CLOSED - THANKS To ALL! - Surfing Alien's July Birthday Release of the Honey Gold hoard of Vintage Paperbacks 2 2

[Surfing Alien]

Moran's Woman by Day Keene. Zenith Books ZB-24 July 1959. A PBO.  Incredible Betty Page painted cover art.  $35 SOLD to mstrange

A rare and sought after book in any condition. Zenith Books was Martin Goodman's continuation of the Lion Books line, publishing original novels with cover art by his stable of artists from the Men's Magazines. They are all pretty tough to find. This art is uncredited to date but the subject is clear and cross collected by non book collectors.

Very Good Plus. Spine has some slant but is tight and complete, book somewhat cocked due to the spine. Fairly light reader crease in the black and and light long crease to the lower right. A few light creases and color flecks on rear.  Looks like there could be a trace of marker in the black on front but I don't have a black light. Cover colors are bold though and inside covers only lightly toned. Pages toned. 

Despite the mentioned issues, a nice bright, collectible copy of a very tough book. I'd be asking double if not for the uncertainty about the reader crease.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Queen of Sheba by Gardner F. Fox Gold Medal Giant S549    1st Print January 1956  Classic cover.   $20 SOLD to mstrange

Historical adventure by the famous comic book writer. Great wraparound cover of bare breasted women by MAM painter John Floherty Jr.

Near Fine/Fine, has edgewear, mostly to spine edges, a small chip in spine and light creasing to lower right corner, otherwise cover is bright, smooth and glossy. The price sticker is factory.

 

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[mstrange]

On 7/9/2023 at 8:39 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Queen of Sheba by Gardner F. Fox Gold Medal Giant S549    1st Print January 1956  Classic cover.   $20

Historical adventure by the famous comic book writer. Great wraparound cover of bare breasted women by MAM painter John Floherty Jr.

Near Fine/Fine, has edgewear, mostly to spine edges, a small chip in spine and light creasing to lower right corner, otherwise cover is bright, smooth and glossy. The price sticker is factory.

 

 

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[Surfing Alien]

That's going to be it until this evening perhaps. I have a ton of stuff to list this week so stay tuned, the getting keeps getting good! Thanks for the takes, you are a sharp eyed group!

 

[mstrange]

On 7/9/2023 at 8:23 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Moran's Woman by Day Keene. Zenith Books ZB-24 July 1959. A PBO.  Incredible Betty Page painted cover art.  $35

A rare and sought after book in any condition. Zenith Books was Martin Goodman's continuation of the Lion Books line, publishing original novels with cover art by his stable of artists from the Men's Magazines. They are all pretty tough to find. This art is uncredited to date but the subject is clear and cross collected by non book collectors.

Very Good Plus. Spine has some slant but is tight and complete, book somewhat cocked due to the spine. Fairly light reader crease in the black and and light long crease to the lower right. A few light creases and color flecks on rear.  Looks like there could be a trace of marker in the black on front but I don't have a black light. Cover colors are bold though and inside covers only lightly toned. Pages toned. 

Despite the mentioned issues, a nice bright, collectible copy of a very tough book. I'd be asking double if not for the uncertainty about the reader crease.

 

 

For a second there I thought this was a Bettie page book

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[Surfing Alien]

On 7/9/2023 at 11:43 AM, mstrange said:

For a second there I thought this was a Bettie page book

Well, she is on the cover!

[mstrange]

On 7/9/2023 at 8:43 AM, mstrange said:

For a second there I thought this was a Bettie page book

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[mstrange]

On 7/9/2023 at 8:23 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Moran's Woman by Day Keene. Zenith Books ZB-24 July 1959. A PBO.  Incredible Betty Page painted cover art.  $35

A rare and sought after book in any condition. Zenith Books was Martin Goodman's continuation of the Lion Books line, publishing original novels with cover art by his stable of artists from the Men's Magazines. They are all pretty tough to find. This art is uncredited to date but the subject is clear and cross collected by non book collectors.

Very Good Plus. Spine has some slant but is tight and complete, book somewhat cocked due to the spine. Fairly light reader crease in the black and and light long crease to the lower right. A few light creases and color flecks on rear.  Looks like there could be a trace of marker in the black on front but I don't have a black light. Cover colors are bold though and inside covers only lightly toned. Pages toned. 

Despite the mentioned issues, a nice bright, collectible copy of a very tough book. I'd be asking double if not for the uncertainty about the reader crease.

