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Closed! Randall Dowling's House of Unusual Gems- paperbacks, digests, and magazines
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Ace H-38, Fritz Leiber, The Swords of Lankhmar. 1960. VG/F. Nice solid copy with minor creasing but still very bright, white, and glossy. The classic featuring Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser with a very sweet Jeff Jones cover. $20  Sold to dover

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Ace H-38, Fritz Leiber, The Swords of Lankhmar. 1960. VG/F. Nice solid copy with minor creasing but still very bright, white, and glossy. The classic featuring Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser with a very sweet Jeff Jones cover. $20
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Ace 72280, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Rider. An absolutely stunning copy that looks like it's brand new except for the cover price which is neatly scratched off. Tough book to grade- VG/F. Frank Frazetta cover art. $15  Sold to davet75

 

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Popular Library, Robert Moore Williams, Jongor of Lost Land, 1970. Almost NF. A very bright and tight copy with great gloss and color for this extraordinary Frank Frazetta cover. $15  Sold to dover

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Popular Library, Robert Moore Williams, Jongor of Lost Land, 1970. Almost NF. A very bright and tight copy with great gloss and color for this extraordinary Frank Frazetta cover. $15

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Popular Library, Robert Moore Williams, The Return of Jongor, 1970. Near Fine. A nice glossy book with a touch of edge tanning at the spine. And another amazing Frank Frazetta cover. $15  Sold to davet75

 

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Somehow missed this one when I was doing the doubles.  I have a soft spot for these nurse/secretary novels.

Ace Double F-112, Jeanne Judson, Barbara Ames Private Secretary / Nell Marr Dean, Fashions for Carol. VG. Nice title with some soiling at the top of one of the covers. Fashions for Carol has cover art by Rudy Nappi. $5  Sold to Tupenny Conan

 

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Popular Library 147, John Erskine, The Private Life of Helen of Troy. Fair. Classic/notorious Belarski cover due to his dedication for anatomically correct illustration. Free to the next person to purchase 5 or more and claim it. FREE  Claimed by dover

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Popular Library 147, John Erskine, The Private Life of Helen of Troy. Fair. Classic/notorious Belarski cover due to his dedication for anatomically correct illustration. Free to the next person to purchase 5 or more and claim it. FREE

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Popular Library 215, Ben Ames Williams, The Silver Forest. VG. Early Pop Library titles are pretty cool with consistently high quality cover art by artists like Earle Bergey and Rudoplph Belarski, who did this cover. $10  Sold to Tupenny Conan

 

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Popular Library 228, Shepherd Mead, The Sex Machine. VG+. Highly sought after title due to it's cover artist, signed as “Xela”, the pseudonym for Alex Schomburg when working in that style. $40  Sold to Tupenny Conan

 

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Popular Library 260, Leo Brady, The Edge of Doom, 1949. VG. General wear and some water staining on the bottom corner. Otherwise, a nice solid copy with great color/gloss and supple pages. Pretty sure this is a Bergey cover. $10  Sold to Tupenny Conan

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Popular Library 273, Max Erlich, The Big Eye, 1949. VG. General wear and some water staining on the bottom corner. A solid copy with great color/gloss and supple pages. This is an Earle Bergey cover. $15  Sold to Jack Linguini

 

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Popular Library 411, John Wyndham, Revolt of the Triffids, 1952. VG/F. No major issues with this copy, just general surface wear and some overspray at the spine. A classic sci-fi title with a very cool cover by Bergey. $50  Sold to Tupenny Conan

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Popular Library 447, Jack Williamson, Dragon's Island, 1952. VG/F. Some overspray from the edges of the body at the head of the spine and at the edge of the back cover, otherwise a very nice clean copy. A famous and sought after sci-fi title with another of Earle Bergey's covers. $20  Sold to Tupenny Conan

 

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I have a few comic book paperbacks available.

Marvel Illustrated Books, The Avengers, The Origin of the Vision, 1982. Almost NF. A crease where the cover was opened on the front cover is the only flaw of note. Otherwise a great copy with excellent colors and gloss and a cover by Earl Norem. $10  Sold to Tupenny Conan

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