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[bobpfef]

On 8/17/2021 at 11:24 PM, OtherEric said:

I suppose I can show my Pogo shelf as well.  

Is that a complete run of the old paperbacks? I have a good number of them but not that many.

[OtherEric]

On 8/18/2021 at 8:28 AM, bobpfef said:

Is that a complete run of the old paperbacks? I have a good number of them but not that many.

More or less.  I don't have the 70's omnibuses of earlier books, and while I have a copy of Pogo for President (a small format partial reprint of I Go Pogo) it's not on that shelf.  

I actually finished this run in the early 2000's, so all the books (others than the Pogo Files for Pogophiles HC) were found in the wild.  I like that I was able to put together at least one collection that way.

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

On 8/17/2021 at 7:23 PM, Inaflash said:

Highly recommend “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay”. Both are first editions. I also love reading books about cooking, chefs, restaurants etc.

 

 

Yes that is a great book; I'll need to reread one of these days. I also like your 8mm camera; I used to have a nice one that took some great film. Wish I had kept it as a conversation piece.

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

On 8/17/2021 at 9:24 PM, OtherEric said:

I suppose I can show my Pogo shelf as well.  

I've started to look for these; high grade copies though. Most are surprisingly beat up and well read. The first of these I ever read was the Jack Acid Society which I found on my high school library shelf which was interesting. I don't suspect you would have found that at a private high school but I was taught by the Christian Brothers and they were fairly open minded about educational exposure.

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

On 8/18/2021 at 6:48 AM, Scrooge said:

You're begging for a request here. I'd love to see your messy BLBs bookshelf 

Agreed bring on the BLB shot! The first time I saw a bunch of BLB's was my first NY comic con and one of the first dealers I happened on had boxes of them. So many wonderful spines! They were probably a buck each or something but my budget was so tight I had to pass.

[OtherEric]

On 8/18/2021 at 9:46 AM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said:

Agreed bring on the BLB shot! The first time I saw a bunch of BLB's was my first NY comic con and one of the first dealers I happened on had boxes of them. So many wonderful spines! They were probably a buck each or something but my budget was so tight I had to pass.

It’s not really that impressive, I’ve only got a few .  But it includes Laughing Dragon of Oz, at least:

[Scrooge]

On 8/18/2021 at 12:50 AM, OtherEric said:

That's around when I started collecting them, as well.

Awesome. I left my copies in France when I moved so I recollected them used over the years. Now, as I work through a slow re-read, I let the ones re-read go back free into the world. That's not making much of a dent in my bookshelves ...

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

On 8/18/2021 at 9:53 AM, OtherEric said:

It’s not really that impressive, I’ve only got a few .  But it includes Laughing Dragon of Oz, at least:

 

Thanks for posting. Nice variety there; I didn't realize the Shadow had a BLB.

[Scrooge]

On 8/18/2021 at 2:11 PM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said:

I didn't realize the Shadow had a BLB.

The Shadow had 3:

1495 - The Shadow and the Ghost Makers

1430 - The Shadow and the Living Death

1443 - The Shadow and the Master of Evil

[Scrooge]

[sfcityduck]

Living Room has two built in shelves.  On the right of the fireplace are what I think of as comic art books:

On the left of the fireplace is what I think of as fine art books:

But it is in my messy office where I store what I think of as my comic collected editions for reading and price guides:

 

 

My actual comics are stored away beyond easy access and my paperbacks and other collected editions are in a family room on spinner racks with additional shelving for fiction and non-fiction hardbound books (non-art or comics).

Edited August 18, 2021 by sfcityduck

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

On 8/18/2021 at 11:17 AM, Scrooge said:

Those are fun!

[MrBedrock]

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

On 8/19/2021 at 11:53 AM, MrBedrock said:

Wow was trying to get a better look at some of those spines! Great stuff!

[PopKulture]

I do actually have some bookshelves with books on them… somewhere.

 

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

On 8/19/2021 at 5:11 PM, PopKulture said:

I do actually have some bookshelves with books on them… somewhere.

 

 

 

You can clean up those disgusting comic books with the cleansers on the shelf above! Dr. Wertham will be proud of you.

[sfcityduck]

On 8/19/2021 at 11:53 AM, MrBedrock said:

Coolest thing on that shelf is the Shazam from the 40s to the 70s.  I still need one of those.

[sfcityduck]

Spinner racks are a great way to store what you read - the well-loved PBs especially:

 

[MrBedrock]

On 8/19/2021 at 10:40 PM, sfcityduck said:

Coolest thing on that shelf is the Shazam from the 40s to the 70s.  I still need one of those.

Really? I would rank that around #147.

I just sold one. I will send you a PM when I get another one in.

[sfcityduck]

On 8/19/2021 at 8:51 PM, MrBedrock said:

Really? I would rank that around #147.

I just sold one. I will send you a PM when I get another one in.

Not dissing those books that remind me of some of Bang Zoom's shelves, it's just I am all about nostalgia - and I was a kid when those Superman/Batman/Shazam books came out.  So PM me! 

 

 

Edited August 20, 2021 by sfcityduck