CLOSED. Thanks to all :) RECAP P. 7 Surfing Alien's October Horror and More! Golden Age paperback sale. As much Horror as I could "dig up" 5 5

[N e r V]

The back covers words are better than its cover. Who writes this stuff??? Lol

[Surfing Alien]

On 10/19/2023 at 9:06 PM, N e r V said:

The back covers words are better than its cover. Who writes this stuff??? Lol

I think I read that Harlan Ellison wrote the blurbs on the early Nightstand Books (as well as writing the most famous and expensive Nightstand Book, "Sex Gang")

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[Surfing Alien]

I think this is a good spot to stop since I tried to keep this one all Good Girl stuff. I have a nice stack of comic related books, Science Fiction and Fantasy books to start on tomorrow. Thanks all for stopping by and saying hi and I'll pick up tomorrow

[mstrange]

On 10/15/2023 at 1:23 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Robert Bloch "Fear Today - Gone Tomorrow"  Award Books A811S  1971  1st Ed 1st Print of this short story collection  -  $10

Nice clean mid-grade copy that can still be read. Reader creases and some tiny sticker residue.

 

[Surfing Alien]

Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Ed. by Ray Bradbury    Bantam A944    PBO   1952     $15  SOLD to goldust40

Great collection selected by Bradbury, includes Bradbury, Jackson, Kuttner & more

Fine/Fine plus   Solid square and glossy with light creasing. A nice copy of a fat volume.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories Selected by Herbert van Thal    Pan Books x67  Appears to be the 1960 First print per ISFDB  $15   SOLD to goldust40

Cover art signed S. R. Soldero

Fine - nice copy with a few light creases, has some soiling to the page edges

15 Stories including Wells, Stoker, Poe and others

 

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[Surfing Alien]

The Solar Invasion by Weird Tales author Manly Wade Wellman  Popular 60-2346. 1st PB  1968     $25  SOLD to mstrange

Frank Frazetta cover with Space Babe

Beautiful glossy unread VF copy with only lightest corner wear

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[Surfing Alien]

A Stir of Echoes by Richard Matheson    Crest S308   1st PB,   1st Printing July 1959  $45 SOLD to mstrange

Rare Matheson 1st pb, beautiful uncredited cover art

Fine plus or better appearance, pages are browning and chipping at the tips. Still a beautiful looking copy of a very tough Matheson pb.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Slan by A.E. Van Vogt     Dell 696  1st PB edition    1953   $15  SOLD to N e r V

Cool GGA cover art on this Hall of Fame Golden Age Sci Fi novel

Fine/Fine Plus   Solid and tight, has a bit of slant, a few light creases. A nice looking copy.

 

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[mstrange]

On 10/20/2023 at 2:54 PM, Surfing Alien said:

A Stir of Echoes by Richard Matheson    Crest S308   1st PB,   1st Printing July 1959  $45

Rare Matheson 1st pb, beautiful uncredited cover art

Fine plus or better appearance, pages are browning and chipping at the tips. Still a beautiful looking copy of a very tough Matheson pb.

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[mstrange]

On 10/20/2023 at 2:44 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Solar Invasion by Weird Tales author Manly Wade Wellman  Popular 60-2346. 1st PB  1968     $25

Frank Frazetta cover with Space Babe

Beautiful glossy unread VF copy with only lightest corner wear

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[Comical Situations]

On 10/19/2023 at 9:03 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Campus Tramp by Andrew Shaw (pseudonym of thriller writer Lawrence Block)   Nightstand Books NB1505   PBO 1st Edition 1st Printing    1959    $75

Famous sleaze classic with the up-skirt cover by Harold W. McCauley. On fridge magnets and postcards alike. The 5th Nightstand book.

Very Fine minus/Very FIne. Square, tight, glossy. Only slight wear along the spine edge. A great copy, just a hair below my keeper.

 

 

[goldust40]

On 10/20/2023 at 10:33 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories Selected by Herbert van Thal    Pan Books x67  Appears to be the 1960 First print per ISFDB  $15   

Cover art signed S. R. Soldero

Fine - nice copy with a few light creases, has some soiling to the page edges

15 Stories including Wells, Stoker, Poe and others

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[Surfing Alien]

Hold Your Breath   Stories of Suspense   Alfred Hitchcock  Dell 206   PBO 1948      $7

You read it right, I'll be listing some decent bargain readers throughout the weekend

Earl Sherwan cover art

Good -  square, intact all there, creases, lam peeling

 

[goldust40]

On 10/20/2023 at 10:25 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Ed. by Ray Bradbury    Bantam A944    PBO   1952     $15

Great collection selected by Bradbury, includes Bradbury, Jackson, Kuttner & more

Fine/Fine plus   Solid square and glossy with light creasing. A nice copy of a fat volume.

 

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Martian Time-Slip by Philip K.      Ballantine U2191  1st Edition 1st print  1964    $30   SOLD to goldust40

PKD 1st edition with cool Ralph Brillhart cover art

Fine Plus  Solid, square and glossy. Light reader crease, light corner creasing, very little wear.

 

 

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[goldust40]

On 10/20/2023 at 11:40 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Martian Time-Slip by Philip K.      Ballantine U2191  1st Edition 1st print  1964    $30

PKD 1st edition with cool Ralph Brillhart cover art

Fine Plus  Solid, square and glossy. Light reader crease, light corner creasing, very little wear.

 

 

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[Surfing Alien]

The Lottery    Shirley Jackson    Lion Books #14    1st PB edition        $70  SOLD to piper

One of the most reprinted and "analyzed in English classes" stories of the 20th century.

Classic Herman Bischoff Pulp GGA cover of Tessie Hutchinson collecting her lottery prize

I just barely upgraded from this copy recently. A very tough book in any kind of decent shape, I've never seen a VF

Fine.  Square and solid tight spine and pages tight and supple with light toning. Slight wave to bottom of book. Light creasing and traces of old tide line on the back. Despite these flaws it presents very well and this was the best I could find for a long time. 

 

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[Surfing Alien]

On 10/20/2023 at 6:24 PM, Comical Situations said:

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[Surfing Alien]

 Revolt of the Triffids by  John Wyndham      Popular Library 411  1st PB    1952    $45   SOLD to mstrange

One of Earle K. Bergey's most famous paperback covers with headlights, aliens, great coloring, you name it. A cornerstone book.

Fine Plus. Deep colors, spine is solid, with a stress at the middle, pages tight, creamy and supple. Covers are glossy with light cover creasing and wear. A very collectible copy of one of the great Science Fiction paperbacks.

 

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