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[goldust40]

On 6/16/2023 at 11:11 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Back To The Stone Age by Edgar Rice Burroughs       Ace 04636-3    August 1978     $15

Classic Man vs. Mammoth Frank Frazetta cover art.    Later "Tall" Ace printing. My last nice extra copy of this title (for now!)

Very Fine. Square and glossy. Has only light corner wear, tiny edgewear and very light toning. A very sweet copy.

 

 

 

 

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[crassus]

On 6/16/2023 at 5:58 PM, goldust40 said:

On 6/16/2023 at 5:43 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The White Bikini by Carter Brown    Signet S2275     1st print.  March 1963       $15

I'm partial to covers with guitars on them, oh, and with semi-nude blondes as well. Cover art by Robert McGinnis. From the Rick Holman detective series.

Just a gorgeous GGA cover. 

Fine Plus/Very Fine minus. Spine is square and pretty. Very little wear over all, mostly edgewear and some small bindery tears at upper edge.  Nice page quality. Has a small name and address in pen on first page. 

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Great pick up...if only... @Surfing Alien if you have another copy PM me

[Surfing Alien]

On 6/16/2023 at 6:48 PM, crassus said:

Great pick up...if only... @Surfing Alien if you have another copy PM me

I don't think I have another of that one but I will be putting some more Carter Brown's up for sale as I get to them. They're quite addictive.

[Surfing Alien]

I'm going to clean the thread up a little and come back with a stack of classic Science Fiction with covers from GGA to Robots

 

[Surfing Alien]

Konga by Dean Owen     Monarch Books MM604  Classic Movie Tie In     $25  $15  EDIT, I just noticed there is a light marker "15 c" at the Gorilla's face that I didn't even notice when I bought it. Offering it at a loss now - still a nice looking copy!

Iconic Giant Gorilla cover by Raymond Johnson. The original art to this one survives and is awesome. One of the classic Monarch Movie series featuring Konga, Gorgo, Reptilicus  etc. These are usually trashed.

Very Good/Very Good Plus. Looks much nicer. Solid spine has wear on the edges, mostly the front edge. Covers have a fair amount of light creasing, mostly not breaking color on that tough black background. A very collectible copy of a book most often encountered at much higher prices in decent shape.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Atoms and Evil by Robert Bloch     Gold Medal Books S1231  August 1962          $15  SOLD to mstrange

1st Edition 1st Print of this collection of Weird Tales author short stories. A pretty copy of a 1st Edition that usually has folds and creases.

 Fine Plus. Solid, square spine, minimal creasing and edgewear. Nice pages.

 

 

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[Surfing Alien]

More Nightmares, Weird Tales by Robert Bloch     Belmont L92-530  1st Printing  February 1962          $22  SOLD to mstrange

Tough black cover collection of Weird Tales author short stories.  Great cover art.

 Fine Plus. Solid, square spine, minimal creasing and edgewear. Very attractive for a 60 year old black cardboard cover.

 

 

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[mstrange]

On 6/16/2023 at 4:37 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Atoms and Evil by Robert Bloch     Gold Medal Books S1231  August 1962          $15

1st Edition 1st Print of this collection of Weird Tales author short stories. A pretty copy of a 1st Edition that usually has folds and creases.

 Fine Plus. Solid, square spine, minimal creasing and edgewear. Nice pages.

 

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[mstrange]

On 6/16/2023 at 4:43 PM, Surfing Alien said:

More Nightmares, Weird Tales by Robert Bloch     Belmont L92-530  1st Printing  February 1962          $22

Tough black cover collection of Weird Tales author short stories.  Great cover art.

 Fine Plus. Solid, square spine, minimal creasing and edgewear. Very attractive for a 60 year old black cardboard cover.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Horror -7 by Robert Bloch     Belmont L90-275  1st Printing  February 1963         $18  SOLD to mstrange

Rare Robert Maguire horror cover. He didn't do much of this stuff. Another tough black cover collection of Weird Tales author short stories.

Near Fine. Solid, square spine, minimal creasing and edgewear. I'd grade it Fine plus but it has a name and address and a large number written inside the covers and check marks on the stories, but these have nothing to do with the cover art or stories in the end.  Another very attractive cover for a 60 year old black cardboard cover book.

