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[Surfing Alien]

Death In Five Boxes by Carter Dickson (John Dickson Carr)     Mapback     Dell #108    1946    $12  SOLD to popkulture

A very nice copy of a tough early Dell by one of the foremost mystery writers. Great cover art.

Fine Minus. An above average copy with one long crease down cover that doesn't break color but does bend the cardboard cover. A couple of white stains inside front cover. Looks fresh and new. Bold colors and super glossy lamination. Solid binding has slight slant, pages tight and supple. Lamination is completely intact with only minor flaws.  

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Bar The Doors Selected by Alfred Hitchcock     Mapback!     Dell #143    1946    $40  

Classic Gerald Gregg Horror cover. An astonishingly fresh and nice copy of one of the best Dell Hitchcock Horror books. From the High Grade collection I bought many books out of last year.

Very Fine Minus. A killer copy with only a couple of very light lamination creases. Looks fresh and new. Bold colors and super glossy lamination. Solid square binding, pages tight and supple. Lamination is completely intact with only the tiniest flaws.  A superior copy of an all time classic vintage paperback.

 

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Interesting year for Hitchcock. Notorious was out and he was going through a decade of hits and misses still (although many gems in there) and was about 5 years away from a astounding run in film and TV.

[conan09279]

On 7/10/2023 at 10:24 AM, Surfing Alien said:

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

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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The opportunity to read Leinigen versus the Ants again - I’ll definitely take that. 

[Surfing Alien]

Hammett Homicides by Dashiell Hammett     Mapback     Dell #223    1948    $30 

A pretty stellar copy of this hard boiled pulp collection with a great Art Deco airbrush cover by Gerald Gregg.

Fine Plus. About as good as you can usually hope for with a laminated Dell. Solid square binding, pages tight and supple. Covers are nice with some surface creasing in the lamination. If you collect Dells from this period you know what I'm talking about, it's like ripples on the surface of the lamination, not through the covers and they don't break any color. Light edge and cornerwear.  Lamination is intact with tiny flaws and very slight lifting to the corners. Small, light stain on the spine lamination.  A superior copy of an all time classic vintage paperback.

 

[Surfing Alien]

Suspense Stories selected by Alfred Hitchcock     Mapback     Dell 367    1950    $12

Last of the great Dell Hitchcock Horror/Suspense collections. About the time Dell moved heavily towards more realistic cover art in response to all the GGA crowding the stands

Very Good/Very Good Plus. Looks better but has glue shrinkage at spine which makes spine wrinkled. Still a nice looking copy. This is after they ended lamination and started glossing the cover paper. Solid square binding, despite the waviness, pages tight and supple. Very glossy. Spine has light wear, light readers crease.  Perfect reader copy that still displays well.

 

[Surfing Alien]

The Other One by Catherine Turney      Dell 695    1953      $12  SOLD to mstrange

Black magic and sorcery, tough to find in nice condition. Gorgeous Bob Hilbert cover art

Fine. Solid square binding, light spine and edgewear. Hair of a reader crease on front NCB crease on back.

 

 

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[mstrange]

On 7/10/2023 at 10:52 AM, Surfing Alien said:

The Other One by Catherine Turney      Dell 695    1953      $12

Black magic and sorcery, tough to find in nice condition. Gorgeous Bob Hilbert cover art

Fine. Solid square binding, light spine and edgewear. Hair of a reader crease on front NCB crease on back.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Beyond Infinity by Robert Spencer Carr      Dell 781    1954      $10

Collection of Carr's Science Fiction novelettes. Early Richard Powers cover art.

Carr was an interesting character. He had stories published in Weird Tales as early as 16 years old and was a Hollywood screen writer at 20. According to his son, he fabricated the story of the Alien Autopsy at Roswell.

Fine. Solid square binding, spine wear, mostly at top spine edge, and light edgewear. Couple of color chips. Hair of a reader crease along spine edge.

 

 

[Surfing Alien]

The Long Loud Silence by Wilson Tucker  Dell 791 1954    $12  SOLD to goldust40

Noted Post-Apocalypse novel by the Hugo winning fan/writer.  More early Richard Powers cover art.

Fine plus. Very nice square binding, light readers creases front and back and light edgewear. A nice copy.

 

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[goldust40]

On 7/10/2023 at 7:13 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Long Loud Silence by Wilson Tucker  Dell 791 1954    $12

Noted Post-Apocalypse novel by the Hugo winning fan/writer.  More early Richard Powers cover art.

Fine plus. Very nice square binding, light readers creases front and back and light edgewear. A nice copy.

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[Surfing Alien]

Since I kind of transitioned into some Dell Sci Fi, I think I'll keep the Sci Fi going for a bit more

Line to Tomorrow by Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore)  Bantam 1251  1954   1st PB Collection   $15

A great collection, including "A Gnome There Was" by the Weird Tales & Astounding authors with a wild Mitchell Hooks cover

Fine/Fine Plus. Square spine, pages tight, bright colors, nice cover gloss. Light reader crease and edge wear. A very nice copy.

