CLOSED - 20% OFF all of Surfing Alien's honey pot of Golden Age vintage paperbacks and more...Round 2 - Mostly Science Fiction, many Ace books plus GGA, Classics 6 6

[goldust40]

On 4/30/2023 at 11:04 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Savage Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs  Ace 75135    $8

Pretty cover art by Frank Frazetta. Later print of the "Tall" Ace edition.

Very Good/Very Good Plus .  Square and glossy. Has readers crease and a few light finger bends, general edgewear.  

 

Take

[Surfing Alien]

It Was The Day Of The Robot by Frank Belknap Long  Belmont Books 90-277     First Edition PBO  1963   $25   SOLD at 20% off to goldust40

The Koontz book I listed was near perfect but this gem from 1963 I'd call structurally perfect, which is amazing for a black cover book.  A First Edition of a Lovecraft circle author as well.   Classic Robot cover art is un-credited but super cool.

Very Fine/Near Mint. Another one like the Avon I listed that I'll use a grade I never do. Covers bright and glossy, obviously unread and stored perfectly for 60 years. Great page quality. Light toning to interior.  I'm proud to have unearthed this book, well worth a premium.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Ace  D-449 GORDON R. DICKSON The Genetic General. Cover by Ed Valigursky; 1960  FirstBook Edition.     D-449b GORDON R. DICKSON Time to Teleport.  Cover by Emsh. 1960                    $9

Tough to grade, has great un-read looking  eye appeal but pages are quite toned and have some uneven-ness.  I'll call it Very Good.   Spine has bindery type chips and light wear. Covers bright and glossy with light edgewear.  Solid  tight binding, pages toned but still  tight and . An attractive looking copy.

 

[Surfing Alien]

ACE D-427 ROBERT MOORE WILLIAMS World of the Masterminds. Cover by Ed Valigursky; 1960. ROBERT MOORE WILLIAMS To the Edge of Time and Other Stories. Cover by Emsh; 1960. First book publication.     $7

Also tough to grade, has great un-read looking  eye appeal but pages are significantly toned and have some uneven-ness and edge chipping to a small section of the pages.  I'll call  this one Very Good as well.   Spine has bindery type chips and light wear. Covers bright and glossy with light edgewear.  Solid  tight binding. Still an attractive looking copy.

 

[Surfing Alien]

For my last book for tonight I'm going to go back to my specialty, the Good Girl Art.  I may do another sale where I'll concentrate on this material

 

A Strange Kind of Love by Sheldon Lord, pseudonym of Crime Master Lawrence Block. Midwood 33-885. Second Edition from 1967 with a gorgeous new leggy cover by Robert Rader       $30

All Midwoods have gotten scarce but these later ones with new painted covers are pretty rare, especially in nice shape. Rader hit it out the park with this one.

Fine Plus. Bright and glossy. Front cover is very pretty with a hairline reader crease, back cover has a light crease at top left. Spine is square and tight. Great page quality. A pleasure to look at.

 

[Surfing Alien]

I got some free time but I looked and don't have any more accessible books to list tonight but I'm gonna add a little catnip to the spice before I close this thread tomorrow by offering 20% off any lots that are left.

[OuterboroGuy]

On 4/27/2023 at 3:41 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Ace Double M-113 The Rithian Terror/Off Center by Damon Knight. Signed by Knight on the Rithian Terror side. Cover art by Jack Gaughan.

VG+/Near Fine. Bright, glossy colors. Light spine bends, one light impact mark. Store stamp on title page. Light interior toning. A very sweet signed copy.

$20

 

On 4/27/2023 at 7:44 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Her Life To Live by Oriana Atkinson. Popular Library #307.     $30

A spectacular Earle K. Bergey GGA cover of a wild dancer getting her clothes ripped off by some Catskill Mountain yokels. A classic for sure.

Very Good Plus. Square and glossy. Pages tight and supple. Some very light creases. Minimal wear.  A pretty copy of a great Bergey cover.

 

On 4/27/2023 at 7:49 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Naked In The Night by John Cleary, Popular Library #634             $20    

Beautiful Rafael DeSoto GGA cover art. Gorgeous headlights floozies front and back. Popular Library rules!

Near Fine. Square and incredibly glossy. Pages tight and supple. Light pencil marked on top page edges. Minimal wear.  A gorgeous copy that would be hard to improve.

 

 

 

On 4/29/2023 at 4:42 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Visa To Death by Ed Lacy (Pseudonym of Len Zinberg) Perma Books M-3036  from 1956     $20

Another hard boiled noir with a gorgeous Good Girl cover, this one by Robert Maguire.

Very Good Plus/Near Fine. Appears unread and glossy. Very slight spine slant, hairline reader crease where it's been opened a few times, but virtually no handling creasing and only a few hints of wear. Has a tiny shadow inside front cover where a sticker must have once been that fell off without damaging the paper. Another very pretty book.

 

On 4/29/2023 at 8:36 PM, Surfing Alien said:

If He Hollers Let Him Go by Chester Himes  Signet 756   from 1949     $40

The first paperback edition of Himes' first book with the classic and fantastic cover art of James Avati. A searing race novel from before he created the legendary Noir Detective duo of Coffin Ed and Gravedigger Jones.

