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[Microbia]

On 5/25/2023 at 7:39 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Possess Me Not by Fan Nichols   Avon Books No. 346     1951     $25

A  beautiful copy of an amazing Robert Crowl nude Good Girl art cover PB.

Fine plus.   Fantastic gloss, near perfect lamination, Bright, square and tight. Cover very slightly pulled back. Pages are creamy with minimal cover toning. Page edge color is slightly uneven. A very attractive copy with a great GGA cover.

 

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[Microbia]

On 5/27/2023 at 7:34 PM, Surfing Alien said:

A Woman of Samaria by James Wesley Ingles                    Popular Library 299    1950     A classic cover       $30

Another famous nipple cover by Rudolph Belarski

Very Fine minus. Blazing colors. Solid square binding. The book appears unread. A trace of wear along spine. Exceptional page quality.

 

 

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Pirates Of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs  Ace 66502, March 1973   $8 Now $6

First tall Ace edition with a sweet Roy Krenkel, Jr. cover.

Fine Plus. Glossy and unread. Has a couple of spine tics, a light upper corner crease. Small stamp on first page. Pages and interior cover toning. A very nice looking copy.

 

 

 

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Lost on Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs  Ace F-221    August 1963   $15. SOLD to mrlatko

1st American paperback edition. Frank Frazetta animal fight cover.

Fine. Glossy. Spine is solid but has slant. Has a few light finger bends on front, one crease on back bottom left. Pages and interior cover lightly toning. A nice copy.

 

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The Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs  Ace  49291  Second Ace printing     October 1969   $15 SOLD to mrlatko

Gorgeous Frank Frazetta Lost City cover.

Very Fine. Glossy, square, unread copy. Tiny bend on bottom back left corner. Has mild toning to the interiors but looks like it did on the rack. Tough to find any of these Ace editions this nice. (those are shadows from my camera on the back cover, not stains)

 

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[mrlatko]

On 5/27/2023 at 8:15 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Lost on Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs  Ace F-221    August 1963   $15

1st American paperback edition. Frank Frazetta animal fight cover.

Fine. Glossy. Spine is solid but has slant. Has a few light finger bends on front, one crease on back bottom left. Pages and interior cover lightly toning. A nice copy.

 

 

 

 

On 5/27/2023 at 8:27 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs  Ace  49291  Second Ace printing     October 1969   $15

Gorgeous Frank Frazetta Lost City cover.

Very Fine. Glossy, square, unread copy. Tiny bend on bottom back left corner. Has mild toning to the interiors but looks like it did on the rack. Tough to find any of these Ace editions this nice. (those are shadows from my camera on the back cover, not stains)

 

 

 

 

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Tarzan And The Lost Empire by Edgar Rice Burroughs  Ace F-169    November 1962   $15  SOLD to mrlatko

2nd American paperback edition after the famous Dell #536. 1st Frazetta cover edition.   Classic Frazetta Tarzan cover.

Very Good Plus/Fine minus. Glossy. Bright colors. Spine is solid. No reader crease. Has a long non color breaking crease on the mid cover and a couple finger bends. Pages and interior cover lightly toning.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Those last few photos are darker than the books appear in hand because it's night and my photos are in artificial room light. I usually take my pics in daylight by the window of our playroom and they look like in hand. 

That just means it's getting late and I'm going to chill and let the thread ride until tomorrow to list some more fun stuff.  

[mrlatko]

On 5/27/2023 at 9:10 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Tarzan And The Lost Empire by Edgar Rice Burroughs  Ace F-169    November 1962   $15

2nd American paperback edition after the famous Dell #536. 1st Frazetta cover edition.   Classic Frazetta Tarzan cover.

Very Good Plus/Fine minus. Glossy. Bright colors. Spine is solid. No reader crease. Has a long non color breaking crease on the mid cover and a couple finger bends. Pages and interior cover lightly toning.

 

 

 

[mstrange]

On 5/27/2023 at 4:11 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Savage Chase by Frederick Lorenz    Lion Books 223   September 1954   1st Edition PBO     $40   SOLD per PM

Fantastic wrap around Gangsters & GGA cover art by Al Rossi. Just an amazing, gritty, detailed cover to a tough noir thriller.