 

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[mstrange]

On 6/16/2023 at 4:50 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Horror -7 by Robert Bloch     Belmont L90-275  1st Printing  February 1963         $18

Rare Robert Maguire horror cover. He didn't do much of this stuff. Another tough black cover collection of Weird Tales author short stories.

Near Fine. Solid, square spine, minimal creasing and edgewear. I'd grade it Fine plus but it has a name and address and a large number written inside the covers and check marks on the stories, but these have nothing to do with the cover art or stories in the end.  Another very attractive cover for a 60 year old black cardboard cover book.

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[mstrange]

On 6/16/2023 at 4:51 PM, mstrange said:

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Love Robert Bloch

[Surfing Alien]

The call for classic Science Fiction went pretty good last time. You can't go wrong with the Grand-master authors so I'm going to drop a few more here. I haven't posted any classic Arthur C. Clarke yet so here's a couple early classics...

Against The Fall Of Night  by Arthur C. Clarke     Perma Star 310   1st PB 1st Print after the Gnome Press hardcover 1st.  August 1954       $18

Just a beautiful 1st PB sci-fi classic with an early Richard Powers cover.

Fine Plus/Very Fine Minus. Solid, square spine, minimal creasing and edgewear. Great page quality. A killer copy!

 

 

[Surfing Alien]

Sands Of Mars  by Arthur C. Clarke   Pocket Books #989   1st PB 1st Print after the 1952 Gnome Press 1952 hardcover 1st.  February 1954       $12

Pocket did a little batch of small format Science Fiction paperbacks with the silver spines that are iconic to SF collectors. This Robert Schulz cover is one of the best and one of only a few SciFi covers he did, mostly with Ace.

Fine Plus.  Solid, square spine, minimal creasing and edgewear to the covers. Great colors, glossy with nice page quality. Light dust soiling to the covers.

 

[Surfing Alien]

Assignment In Eternity by Robert A. Heinlein   Signet Books #1161   1st PB 1st Print  November 1954      $25  SOLD to TupennyConan

Very nice copy of the 1st PB of this classic Heinlein collection. Richard Powers cover art, showing he could paint realistic art before going fully abstract.

Fine Plus/Very Fine Minus. Appears unread. No Reader crease. Unusual for a Signet. Light thumb bend at bottom front cover, back cover. Light color wear on tips and light edgewear. Light page toning. Over all an excellent copy.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

On 6/16/2023 at 8:17 PM, mstrange said:

Love Robert Bloch

 You have excellent taste Sir!

[TupennyConan]

On 6/16/2023 at 8:49 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Assignment In Eternity by Robert A. Heinlein   Signet Books #1161   1st PB 1st Print  November 1954      $25

Very nice copy of the 1st PB of this classic Heinlein collection. Richard Powers cover art, showing he could paint realistic art before going fully abstract.

Fine Plus/Very Fine Minus. Appears unread. No Reader crease. Unusual for a Signet. Light thumb bend at bottom front cover, back cover. Light color wear on tips and light edgewear. Light page toning. Over all an excellent copy.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

On 6/16/2023 at 9:06 PM, TupennyConan said:

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Nice. That book is almost 70 years old! Crazy!

[Surfing Alien]

I've been called away. I'm just going to post this last one for sale and come back tomorrow.

One of the most outrageous 1960's/70's paperback cover/stories ever. W.H.O.R.E. by Carter Brown. Signet T4798   1st Printing October 1971    $25  SOLD to crassus

Long leggy cover art by Robert McGinnis. An Al Wheeler mystery.

Fine Plus/Very Fine Minus. Sharp and square. Light surface wear. Virtually no creasing. Light edgewear. Toning to inside covers and pages. A very pretty copy of a classic vintage PB.

 

 

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[Norrin's lawyer]

On 6/16/2023 at 3:37 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Finger Man by Raymond Chandler   Avon 219   1949       $25

One of the most famous and reproduced Avon nipple covers. Probably by Raymond Johnson but we were not sure enough to put it on the checklist. Classic hard boiled Chandler story collection.

Near Fine. Great colors and page quality, Spine is tight with slight slant. Colors are bold, covers are smooth with light wear, mostly to the spine and corners. Tiny stamped "P" on title page. An excellent copy of a classic cover.