Randall Dowling]

2 hours ago, Surfing Alien said:

Sweet titles  Tough to follow up The Girl From Tiger Bay with this geek stuff but this just in. I've been looking for an affordable decent looking 1st print paperback of Stranger In A Strange Land for a looong time. These fat and fragile books got beat to hell when they came out.

One of the first sci-fi novels I read and the beginning of my love for Heinlein’s writing.  Still my favorite author from the genre.  

[Surfing Alien]

30 minutes ago, Randall Dowling said:

One of the first sci-fi novels I read and the beginning of my love for Heinlein’s writing.  Still my favorite author from the genre.  

No bout a doubt it! (That's Brooklynese....!!!)

[OtherEric]

5 hours ago, Surfing Alien said:

Sweet titles  Tough to follow up The Girl From Tiger Bay with this geek stuff but this just in. I've been looking for an affordable decent looking 1st print paperback of Stranger In A Strange Land for a looong time. These fat and fragile books got beat to hell when they came out.

I've actually never seen that cover before.  Then again, I'm not sure I've ever owned a paperback of STRANGER.  I've got a book club edition of the original hardcover, and a first printing on the revised & expanded version.

Did just pick this up this weekend... Starship Troopers is surprisingly hard to find in hardcover, even this later book club edition. This one is a major step up from my earlier copy, which had a pretty ragged dust jacket for a book that was from the 80's or 90's.

[Lukesaurus]

Besides Ebay sold , is there an online resource for pulp prices ? I seen a few covers that tickle my senses and i'm not sure if the prices are good or bad . 

[Pat Calhoun]

1959 third print with Jerry Robinson cover art

[JollyComics]

On 1/10/2014 at 7:33 AM, Flex Mentallo said:

I remembered this title when I saw the foreign movie.

[Pat Calhoun]

[moonpool]

Nice group of covers.

[Surfing Alien]

27 minutes ago, moonpool said:

Nice group of covers.

We sure get a nice variety of different styles in here. It's refreshing.

[N e r V]

A cheap Jeff Jones pickup on eBay...

 

 

 

 

[N e r V]

And another cheap eBay purchase that I’m hoping looks like the scan. I always dug this Frazetta cover!

[Randall Dowling]

40 minutes ago, N e r V said:

And another cheap eBay purchase that I’m hoping looks like the scan. I always dug this Frazetta cover!

I always assumed this cover was a reworking of this movie poster but now I’m unsure.  Anyway, completely agree, love this Frazetta piece!

[lbcolefan]

2 hours ago, N e r V said:

And another cheap eBay purchase that I’m hoping looks like the scan. I always dug this Frazetta cover!

I love seeing all the books from the 40’s and 50’s but this one really hits home.

I think I loved my Burroughs books more than comics in the early to mid 70’s. These are all my original copies!

 

[OtherEric]

I had actually posted these over in the Frazetta thread in Magazines a few days ago, but it seems like they deserve to be shown here as well:

[Surfing Alien]

6 hours ago, N e r V said:

A cheap Jeff Jones pickup on eBay...

 

 

 

 

It's an excellent cover but don't give short shrift to the story, it's one of Jack Williamson's best imho.