 

[Surfing Alien]

The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer   Pyramid G579   1st PB 1st Print  January 1961   $15  SOLD to mstrange

Sweet copy of this 1st PB of Rohmer's greatest creation. Cover art by Mort Engle

Fine Plus/Very Fine Minus.  From the High Grade Collection. Unread. Great color and gloss. Sharp spine and corners. Has a long light finger bend on front and minor feathering on the back. Tough black cover book.

 

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[mstrange]

On 7/10/2023 at 12:57 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer   Pyramid G579   1st PB 1st Print  January 1961   $15

Sweet copy of this 1st PB of Rohmer's greatest creation. Cover art by Mort Engle

Fine Plus/Very Fine Minus.  From the High Grade Collection. Unread. Great color and gloss. Sharp spine and corners. Has a long light finger bend on front and minor feathering on the back. Tough black cover book.

 

 

[Surfing Alien]

The Lenient Beast by Fredric Brown   Bantam 1712   1st PB 1st Print  January 1958   $18

First PB of one of Brown's inventive crime stories, told from a different POV in each chapter. Topped with a Killer Mitchell Hooks cover.

Fine Plus/Very Fine Minus.  Another tough Black cover book. Unread or lightly read. Great color. Sharp spine and corners. Has a hairline crease at the spine edge, some edgewear and surface rubbing that you can only see in hand. Couple very light finger bends. Fading to the page edge dye. Loose card insert from the Detective Book Club is present and very scarce. When the inserts are glued in they are usually present but you rarely see the loose ones still in the book.

 

[Surfing Alien]

1984 by George Orwell   Signet S798    1st Paperback Edition with the famous Alan Harmon cover art.   14th Printing with the Black border and Movie Tie-in from May 1956.  The Black movie tie-in printings are much rarer than the later secondary Red border printings.   $50  SOLD to goldust40

Not much to say except it's one of the most famous covers in vintage Science Fiction and one of the most significant anti-totalitarian writings of the 20th century. If you don't have one, you need one and this is a very reasonable price/condition ratio.

Very Good/Very Good plus.  Square and tight. Covers glossy. A fair amount of spine edge wear to the front edge is the biggest wear point, along with a light upper right corner crease. Pages toned as usual but solid in the binding, which is notorious for splitting and falling apart.

 

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[goldust40]

On 7/10/2023 at 9:27 PM, Surfing Alien said:

1984 by George Orwell   Signet S798    1st Paperback Edition with the famous Alan Harmon cover art.   14th Printing with the Black border and Movie Tie-in from May 1956.  The Black movie tie-in printings are much rarer than the later secondary Red border printings.   $50

Not much to say except it's one of the most famous covers in vintage Science Fiction and one of the most significant anti-totalitarian writings of the 20th century. If you don't have one, you need one and this is a very reasonable price/condition ratio.

Very Good/Very Good plus.  Square and tight. Covers glossy. A fair amount of spine edge wear to the front edge is the biggest wear point, along with a light upper right corner crease. Pages toned as usual but solid in the binding, which is notorious for splitting and falling apart.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

West World by Michael Crichton Bantam Q8441    Movie Tie In Edition  March 1974    $50 SOLD to mstrange

Scarce movie tie in with the Yul Brynner cover and 32 pages of photos.  This book has dried up in top condition.

Very Fine minus. Bright white covers, unread. Has a narrow bend/fold at the bottom cover, tiny stains to top spine and slight wear to the corners and edges but a very fresh copy with great page quality and no writing inside.

 

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[mstrange]

On 7/10/2023 at 1:48 PM, Surfing Alien said:

West World by Michael Crichton Bantam Q8441    Movie Tie In Edition     $50

Scarce movie tie in with the Yul Brynner cover and 32 pages of photos.  This book has dried up in top condition.

Very Fine minus. Bright white covers, unread. Has a narrow bend/fold at the bottom cover, tiny stains to top spine and slight wear to the corners and edges but a very fresh copy with great page quality and no writing inside.

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[Surfing Alien]

The Lurking Fear by H.P. Lovecraft    Avon Books 136    1947    $90  SOLD to mstrange

First PB of this story/collection. Cover art by A. R. Tilburne swiped from Virgil Finlay's cover for Weird Tales, 1939

A cornerstone H.P. Lovecraft vintage pb and a condition rarity. If you collect this stuff, you'll know this book is impossible to find with a smooth uncreased cover.

Fine plus. Solid spine has slant but tight and solid. Covers are smooth and super glossy. The front cover is spectacular for this book with hairline creasing at the upper edge and a few tiny color breaks. Back cover has a couple light finger bends and a small bindery type chip at upper left corner. An amazing copy of a 76 year old black cover top tier vintage pb that is always beat. I should probably keep it but I have a very slightly better one and so willing to let this go.

 

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