 

 

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[Robot Man]

These books really bring back memories. My grandpa used to read mystery PBs voraciously. He had tons of Carter Brown and Perry Mason and others in his study where I slept when visiting as a little kid. I used to check out the covers when no one was around. All those beautiful babes! No wonder I became a GGA comic collector as an adult…

[Surfing Alien]

On 7/9/2023 at 11:53 AM, Robot Man said:

These books really bring back memories. My grandpa used to read mystery PBs voraciously. He had tons of Carter Brown and Perry Mason and others in his study where I slept when visiting as a little kid. I used to check out the covers when no one was around. All those beautiful babes! No wonder I became a GGA comic collector as an adult…

I read mostly science fiction as a kid but have read a ton of the mystery/noir books since getting back into collecting pbs six or seven years ago. I started getting them for the aforementioned good girl covers but started reading them and got hooked. (It didn't hurt that I started with Cornell Woolrich) I do chuckle whenever these guys and dolls worry about using pay phones and other dated tech and think they'd never make it as crooks today with all the cameras and cell phones around!

[Surfing Alien]

I've kind of made it my business to make sure I offer up a wide variety of material on these threads, not just Frazetta and GGA, even though those are pretty dern good sellers. Fellow Boardies can attest I can get pretty gabby about vintage pb's but it's a sincere appreciation of all the different publishers and their impact on society. There can't be any doubt that the "Greatest Generation" became the most widely literate generation in history at the time due to the democratization of books brought on by cheap mass market pbs in the 1940's - 50's.

I have some work to do today but I'm going to try to get on here and there and post more cool stuff, starting with a stack of nice Dells for your enjoyment and education.

In 1943, Dell became the third "Big" publisher of a long running series (after Pocket in 1939 and Avon in 1941). Popular Library followed suit soon after. Early Dell's were strong on Mystery titles and featured map back covers starting at #5 and throughout the first 500 or so numbers. The airbrushed Art Deco cover art is eerie and symbolic and gives the early numbers a unique look of their own.  Dell's from the early 40's have a stiff cardboard cover paper and they are extremely hard to find without the covers having hard creases that break the color and torn up lamination if they are laminated issues.

 

[Surfing Alien]

Speak No Evil by Mignon G. Eberhart    Early Mapback.    Dell #25    1944    $20

Great Gerald Gregg airbrushed Jade Monkeys cover. An Art Deco classic from the early Dell period. There's something magical about early Dells that you just have to hold them to appreciate (it just might be the Eye in the Keyhole colophon!)

Near Fine/Fine. Very nice for an early Dell.  Great color. Solid binding has slight twist, pages tight and supple. Very little spine or edgewear and only miniscule creases. A couple of indents to the covers.

 

[Surfing Alien]

Crime Hound by Mary Semple Scott    Early Mapback.     Dell #34    1944    $15

Another great Gerald Gregg cover with shotgun shells in a handprint. A thing of beauty. This cover also has the "giant eyeball keyhole" colophon, which was on some of the early Dells, this is one of the last of them. It's about twice the size of the smaller colophon.

Very Good Plus.  Great color. Solid binding has slight slant, pages tight and supple. Light readers creasing and a few minor creases. Nice copy of a tough book.

[piper]

Any Sci Fi books planned in this round?

[Surfing Alien]

On 7/10/2023 at 10:16 AM, piper said:

Any Sci Fi books planned in this round?

Not this morning but probably this evening

[Surfing Alien]

Suspense Stories collected by Alfred Hitchcock     Mapback    Dell #92    1945    $18 SOLD to conan09279

Classic Alfred Hitchcock Spiderweb cover. The first Hitchcock Horror/Suspense collection.

Very Good/Very Good Plus. Another one from before Dell used lamination or gloss on covers. Great color. Solid square binding, pages tight and supple. Spine has some wear, has a readers crease and some small bends and creases associated with the grade.  A pretty nice copy of a classic Dell that is usually found as a rag.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

On 7/10/2023 at 10:16 AM, piper said:

Any Sci Fi books planned in this round?

I do have a couple nice Dell Sci Fi books I may throw in the mix later

[crassus]

On 7/10/2023 at 10:16 AM, piper said:

Any Sci Fi books planned in this round?

I have a very important follow up question, any saucy and smoking hot sex kitten covers coming up?

[Surfing Alien]

On 7/10/2023 at 11:05 AM, crassus said:

I have a very important follow up question, any saucy and smoking hot sex kitten covers coming up?

Maybe tonight. I have a few lined up that will make your eyeballs smoke

[Surfing Alien]

The So Blue Marble by Dorothy B. Hughes     Mapback     Dell #100   1946    $8  

Gorgeous blue coloring on this pretty Dell mystery cover.

Very Good. A nice appearing copy with some light lamination creasing. Bold colors and super glossy lamination. Solid binding has slight slant, pages tight and supple. Lamination is intact with only minor flaws.  Pages are heavily toned so I have downgraded it. Would call it Fine or Fine Plus otherwise. Still a great looking copy and priced accordingly.