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

[mstrange]

On 7/10/2023 at 2:04 PM, Surfing Alien said:

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

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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[Surfing Alien]

On 7/10/2023 at 5:05 PM, mstrange said:

On 7/10/2023 at 5:04 PM, Surfing Alien said:

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

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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Wise choice, among others today I look high and wide for vintage pbs and that is a tough find and about as blue chip a horror pb as there is.

[Surfing Alien]

Ok, I'm going to take a break for now. If I have energy later I'll come back with some more of that GGA been called for around here

[mstrange]

On 7/10/2023 at 2:08 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Wise choice, among others today I look high and wide for vintage pbs and that is a tough find and about as blue chip a horror pb as there is.

Yes I've never seen a high grade copy of that book.  I owned a beater well read copy before but this was a no brainer knew this wasn't going to last long if I hesitated.  Thanks for offering this gem.  

[Surfing Alien]

The Hellcat by Carter Brown  Signet D3533   Third print with the white background. Undated. Late 1960's    $22  SOLD to crassus

Killer GGA cover art by Robert McGinnis in high grade. Sweet copy of the later print with white background.

Fine Plus/Very Fine Minus. Bright, glossy, square and solid. Great page quality. Light edge wear. Excelsior!

 

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[Randall Dowling]

Happy Birthday, SA!!! 

[Surfing Alien]

A Murderer Among Us by Carter Brown  Signet P4081  Third print Undated. Late 1960's    $20  SOLD to jimjum12

Sexy, trippy, hippy good girl cover art by Robert McGinnis

Very Fine Minus. Bright, glossy, square and solid. Great page quality. A light crease on back cover keeps this from full VF status.

 

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[Randall Dowling]

On 7/10/2023 at 10:19 PM, Surfing Alien said:

 

I like the directness to this back cover.  They're not mincing words.  They're going directly to the heart of the issue.

[Randall Dowling]

All of these Carter Brown books are making me wish I had more Carter Brown books.  Which is saying something because I already have quite a few. 

[Surfing Alien]

Maybe the only thing better than Carter Brown books are the Robert Maguire Cover Hank Janson Books?

Hell's Angels by Hank Janson. One of 3? I believe Maguire Covers for the Janson 60's series with Gold Star

 Gold Star IL7-16    $30  SOLD to goldust40

Fine Plus - a super square, glossy copy with light surface wear and bends. A top tier GGA cover.

 

 

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[N e r V]

Wow. Just looked him up.

322 published Carter Brown novels. That’s a really big series…

[N e r V]

On 7/10/2023 at 8:21 PM, Randall Dowling said:

I like the directness to this back cover.  They're not mincing words.  They're going directly to the heart of the issue.

I think you’d be happy reading this one too…

[Randall Dowling]

On 7/10/2023 at 10:42 PM, N e r V said:

I think you’d be happy reading this one too…

I have a copy of that! 

[goldust40]

On 7/11/2023 at 4:29 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Maybe the only thing better than Carter Brown books are the Robert Maguire Cover Hank Janson Books?

Hell's Angels by Hank Janson. One of 3? I believe Maguire Covers for the Janson 60's series with Gold Star

 Gold Star IL7-16    $30

Fine Plus - a super square, glossy copy with light surface wear and bends. A top tier GGA cover.

 

 

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Brazen Seductress by Hank Janson.  Gold Star IL7-13    $25   SOLD to mstrange

I like the directness of this front cover title. 

Killer Robert Maguire cover art.

I'm gonna call this Fine/Fine Plus - Better and more perfect overall than "Hell's Angel" but has a small piece of another book stuck on the back cover. Easy job for a pro removal, but I'm not touching it. Priced accordingly.  A spectacular GGA cover.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

On 7/10/2023 at 11:36 PM, N e r V said:

Wow. Just looked him up.

322 published Carter Brown novels. That’s a really big series…

Just don't get started and you'll be ok

[N e r V]

On 7/10/2023 at 9:04 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Just don't get started and you'll be ok

Not going to try but damn that would be an impressive set to own based on the covers I’ve seen. I grew up in the era in comics where you had to own All Star comics #1-57 as a starting point of a true collector but 322 books is pretty impressive…

[mstrange]

On 7/10/2023 at 9:01 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Brazen Seductress by Hank Janson.  Gold Star IL7-13    $25

I like the directness of this front cover title. 

Killer Robert Maguire cover art.

I'm gonna call this Fine/Fine Plus - Better and more perfect overall than "Hell's Angel" but has a small piece of another book stuck on the back cover. Easy job for a pro removal, but I'm not touching it. Priced accordingly.  A spectacular GGA cover.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

On 7/11/2023 at 12:12 AM, N e r V said:

Not going to try but damn that would be an impressive set to own based on the covers I’ve seen. I grew up in the era in comics where you had to own All Star comics #1-57 as a starting point of a true collector but 322 books is pretty impressive…

It sure is. I think artist sets are even more impressive than author sets but, of course, they only had to paint a cover, not write a book!  Robert McGinnis is still alive. I think he's 97. He's painted over 1200 pb covers per wiki, which i'll say is accurate per my experience. The vintage pb world is vast.

 

[crassus]

On 7/10/2023 at 11:10 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Hellcat by Carter Brown  Signet D3533   Third print with the white background. Undated. Late 1960's    $22

Killer GGA cover art by Robert McGinnis in high grade. Sweet copy of the later print with white background.

Fine Plus/Very Fine Minus. Bright, glossy, square and solid. Great page quality. Light edge wear. Excelsior!

I asked and truly, you delivered, many thanks