A eye popping copy. If you know Lion Books at all, you know how tough they are to find like this.

Very Fine minus. Covers bright with blazing gloss, unread. Great page quality. Light toning to interior. A few light finger bends to the edges. They just don't turn up like this often.

 

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So I'm going to kick this off again, I'm posting a few at first but I have a some things to do today, including working on assembling my book cases for the Comic Room, so there will be some pauses. Trying to post as wide a selection of authors, artists and pricing so there's something for everyone.

Speaking of everyone, I think everyone should love Frederic Brown. One of the most inventive storytellers who crosses over from Noir to Science Fiction. He was mostly published by Bantam Books, which are notably fragile around the edges.

 

 

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A Plot for Murder by Frederic Brown      Bantam Book 735   1949             $20  Now $18

 

1st Paperback edition.   Great photo cover, looks like a painted cover.

 

Fine.  Appears very lightly read. Square spine, pages tight and supple. Covers have only minimal creasing and wear. A very  attractive copy overall.

 

 

 

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The Fabulous Clipjoint by Frederic Brown Bantam Book 302 1948                   $20  Now $18

 

1st Paperback edition of the 1948 Edgar Award Winner.     Beautiful Ed Grant GGA Cover

 

Fine Minus/Fine.  Appears unread or very lightly read but has a few issues. Spine has slant but pages tight and supple. Covers have tanning inside but only minimal creasing and wear but the lamination has some lifting and slight peeling as is inevitable with this title. Name stamped inside and on page edge. Still an  attractive copy overall.

 

 

 

 

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Night of The Jabberwock by Frederic Brown     Bantam Book 990   1952       $15   SOLD to OtherEric

 

1st Paperback edition.  Nice Robert Skemp cover. I love how the back cover explains how Brown gets his plot ideas by taking long bus rides

 

Fine minus.  Appears lightly read. Solid spine, slight slant, pages tight, creamy and supple. Covers have only minimal creasing and wear, tiny chip upper right. An  attractive copy overall.

 

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[OtherEric]

On 5/28/2023 at 11:33 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Night of The Jabberwock by Frederic Brown     Bantam Book 990   1952       $15

 

1st Paperback edition.  Nice Robert Skemp cover. I love how the back cover explains how Brown gets his plot ideas by taking long bus rides

 

Fine minus.  Appears lightly read. Solid spine, slight slant, pages tight, creamy and supple. Covers have only minimal creasing and wear, tiny chip upper right. An  attractive copy overall.

 

 

 

[Surfing Alien]

On 5/28/2023 at 2:41 PM, OtherEric said:

Great pick!

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Women In Trouble by James Donner      Monarch MB501   1959      $20 Now $18

An unusual good girl art cover by Robert Maguire

Fine  - appears unread - highly glossy , has a dent at the top front cover that doesn't break the color  otherwise only  the slightest hints of wear. Would be a super high grade without dent, which really is unobtrusive but there nonetheless.

 

 

 

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The Devil Finds Work by Michael Delving       Leisure Books LB487DK  1969              $20.  SOLD to Tupenny Conan

 

Incredible altar sacrifice GGA Art. One of the many 1960's - 70's popular novels delving into the occult, satanism and other sundry cult like activities

 

Very Fine - like new. Binding tight and square pages tight and supple. Appears unread. Virtually no wear.

 

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Just Ask For Margaret by W.B. Tasker       Midwood Books 26     1959      $22.   SOLD to thecollectron

Midwood books were the essence of  '60's Good Girl sleaze thanks to the awesome GGA covers by Paul Rader, of which this one is a super example.

 

Very Good Plus/Near Fine. Very fresh and glossy copy, looks like a Fine Plus or better from the front. Spine is slanted and pages uneven but still tight. Very light creasing and wear. A very tough and beautiful vintage paperback.

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Flashing Swords #1 Edited by Lin Carter   Dell 2640     1973    1st Edition. Sword and Sorcery stories by Vance, Leiber, Anderson,  et al.                $20    SOLD to OtherEric

With the classic Frank Frazetta Barbarian Warrior cover.

Fine Plus/Very Fine minus. Tough black cover. Glossy and unread. Light ding at the top spine. Has a couple of light handling creases on back cover. Pages and interior are nice. A very new looking copy.

 

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