Fine. Super glossy and new looking. Solid spine has slight slant but pages are tight and supple with the usual toning. Lamination is in great shape with only slight lifting. Very high grade for this tough title.

Take these all at 20% off.  (Backup bids on Wyndham, the other Ed Lacy and Dr. Bloodmoney.)

[Surfing Alien]

On 4/30/2023 at 8:49 PM, OuterboroGuy said:

 

 

 

 

Take these all at 20% off.  (Backup bids on Wyndham, the other Ed Lacy and Dr. Bloodmoney.)

Thank you, Sir, for your great taste !   I'll put these beauties aside.

[goldust40]

On 5/1/2023 at 12:10 AM, Surfing Alien said:

It Was The Day Of The Robot by Frank Belknap Long  Belmont Books 90-277     First Edition PBO  1963   $25

The Koontz book I listed was near perfect but this gem from 1963 I'd call structurally perfect, which is amazing for a black cover book.  A First Edition of a Lovecraft circle author as well.   Classic Robot cover art is un-credited but super cool.

Very Fine/Near Mint. Another one like the Avon I listed that I'll use a grade I never do. Covers bright and glossy, obviously unread and stored perfectly for 60 years. Great page quality. Light toning to interior.  I'm proud to have unearthed this book, well worth a premium.

 

Take @ 20% off. 

[goldust40]

On 4/30/2023 at 2:12 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Hollywood Bedside Reader  John O'Hara, James T. Farrell et al.  Avon Books No. 338    Published in 1951      $35

A  sick copy of this amazing Good Girl art cover PB by Robert Crowl. I love her.

Very Fine/Near Mint. A grade I pretty much never give since VF is my highest but occasionally they come around.  Blinding gloss, Perfect lamination, Bright, square and tight. Pages are off white with almost no toning. Highly unusual page quality. It doesn't get any better than this.

 

Take @ 20% off. 

[mrlatko]

On 4/29/2023 at 4:54 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Autumn People by Ray Bradbury     Ballantine U2141  1965    $50

A gorgeous copy of one of  Frazetta's best PB covers and a great collection of Bradbury EC comic book stories. Part of the set of the first attempt to resurrect the EC stories by Ballantine.

Fine/VF.   Front cover is VF, the line you see by the spine is the printers indent where the cover is meant to be turned. Back cover has a light bend at bottom and a couple lines. Spine is square and uncreased, has a couple of light stress lines. Great page quality.

Amazing looking in hand. With the dark covers, this one just doesn't come around like this.

 

[OtherEric]

Part of the reason I got out of this thread as cheaply as I did this time.  You and I have very similar tastes, SA:

[mstrange]

On 4/27/2023 at 5:23 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Tales of Chinatown Sax Rohmer Popular Library 217    $50   Better than the copy I offered last time.

Iconic Rudolph Belarski GGA cover art. One of the most recognized and reprinted covers in the Vintage Paperback hobby.

Very Good+  Solid tight binding, pages tight and supple. Old light water mark on a couple of interior pages. Only a hint of edgewear. A superior copy of a top classic cover.

 

 @20% off

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

On 4/29/2023 at 7:47 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Death In The Library by Philip Ketchum   Dell Books No. 1    A key first issue.   $60

William Strohmer's clever and bloody Art Deco cover art scheme started it all for the Dell Books line in 1943. One of the most iconic books in the hobby as it launched a decades long history of mystery publishing, later with maps on the back, that are highly collected. The first several dozen numbers had the extra large "eyeball in a keyhole" that is probably my favorite vintage PB colophon.

Very Good Minus/Very Good. Solid square and tight, has some light creasing on the front and a bit heavier on the back with a small hole. Rare in any condition and this is quite high grade for the title. My keeper is not much better and I've been looking for years.

Take, if not already tooken 

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

On 4/30/2023 at 3:53 PM, Surfing Alien said:

It looks like I'll have time to list some more today so I'll kick it off with some Howard.

 

The Hand of Kane by Robert E. Howard   Centaur Time Lost Series   1970      $12

Cover art by Jeff Jones    Four Solomon Kane stories, first time in paperback I believe.

Very Good Plus/Near FIne.  Solid  tight binding, pages tight and supple. Usual toning to the inside cover and pages . Spine stress and edgewear, mostly on the back cover. Virtually no creasing.  A nice copy.

 

Take

[Surfing Alien]

On 5/1/2023 at 2:04 AM, mstrange said:

 @20% off

Such a great cover. I never get tired of looking at this one!

[Surfing Alien]

On 5/1/2023 at 7:56 AM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

Take, if not already tooken 

A great book in so many ways... and welcome to the thread!

[Surfing Alien]

On 5/1/2023 at 7:58 AM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

Take

Thanks again sir but this one was tooken already by Tupenny Conan

[Surfing Alien]

On 5/1/2023 at 12:07 AM, OtherEric said:

Part of the reason I got out of this thread as cheaply as I did this time.  You and I have very similar tastes, SA:

Having seen your posts over the last 5 or so years, I'm surprised I have anything to sell you my friend I think you're on your way to having one copy of every vintage PB in the book   I'm glad to know you're only 100 or so into the Ace run since I have lots of those

 

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

On 5/1/2023 at 7:33 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Thanks again sir but this one was tooken already by Tupenny Conan

D’oh!