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[crassus]

On 6/4/2023 at 6:45 PM, Surfing Alien said:

A bit of lighter fare...

Up In Valerie's Room by Martin Collyer. Lancer Books 73-414  1st Edition PBO   1963       $12

Great GGA, I can't put my finger on the artist but it's in the Mitch Hooks style.

Fine/Very Fine. Super glossy and new looking, great color, greatspine, tight pages, smooth covers. Page quality is great. A really nice GGA book.  Surprisingly fresh since Lancer's seem to fall apart when you stare at them hard.

 

 

[crassus]

On 6/4/2023 at 6:45 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Lancer's seem to fall apart when you stare at them hard.

[Surfing Alien]

I can't resist books with great campy movie titles like:

"Satan in High-Heels"  by Noel Candler. Belmont Books L92-572   Movie tie-in/novelization. 1st Edition 1st Printing  October 1963       $10    SOLD at 20% off to Tupenny Conan

Cool multi-photo cover framing a dame in a corset. Sleaze novel "About a carnival tramp who cheats, steals and bed-bounces her way to New York"

Fine/Very Fine. Also very glossy and new looking, great color for a white cover, great spine, tight pages, smooth covers, only light wear. Page quality is great. A really nice 60's movie camp book.

 

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[N e r V]

On 6/4/2023 at 5:33 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Worlds Of Weird    Edited by  Leo Margulies     1st Ed.    Pyramid Books #R-1125 1965     $22

A collection (the first I believe) of Weird Tales pulp stories     Virgil Finlay cover art.

Fine/Very Fine - Uncreased unread copy. Perfect spine. No readers crease. Foxing to the inside covers and pages tanning as usual.

A superior copy in every respect of an exceedingly difficult black cover book.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

On 6/4/2023 at 6:51 PM, crassus said:

I know, you gotta see it to believe it! But ask any Lancer collector

[Surfing Alien]

Spiderweb by Robert Bloch backed with the Corpse in my Bed by David Alexander   Ace D-59  1st Edition PBO of the Weird Tales/Arkham House author Robert Bloch.      $40 SOLD to Norrin's Lawyer

Bloch's 1st book for Ace with classic Harry Barton GGA cover art. As mentioned elsewhere, much harder to find these early Ace mystery  novels in any condition compared to the Science Fiction ones.

Very Good Plus/Fine Minus. Solid spine has minimal wear, pages tight. Reader crease on both sides and Spiderweb side has light creasing to the corner but the pages are supple and tight and covers glossy and attractive. My copy is only marginally better, almost impossible to find without any creases.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

 Our Friends From Frolix 8  by Philip K. MR.   Ace 64400   June 1970. First Book Edition, PBO precedes the SFBC Hardcover.   $25 Now $20

Cover art by John Schoenherr. True first of one of the most collected SF authors.

Fine Plus. The last of the copies I have for sale of this title from the "High Grade" collection which contained multiples of some key titles. A very nice unread copy of a true 1st Edition. Not a rare book generally but tough to find really nice ones like this. Light corner crease on back cover and a tiny color chip at tip, some edgewear and a light spine crease on back. A very attractive copy.

 

 

 

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[Surfing Alien]

 The Spider #4 Grant Stockbridge DEATH REIGN OF THE VAMPIRE KING/PAIN EMPEROR    $15 Now $12

Great cover art from the original September 1940 pulp. The next best alternative.

The last copy I think I have for sale from the "High Grade Collection" of multiples.

As New.  Super glossy, unread, uncirculated copy with only minor storage and surface/edgewear wear.

Two novels, originally published in November 1935 as "Death Reign of the Vampire King" and in February 1935 as "The Pain Emperor" in the pulp monthly publication The Spider, Master of Men!

 

 

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[Randall Dowling]

On 6/4/2023 at 6:55 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Spiderweb by Robert Bloch backed with the Corpse in my Bed by David Alexander   Ace D-59  1st Edition PBO of the Weird Tales/Arkham House author Robert Bloch.      $40

Bloch's 1st book for Ace with classic Harry Barton GGA cover art. As mentioned elsewhere, much harder to find these early Ace mystery  novels in any condition compared to the Science Fiction ones.

Very Good Plus/Fine Minus. Solid spine has minimal wear, pages tight. Reader crease on both sides and Spiderweb side has light creasing to the corner but the pages are supple and tight and covers glossy and attractive. My copy is only marginally better, almost impossible to find without any creases.

 

 

 

 

 

For those unaware, Robert Bloch would go on to write a novel that Alfred Hitchcock would turn into the blockbuster, Psycho.  Cool book!

