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[Surfing Alien]

Long Time No Leola by Carter Brown     Signet D3190   First Edition, First Printing July 1967    $25  SOLD to crassus

Great copy of this Nekkid Good Girl cover by Robert McGinnis

Very Fine Minus/Very Fine. Solid, square binding. Great colors and gloss. Just has some light edgewear and surface wear. A top copy.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

The DumDum Murder by Carter Brown    Signet S2196  First Edition First Printing October 1962    $20  SOLD to crassus

Booty call! Excellent early McGinnis "tailights" cover

Fine Plus.  Square solid spine, glossy and tight, has some light finger bends and surface wear. Has a name in pen on the first page and a bunch of the Carter Brown titles crossed out in pencil on the checklist on page 2.   There were already 40 titles by October 1962!

 

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[Surfing Alien]

The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Ace 47022   2nd Tall Frazetta   Undated, probably 1973 or 1974   $12  SOLD to N e r V

Awesome Alien crash landing cover by Frazetta

Fine Plus. Structurally Very Fine. Unread, square and tight with virtually no handling wear. Has a bit of tiny color speckling that I''m downgrading a little for.

 

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[N e r V]

On 7/11/2023 at 6:40 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Ace 47022   2nd Tall Frazetta   Undated, probably 1973 or 1974   $12

Awesome Alien crash landing cover by Frazetta

Fine Plus. Structurally Very Fine. Unread, square and tight with virtually no handling wear. Has a bit of tiny color speckling that I''m downgrading a little for.

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[Surfing Alien]

Carson of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs  Ace  09202     $12  SOLD to mstrange

Large Sea Serpent Frazetta cover. Later print of the Ace "Tall" edition.

Fine/Very Fine. Super glossy, appears unread. No reader crease, has a light finger bend to bottom cover and a light color scrape at right. Tiny edgewear. Bright  and white copy.

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[crassus]

On 7/11/2023 at 9:16 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Long Time No Leola by Carter Brown     Signet D3190   First Edition, First Printing July 1967    $25

Great copy of this Nekkid Good Girl cover by Robert McGinnis

Very Fine Minus/Very Fine. Solid, square binding. Great colors and gloss. Just has some light edgewear and surface wear. A top copy.

[crassus]

On 7/11/2023 at 9:28 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The DumDum Murder by Carter Brown    Signet S2196  First Edition First Printing October 1962    $20

Booty call! Excellent early McGinnis "tailights" cover

Fine Plus.  Square solid spine, glossy and tight, has some light finger bends and surface wear. Has a name in pen on the first page and a bunch of the Carter Brown titles crossed out in pencil on the checklist on page 2.   There were already 40 titles by October 1962!

[mstrange]

On 7/11/2023 at 6:54 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Carson of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs  Ace  09202     $12

Large Sea Serpent Frazetta cover. Later print of the Ace "Tall" edition.

Fine/Very Fine. Super glossy, appears unread. No reader crease, has a light finger bend to bottom cover and a light color scrape at right. Tiny edgewear. Bright  and white copy.

 

 

 

 

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[Surfing Alien]

I think that's gonna be it for tonight. I don't have any more pics taken from this afternoon and my OCD hates the way the covers come out under purely artificial light.

Thanks for all the takes, likes & PM's   There's plenty more to be released so stay tuned in. I'm surely going to be letting some Ace's and Avons loose, maybe some Popular Library's and still have some art covers stashed away to list.

[jimjum12]

On 7/11/2023 at 9:14 AM, Surfing Alien said:

The Dream Is Deadly by Carter Brown  Signet S1845  First Printing. October 1960    $20

Incredible Good Girl with a skull cover art by Barye Phillips. The early Brown books are much tougher than the later ones.

Phillips, "The King", as dubbed by his fellow artists, was the first Carter Brown artist in the late 1950's and is probably the only artist more prolific than McGinnis.  It is estimated that he painted over 1000 covers but he passed away in 1969 so didn't have the longetivity of McGinnis. I consider him the Babe Ruth of GGA compared to McGinnis' Aaron, to use a baseball analogy. He didn't paint quite as many covers but they were compressed into a much shorter career.

Fine/Fine Plus. Bright and glossy. Spine is solid and tight, has slight slant. Nice page quality. Price penned out, light gum remnant on cover and a light crease on back cover keeps this from higher grades but is a nice example with the awesome cover image presenting nicely.

GOD BLESS .... 

-jimbo(afriend of jesus)

[Surfing Alien]

On 7/12/2023 at 3:36 AM, jimjum12 said:

On 7/11/2023 at 9:14 AM, Surfing Alien said:

The Dream Is Deadly by Carter Brown  Signet S1845  First Printing. October 1960    $20

Incredible Good Girl with a skull cover art by Barye Phillips. The early Brown books are much tougher than the later ones.

Phillips, "The King", as dubbed by his fellow artists, was the first Carter Brown artist in the late 1950's and is probably the only artist more prolific than McGinnis.  It is estimated that he painted over 1000 covers but he passed away in 1969 so didn't have the longetivity of McGinnis. I consider him the Babe Ruth of GGA compared to McGinnis' Aaron, to use a baseball analogy. He didn't paint quite as many covers but they were compressed into a much shorter career.

