CLOSED - THANKS TO ALL! 30% off anything unsold - Re-Cap On Page 1 Surfing Alien's September Scrooge McDuck-like Treasure Bin of Golden Age Paperbacks 5 5

[N e r V]

On 9/2/2023 at 5:22 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Shadow, The Black Master   #2 in the series by Maxwell Grant         Pyramid N3478   October 1974      $25

Gorgeous Jim Steranko cover art

Very Fine minus. Glossy copy with a smooth cover. Great colors and off white pages, minimal toning to interiors. Traces of edgewear, slightly blunt corners at right front, small finger bend at lower back cover. A bit of fading and spotting to page edge stain. A really nice copy with nit picking flaws I'm mentioning.

 

Take

[Surfing Alien]

The Shadow, The Mobsmen on the Spot   #3 in the series by Maxwell Grant         Pyramid N3554   December 1974      $25  SOLD to N e r V

Haunting Jim Steranko cover art. Renaissance like lighting effects on this one.

Fine Plus/Very Fine minus. Square glossy copy with a smooth cover. Great colors and off white pages, minimal toning to interiors. Light edgewear, a bit of stress at spine on rear, minor curl from glue shrinkage. A bit of fading and spotting to page edge stain. Pretty pretty copy.

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Edited September 3, 2023 by Surfing Alien
Sold

[N e r V]

On 9/2/2023 at 5:30 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Shadow, The Mobsmen on the Spot   #3 in the series by Maxwell Grant         Pyramid N3554   December 1974      $25

Haunting Jim Steranko cover art. Renaissance like lighting effects on this one.

Fine Plus/Very Fine minus. Square glossy copy with a smooth cover. Great colors and off white pages, minimal toning to interiors. Light edgewear, a bit of stress at spine on rear, minor curl from glue shrinkage. A bit of fading and spotting to page edge stain. Pretty pretty copy.

 

 

Take

[Surfing Alien]

The Shadow, The Master of Darkness   #8 in the series by Maxwell Grant         Pyramid N3876  September 1975      $15  SOLD to N e r V

More moody Jim Steranko cover art

Fine Plus. Glossy copy with a smooth cover surface with a couple of light bends and a small color nick. Great colors and off white pages, minimal toning to interiors. Light edgewear. Spine wrinkle from glue shrinkage

 

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Spoiler

 

Edited September 3, 2023 by Surfing Alien
Sold

[N e r V]

On 9/2/2023 at 5:56 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Shadow, The Master of Darkness   #8 in the series by Maxwell Grant         Pyramid N3876  September 1975      $15

More moody Jim Steranko cover art

Fine Plus. Glossy copy with a smooth cover surface with a couple of light bends and a small color nick. Great colors and off white pages, minimal toning to interiors. Light edgewear. Spine wrinkle from glue shrinkage

 

 

Take

[Surfing Alien]

The Shadow, The Romanoff Jewels   #9 in the series by Maxwell Grant         Pyramid N3877   October 1975      $18  SOLD to N e r V

Sweet gunshot cover by Steranko cover.

Fine Plus/Very Fine Minus. Glossy copy with a smooth cover. Great colors and off white pages, minimal toning to interiors. Light edgewear. Spine wrinkle from glue shrinkage.

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Spoiler

 

Edited September 3, 2023 by Surfing Alien
Sold

[N e r V]

On 9/2/2023 at 6:00 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Shadow, The Romanoff Jewels   #9 in the series by Maxwell Grant         Pyramid N3877   October 1975      $18

Sweet gunshot cover by Steranko cover.

Fine Plus/Very Fine Minus. Glossy copy with a smooth cover. Great colors and off white pages, minimal toning to interiors. Light edgewear. Spine wrinkle from glue shrinkage.

 

Take

[Surfing Alien]

On 9/2/2023 at 9:00 PM, N e r V said:

Take

You quick

[Surfing Alien]

Ok, this has been so much great back and forth, I have enough time to wrap up with a small pile of true classic Golden Age Vintage PB top cover pieces that I'm gonna let go of.  All "Fridge Magnet" type pieces, you'll see what I mean

[N e r V]

[Surfing Alien]

The Doll's Trunk Murder by Helen Reilly   Popular Library 211     1949       $65  SOLD to Comical Situations

Iconic violent Rudolph Belarski Bondage/Headlights cover. A book that never comes up for sale anymore as they pretty much get squirreled away in permanent collections and not let go.

Very Good/Very Good plus.  Square and tight, covers are smooth and mostly uncreased, colors are bright. The main image displays very nicely. Small spine split and a fair amount of spine paper wear. Main issue is old moisture wrinkling, mostly at the rear of the book. An decent looking affordable copy of a very difficult book.

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Spoiler

 

Edited September 3, 2023 by Surfing Alien
Sold

[Comical Situations]

On 9/2/2023 at 9:17 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Doll's Trunk Murder by Helen Reilly   Popular Library 211     1949       $65

Iconic violent Rudolph Belarski Bondage/Headlights cover. A book that never comes up for sale anymore as they pretty much get squirreled away in permanent collections and not let go.

