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CLOSED Thanks for a fun sale! - Surfing Alien's mixed bag of Golden Age Paperbacks sale. Everything $10 - GGA, Mystery, Science Fiction, a little of everything.
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In the spirit of our pal @catrick339, I am going to clear the decks with a thread of $10 paperbacks. My previous threads have been more on the higher end but there's a whole world of cool stuff for lesser money and I have boxes of books in my way that I might as well chug through, minimum wage be damned! There's not gonna be any Reform School Girl in here but I guarantee plenty of great cover art, 1st editions, books that I'd list out in my main thread but in a lesser condition and who knows what else.

I'm going to abbreviate my format and just show one pic to save time although I'll probably not be able to help myself and give a lot of description. That's a prescription for not making much/hr but I seriously have way too many paperbacks and figure it's a way to give back to everyone who's taken in the past and maybe entice some new readers.

I've been buying selling and trading Vintage pb's since the Hancer Price Guide came out back in the 80's. Been on Ebay since 1998 with 100% positive feedback.

I tend to grade paperbacks in the manner of current pulp grading:  Poor/Fair/Good/Very Good/Fine/Very Fine  

I'm a high grade collector so my books are almost all Very Good and better if they're available in those grades. Many pre-1960 books just aren't available in high grade often so I try to find solid Good-Very Good ones if I can.

The rules for this thread are:

-No HoS or Probation list buyers

-I will ship to Canada but will have to quote shipping options.

-Payment via Venmo or Paypal preferred. I also can do Zelle although it is a bit more of a pain to do.

-Shipping via USPS Media Mail for $4 or Priority Small Box for $11 for the continental United States.  More than one book I will ship at the least extra cost practicable. Shipping for Canada will be quoted.

-First :takeit: in the thread wins and prevails over pm offers
-Returns accepted for 14 days after delivery but please let me know asap if you are unhappy for any reason and I will make it right. I do miss things occasionally.

Feel free to pm with offers or questions.  I'm always open to reasonable package offers although at these prices, I'm going to sit pretty firm.

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P 1

The Creeping Shadow Sam Merwin Jr.  Gold Medal 227

The Bloody Bokhara William Campbell Gault Dell 746 

Gretta Erskine Caldwell Signet 1342 Avati

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Johnny Havoc Meets Zelda John Jakes Belmont 90-261  1962 PBO

Rendezvous in Black Cornell Woolrich Pocket 570 1949 1st Print 

Space Platform Murray Leinster  Pocket No. 920  1st Print 1953  Classic cover by Earle Bergey  

A Mad Look at Pictures -  Illustrated by Jack Davis & Mort Drucker   Signet D2955  1st Edition 1st Print  November 1966

P 3

Planet of the Dreamers John D. MacDonald Pocket 943 1st Print 1953  Rod Dunham cover art

Stairway to Death Bruno Fischer Pyramid G270 1957 1st PB Gorgeous Harry Schaare cover art 

P 4

Killer In The Rain Raymond Chandler Pocket 75138 1965. 1st PB

The After House Mary Roberts Rinehart Popular Library 21. 1944  Scarce

Bob Son Of Battle Alfred Ollivant Pocket Books No. 61   1st Print 1940  Review copy with review card inside.

P 5

The Wrath and the Wind  Alexander Key   Popular 1608   1955 2nd print Rafael DeSoto  slave girl GGA cover 

Murder In Space David V. Reed Galaxy Novel Digest No. 23  1954 1st PB Edition  Great Ed Emsh cover

Tanar of Pellucidar & The Moon Maid  Edgar Rice Burroughs   Ace G-735 & G-745 Roy Krenkel Jr. Cover art. 

The Legion Of Space by Jack Williamson   Galaxy Novel Digest No. 2   1950 Cover art by Paul Calle. The first pb

P 6

The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway  Bantam 717   1st Printing 1949 1st PB

Ace D-453 1960.  The Games of Neith by Margaret St. Clair 1st Edition/The Earth Gods Are Coming by Kenneth Bulmer.

The Quick Red Fox John D. MacDonald Gold Medal k1464 PBO 4th Travis McGee

P 7

The Crimson Frame Alwyn Lee Martin Gold Medal 253 Canadian edition  1952    

 

 

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Babes and Sucklings Philip Wylie Avon 375 1951  Cover art (Looks like Bill Randall to me) re-used on cover of comic book Intimate Confessions #8   Nice copy, cover a bit curled but Fine-ish looking $10  SOLD to OtherEric

 

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On 9/15/2023 at 3:00 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Deep Blue Goodbye John D. MacDonald. Gold Medal k1405 1964  Travis McGee PBO Cover art by Ronnie Lesser  Fine-ish. Has VF structure qualities, some bends, chip and a corner ding $10

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I've got a copy already, but this is the 1st printing of the 1st Travis McGee, whoever grabs this is getting a great book!

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Going to do some two-fers here and there too just to move em out...

Who? Algis Budrys Pyramid G339 1958 PBO Cover by Robert Engel & Tomorrow & Tomorrow by Hunt Collins (Ed McBain/Evan Hunter) Pyramid G214 1956 Cover by Bob Lavin  Nice looking copies, G214 has water warping to front half.    $10   SOLD to OtherEric

 

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On 9/15/2023 at 3:06 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Going to do some two-fers here and there too just to move em out...

Who? Algis Budrys Pyramid G339 1958 PBO Cover by Robert Engel & Tomorrow & Tomorrow by Hunt Collins (Ed McBain/Evan Hunter) Pyramid G214 1956 Cover by Bob Lavin  Nice looking copies, G214 has water warping to front half.    $10

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Takeoff Cyril Kornbluth Pennant P15 1953 Cover by Charles Binger & City at World's End Edmond Hamilton Crest s184 1957 Cover by Powers  Great art and stories. Pretty nice VG+ copies  $10  SOLD to goldust40

 

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On 9/15/2023 at 11:00 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Deep Blue Goodbye John D. MacDonald. Gold Medal k1405 1964  Travis McGee PBO Cover art by Ronnie Lesser  Fine-ish. Has VF structure qualities, some bends, chip and a corner ding $10

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I'll take it.

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On 9/15/2023 at 11:48 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Takeoff Cyril Kornbluth Pennant P15 1953 Cover by Charles Binger & City at World's End Edmond Hamilton Crest s184 1957 Cover by Powers  Great art and stories. Pretty nice VG+ copies  $10

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