Fine/Fine Plus. Bright and glossy. Spine is solid and tight, has slight slant. Nice page quality. Price penned out, light gum remnant on cover and a light crease on back cover keeps this from higher grades but is a nice example with the awesome cover image presenting nicely.

GOD BLESS .... 

-jimbo(afriend of jesus)

Well played! Two awesome cover genre's (GGA & Skull covers) tied up in one amazing composition!

[Surfing Alien]

Been a real busy morning but I'm going to try to get this thread fired back up with some promised Aces and others....

Ace D-41 DAY KEENE Death House Doll (cover by Harry Barton; 1953; listed as "ACE Original") and D-41b THOMAS B. DEWEY Mourning After (cover by Victor Olson; 1953; listed as "complete and unabridged")     $45  SOLD to OtherEric

A stunning copy from the High Grade collection. A condition rarity. You just don't run across these looking like this and it's a Key book with great cover art to boot.

Very Fine minus. Just some hairline creasing and light edgewear. Definitely wasn't read. Killer colors and gloss like so many books from this collection. It has a musty smell from storage in it's former owners basement but it was certainly out of the light for many years.

 

 

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[Surfing Alien]

D-439 DUANE DECKER The Devil's Punchbowl (cover by Robert Maguire; 1960; listed as "Complete Novel") and D-439b OWEN DUDLEY( aka DUDLEY DEAN MacGAUGHEY)  Run If You Can (1960; listed as "First Book Publication")     $18 SOLD to OtherEric

Another great double with Maguire art. Run If You Can looks like it could be Harry Barton but it remains uncredited.

Fine/Fine Plus. Spine has slight slant but it's solid and the covers are smooth with hairline readers creases and minimal wear.

 

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[OtherEric]

On 7/12/2023 at 10:28 AM, Surfing Alien said:

D-439 DUANE DECKER The Devil's Punchbowl (cover by Robert Maguire; 1960; listed as "Complete Novel") and D-439b OWEN DUDLEY( aka DUDLEY DEAN MacGAUGHEY)  Run If You Can (1960; listed as "First Book Publication")     $18

Another great double with Maguire art. Run If You Can looks like it could be Harry Barton but it remains uncredited.

Fine/Fine Plus. Spine has slight slant but it's solid and the covers are smooth with hairline readers creases and minimal wear.

 

[Surfing Alien]

Ace D-135 MILTON K. OZAKI Maid for Murder (1955; listed as "complete and unabridged") and JAMES HADLEY CHASE (aka RENE BRABAZON RAYMOND) Dead Ringer (cover by Harry Barton; 1955)   $12 SOLD to OtherEric

Classic covers and authors combined here for a great double double.

Very Good/Very Good Plus. Solid and tight. Has a fair amount of edgewear and creasing but not beat. A collectible copy that can still be read carefully if desired.

 

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[OtherEric]

On 7/12/2023 at 10:35 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Ace D-135 MILTON K. OZAKI Maid for Murder (1955; listed as "complete and unabridged") and JAMES HADLEY CHASE (aka RENE BRABAZON RAYMOND) Dead Ringer (cover by Harry Barton; 1955)   $12

Classic covers and authors combined here for a great double double.

Very Good/Very Good Plus. Solid and tight. Has a fair amount of edgewear and creasing but not beat. A collectible copy that can still be read carefully if desired.

[OtherEric]

On 7/12/2023 at 10:21 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Been a real busy morning but I'm going to try to get this thread fired back up with some promised Aces and others....

Ace D-41 DAY KEENE Death House Doll (cover by Harry Barton; 1953; listed as "ACE Original") and D-41b THOMAS B. DEWEY Mourning After (cover by Victor Olson; 1953; listed as "complete and unabridged")     $45

A stunning copy from the High Grade collection. A condition rarity. You just don't run across these looking like this and it's a Key book with great cover art to boot.

Very Fine minus. Just some hairline creasing and light edgewear. Definitely wasn't read. Killer colors and gloss like so many books from this collection. It has a musty smell from storage in it's former owners basement but it was certainly out of the light for many years.

 

[Surfing Alien]

D-71 GORDON ASHE (aka JOHN CREASEY) Drop Dead! (cover by Harry Barton; 1954) and D-71b MARGARET SCHERF The Case of the Hated Senator (original title: Dead: Senate Office Building; 1954; listed as "complete and unabridged")   $12 SOLD to OtherEric

Love that cover on Drop Dead and, on the flip side, politicians aren't people's favorite folks these days either

Very Good/Very Good Plus. Similar to the previous post - Very solid and tight but with the usual collection of wear and creasing found on early Ace's.

 

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[OtherEric]

On 7/12/2023 at 10:44 AM, Surfing Alien said:

D-71 GORDON ASHE (aka JOHN CREASEY) Drop Dead! (cover by Harry Barton; 1954) and D-71b MARGARET SCHERF The Case of the Hated Senator (original title: Dead: Senate Office Building; 1954; listed as "complete and unabridged")   $12

Love that cover on Drop Dead and, on the flip side, politicians aren't people's favorite folks these days either

Very Good/Very Good Plus. Similar to the previous post - Very solid and tight but with the usual collection of wear and creasing found on early Ace's.

 

[PopKulture]

On 7/12/2023 at 12:35 PM, OtherEric said:

That’s a solid “take” on the D-41!

The longer it sat there unclaimed, the greater the temptation would’ve been…