Very Good/Very Good plus.  Square and tight, covers are smooth and mostly uncreased, colors are bright. The main image displays very nicely. Small spine split and a fair amount of spine paper wear. Main issue is old moisture wrinkling, mostly at the rear of the book. An decent looking affordable copy of a very difficult book.

 

Take

[Surfing Alien]

The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches by Fredric Brown. Dell 10 Cent  #33 One of the rarest and most sought after Dell Books.  $75  SOLD to goldust40

A true first edition of a classic Fredric Brown novel with the famous Robert Stanley Femme Fatale GGA cover.

Part of their series of 10¢ books--standard size, but much thinner.

Very Good plus.  Covers are smooth with some light soiling, colors are bright. Staples have rust as usual on these but overall a very clean copy. Some creasing on back cover. A nice looking affordable copy of a rare classic cover

 

Spoiler

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Edited September 3, 2023 by Surfing Alien
Sold

[goldust40]

On 9/3/2023 at 2:38 AM, Surfing Alien said:

The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches by Fredric Brown. Dell 10 Cent  #33 One of the rarest and most sought after Dell Books.  $75

A true first edition of a classic Fredric Brown novel with the famous Robert Stanley Femme Fatale GGA cover.

Part of their series of 10¢ books--standard size, but much thinner.

Very Good plus.  Covers are smooth with some light soiling, colors are bright. Staples have rust as usual on these but overall a very clean copy. Some creasing on back cover. A nice looking affordable copy of a rare classic cover

 

Take

[Surfing Alien]

The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson, Gold Medal S577  1956   $45  SOLD to mstrange

True First Edition of this cornerstone horror novel. Classic cover art by Mitchell Hooks

Even more widely known for the movie which came out a year after the book. The film’s title was changed to "The Incredible Shrinking Man" 

Fine minus/Fine  A nice, square copy, mostly smooth front cover, has an odd little crease in the mid cover, and some spine creasing to the back cover. Nice, glossy and fresh over all though.

 

Spoiler

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Edited September 3, 2023 by Surfing Alien
Sold

[mstrange]

On 9/2/2023 at 6:51 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson, Gold Medal S577  1956   $45

True First Edition of this cornerstone horror novel. Classic cover art by Mitchell Hooks

Even more widely known for the movie which came out a year after the book. The film’s title was changed to "The Incredible Shrinking Man" 

Fine minus/Fine  A nice, square copy, mostly smooth front cover, has an odd little crease in the mid cover, and some spine creasing to the back cover. Nice, glossy and fresh over all though.

 

Take

[Surfing Alien]

Overboard by George F. Worts   Popular Library 292     1950       $95  SOLD to mstrange

Famously stark Belarski Bondage/Headlights cover, equal to or perhaps superior to "The Doll's Trunk Murder" cover, depending on what you like.  Another one that never comes up for sale anymore and are usually roached when they do. This is a stunning example. I will regret selling this as popkulture always tells me...

Fine plus.  Square and tight, covers are smooth, flat as a board and uncreased. Colors are bright and glossy. A bit of spine wear with tiny tear at bottom. Page block slightly separating from the spine glue in the interior but still tight with no loose pages. Appears to be a tiny hit of marker in the lower right corner, very common on this black cover. I mention all these little points to come back around and say this is a stunner of one of the most famous Belarski covers and my former "Keeper"

 

Spoiler

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Edited September 3, 2023 by Surfing Alien
Sold

[mstrange]

On 9/2/2023 at 7:09 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Overboard by George F. Worts   Popular Library 292     1950       $95

Famously stark Belarski Bondage/Headlights cover, equal to or perhaps superior to "The Doll's Trunk Murder" cover, depending on what you like.  Another one that never comes up for sale anymore and are usually roached when they do. This is a stunning example. I will regret selling this as popkulture always tells me...

Fine plus.  Square and tight, covers are smooth, flat as a board and uncreased. Colors are bright and glossy. A bit of spine wear with tiny tear at bottom. Page block slightly separating from the spine glue in the interior but still tight with no loose pages. Appears to be a tiny hit of marker in the lower right corner, very common on this black cover. I mention all these little points to come back around and say this is a stunner of one of the most famous Belarski covers and my former "Keeper"

 

Take

[Surfing Alien]

On 9/2/2023 at 10:09 PM, mstrange said:

Take

Thanks. You will be happy to see this one

[Surfing Alien]

Ok. I have a ton more books to list but not a ton more time tonight. It's 10:20 here on the east coast and my daughter actually wants to hang out with me rather than watch me list books   There's a pretty good pile left of all kinds of cool stuff like what you've seen so I'll get back at it tomorrow

Thanks for all the takes, likes and comments. This is a pretty nice haven up in here