Closed! Randall Dowling's House of Unusual Gems- paperbacks, digests, and magazines 8 8

[Randall Dowling]

Man's Conquest, February 1956, 5.5. Super glossy and bright cover on this classic book but has a spine split at the bottom of the book. $40

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[Randall Dowling]

Man's Daring, November 1961, 4.5. Beautiful colors and gloss for this very tough white cover. $60

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[Randall Dowling]

Savage Sword of Conan 9, 8.5-9.0. Classic cover with excellent gloss and colors but several non-color breaking dents on the spine hold it down. Still a gorgeous copy. $45  Sold per PM

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[Randall Dowling]

Savage Sword of Conan 12, 8.5. A beautiful book with several non-color breaking dents on the spine. Otherwise glossy and fresh looking. $45  Sold per PM

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[Randall Dowling]

That's it for now.  I have to meet a friend for a late lunch and then I'll be back to list more, around 7:00 tonight.  Thanks to all for looking!  

[jr70]

On 6/4/2023 at 2:06 PM, Randall Dowling said:

That was the pick of the litter for this first bunch.  Nice grab, sir!  

That truly was the pick of the litter!  Sorry I missed it, usually that rat fink dover scores the good ones on me but congrats.     For such a short run there were some awesome covers in this run .  

[Randall Dowling]

Exotic Novel 14, Tonight For Sure, 1951, G/VG. A solid and bright copy with the usual wear and minor staple rust (a very common phenomenon on these digests). Exotic Novels are some of the most sought after of the period, tough to find in any shape. Wonderful George Gross cover. $40

[Randall Dowling]

Fantasy Magazine #1, March 1953, VG/F. Great colors and gloss on this very unusual Hannes Bok cover. Tough to find in nicer shape. $35  Sold to Crassus

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[Randall Dowling]

Croydon, The Dead Take No Bows, 1946, G+. All there and attached on this scarce title with a cover by L.B. Cole. All of these Cole Croydons are notoriously difficult in any grade. $30

[Randall Dowling]

Stork, Life of Passion, 1949, VG/F. A very pretty copy of these tough Stork books. Would grade it higher but for a very slight amount of staple rust. Otherwise, I very clean and bright copy with a wonderful Rodewald cover. $60

[crassus]

On 6/4/2023 at 8:01 PM, Randall Dowling said:

Fantasy Magazine #1, March 1953, VG/F. Great colors and gloss on this very unusual Hannes Bok cover. Tough to find in nicer shape. $35

[Randall Dowling]

Stork, Lust For Love, 1949, VG+. Another tight and clean copy of these tough Storks. Would grade it higher but for a moderate amount of staple rust. Rodewald cover. $40

[Randall Dowling]

Phantom Books 506, Crime on my Hands, Carl Hoges, 1951, VG-.  Solid copy with minor staple rust.  This is one of the first 14 US Phantoms that were published before the imprint was sold to an Australian publisher.  The US copies of these first 14 are considered very desirable.  Classic George Gross cover.  $75

[Randall Dowling]

Phantom Books 500, Homicide Hotel, Joe Barry, VG/F+.  This is the first of the series and one of the toughest, no staple rust on this bad boy!  Nice tight copy with excellent color and gloss and a cover you won't soon forget.  $250  Withdrawn

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[Surfing Alien]

On 6/4/2023 at 8:08 PM, Randall Dowling said:

Stork, Life of Passion, 1949, VG/F. A very pretty copy of these tough Stork books. Would grade it higher but for a very slight amount of staple rust. Otherwise, I very clean and bright copy with a wonderful Rodewald cover. $60

Ooh la la! Love these Stork Novels. So pretty.

[Surfing Alien]

On 6/4/2023 at 8:23 PM, Randall Dowling said:

Phantom Books 500, Homicide Hotel, Joe Barry, VG/F+.  This is the first of the series and one of the toughest, no staple rust on this bad boy!  Nice tight copy with excellent color and gloss and a cover you won't soon forget.  $250

Top of the hobby cover art. Great copy Douglas!

[N e r V]

On 6/4/2023 at 11:28 AM, Randall Dowling said:

That's it for now.  I have to meet a friend for a late lunch and then I'll be back to list more, around 7:00 tonight.  Thanks to all for looking!  

[Randall Dowling]

Fantastic Vol. 1 No. 1, 1952, VG/F+.  One of my favorite sci-fi digests, this is an unusually nice copy with great color and gloss.  This book is notorious for having pieces missing from the spine but this copy has only the slightest loss at the top of the book.  Classic Barye Cover.  $50

[Randall Dowling]

Let's do a few group lots.Here's a group of 4 Future Science Fiction digests with some very cool covers from the period (Emsh, etc.).  Average grade for the lot is VG.  $25  Sold to Jack Linguini

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Edited June 10, 2023 by Randall Dowling
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[Randall Dowling]

Mixed Lot of 11 digests.  Average grade for the lot is VG.  $33  Sold to Surfing Alien

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Edited June 5, 2023 by Randall Dowling
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