[Surfing Alien]

The Spider #5 Grant Stockbridge JUDGMENT OF THE DAMNED/MASTER OF THE FLAMING HORDE    $25 Now $20

Great cover art from the original June 1940 pulp. The best cover used of the eight Carrol & Graf reprints and the next best alternative to the originals

The only copy I have for sale from the "High Grade Collection"

As New.  Super glossy, unread, uncirculated copy with only minor storage and surface/edgewear wear.

 

 

 

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[Surfing Alien]

 Lost on Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs  Ace 49502    March 1973     $15   SOLD to NerV

Frank Frazetta animal fight cover.  Later print of the tall Ace edition with more cover art space than the first.

Very Fine Minus/Very Fine. Super glossy and new looking. Some tiny color flakes on upper right edges. Pages and interior cover lightly toning. A beautiful specimen of a 50 year old vintage pb.

 

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[N e r V]

On 6/4/2023 at 6:16 PM, Surfing Alien said:

 Lost on Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs  Ace 49502    March 1973     $15

Frank Frazetta animal fight cover.  Later print of the tall Ace edition with more cover art space than the first.

Very Fine Minus/Very Fine. Super glossy and new looking. Some tiny color flakes on upper right edges. Pages and interior cover lightly toning. A beautiful specimen of a 50 year old vintage pb.

 

 

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[Surfing Alien]

 Carson of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs  Ace  F-247 December 1963   $25    SOLD to mrlatko

Moody signed Frazetta cover. First Ace edition ("Small" edition) and first American paperback edition. Tough to find these 1st/1sts in this shape any more.

Very Fine minus. Glossy, appears unread. No reader crease, has light rub mark to lower front spine edge and a minute little dent to side cover. Some very light pressure marks on back cover. Toning is light.

A great looking copy that looks better at 60 than I do

 

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[mrlatko]

On 6/4/2023 at 8:27 PM, Surfing Alien said:

 Carson of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs  Ace  F-247 December 1963   $25

Moody signed Frazetta cover. First Ace edition ("Small" edition) and first American paperback edition. Tough to find these 1st/1sts in this shape any more.

Very Fine minus. Glossy, appears unread. No reader crease, has light rub mark to lower front spine edge and a minute little dent to side cover. Some very light pressure marks on back cover. Toning is light.

A great looking copy that looks better at 60 than I do

 

 

[Surfing Alien]

Last book for tonight... Thanks for the looks, takes and comments

Tarzan at the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs   Ace 79852   March 1973         $15   SOLD to mrlatko

Action packed Frank Frazetta cover art. Later "Tall" Ace printing with the larger cover art space.

Very Fine minus/Very Fine. Super glossy. Spine is square and uncreased, no rubbing. Light corner crease on upper left back cover but otherwise has near perfect edges and corners all around. Pages fairly toned but supple with light toning to interior covers. A very pretty copy.

 

 

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[mrlatko]

On 6/4/2023 at 8:57 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Last book for tonight... Thanks for the looks, takes and comments

Tarzan at the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs   Ace 79852   March 1973         $15

Action packed Frank Frazetta cover art. Later "Tall" Ace printing with the larger cover art space.

Very Fine minus/Very Fine. Super glossy. Spine is square and uncreased, no rubbing. Light corner crease on upper left back cover but otherwise has near perfect edges and corners all around. Pages fairly toned but supple with light toning to interior covers. A very pretty copy.

 

 

 

[Surfing Alien]

Okay, I need to wrap this sale up today. Take 20% off anything I listed yesterday and 10% off the already discounted prices on the re-cap page  and I will update invoices today. Some great books still left there and I'm always open to reasonable offers if you want to haggle.

 

I'll be sorting through my entire collection as I load books into the shelving unit I finished assembling this weekend. I'll post some pics in the Vintage Paperbacks thread over in the Pulp Section.  This means I'll be getting to a lot of boxes that are stacked away and comparing best copies etc. so there will be some great stuff unboxed for my next sale

[TupennyConan]

On 6/4/2023 at 6:57 PM, Surfing Alien said:

I can't resist books with great campy movie titles like:

"Satan in High-Heels"  by Noel Candler. Belmont Books L92-572   Movie tie-in/novelization. 1st Edition 1st Printing  October 1963       $10

Cool multi-photo cover framing a dame in a corset. Sleaze novel "About a carnival tramp who cheats, steals and bed-bounces her way to New York"

Fine/Very Fine. Also very glossy and new looking, great color for a white cover, great spine, tight pages, smooth covers, only light wear. Page quality is great. A really nice 60's movie camp book.

 

 

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[TupennyConan]

"Take all four DC Signets for $150 - This is how I was originally going to list them - they really belong together".

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[TupennyConan]

Please apply any discounts to those last 2 takes. Thanks for the great thread! Invoice please!