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

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On 10/19/2023 at 12:37 AM, Surfing Alien said:

The Humbug Digest, Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. Ballantine Books 242  PBO 1st Print 1957    $35

Great Jack Davis cover. Jack Davis, Will Elder, Al Jaffee art

Glossy Fine Plus/VF minus copy. Has a hairline spine crease, tiny chip at base, light crease to front cover that doesn't break color, otherwise glossy, square and new looking.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein  Signet D1987   1st Print of the 1st PB November 1961  $20  SOLD to goldust40

Decent bargain copy of he scarcest Heinlein Signet.  1st print of the Hugo winning novel, considered one of Heinlein's best.

VG/VG + Square and solid. Has some chipping to the top of front cover, spine ends and some creasing.

 

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[goldust40]

On 10/19/2023 at 12:49 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein  Signet D1987   1st Print of the 1st PB November 1961  $20

Decent bargain copy of he scarcest Heinlein Signet.  1st print of the Hugo winning novel, considered one of Heinlein's best.

VG/VG + Square and solid. Has some chipping to the top of front cover, spine ends and some creasing.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov   Signet S1240    1st Print October 1955   $30  SOLD to goldust40

1st paperback edition of Asimov's classic Space Mystery.  Robert Schulz cover art

Fine Plus. Solid and glossy with slight lean, light wear to the tips and edges. Very nice for a Signet

 

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[goldust40]

On 10/19/2023 at 1:08 AM, Surfing Alien said:

The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov   Signet S1240    1st Print October 1955   $30

1st paperback edition of Asimov's classic Space Mystery.  Robert Schulz cover art

Fine Plus. Solid and glossy with slight lean, light wear to the tips and edges. Very nice for a Signet

 

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[Surfing Alien]

The Man Who Japed by Philip K. / Space-Born by E. C. Tubb, Ace Double D-193  December 1956   $80  SOLD to mstrange

PBO/1st Edition of this Philip K. novel. These early PKD's are disappearing in high grade. One of the coolest Ace SF covers ever by Ed Emshwiller (Ed Valigursky cover on "Space Born")

From the High Grade collection, a killer copy. A match to my keeper. Glossy, square and tight. No reader creases, only a few light finger bends, tiny color flecks. Pretty amazing in hand.

 

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[mstrange]

On 10/18/2023 at 5:21 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Man Who Japed by Philip K. / Space-Born by E. C. Tubb, Ace Double D-193  December 1956   $80

PBO/1st Edition of this Philip K. novel. These early PKD's are disappearing in high grade. One of the coolest Ace SF covers ever by Ed Emshwiller (Ed Valigursky cover on "Space Born")

From the High Grade collection, a killer copy. A match to my keeper. Glossy, square and tight. No reader creases, only a few light finger bends, tiny color flecks. Pretty amazing in hand.

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[Surfing Alien]

The Variable Man and Other Stories by Philip K.    Ace D-261  1957  $60  SOLD to goldust40

1st Edition of this collection of PKD stories.  Contains "The Minority Report", one of many of his stories made into movies.  Great Ed Emshwiller cover art.

Sweet copy, VF minus/VF.  Square, bright, glossy. Unread with no creases, just a chip to lower back spine and a touch of wear here and there.

 

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[goldust40]

On 10/19/2023 at 1:32 AM, Surfing Alien said:

The Variable Man and Other Stories by Philip K.    Ace D-261  1957  $60

1st Edition of this collection of PKD stories.  Contains "The Minority Report", one of many of his stories made into movies.  Great Ed Emshwiller cover art.

Sweet copy, VF minus/VF.  Square, bright, glossy. Unread with no creases, just a chip to lower back spine and a touch of wear here and there.

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The Ganymede Takeover by Philip K. and Ray Nelson  Ace G-637  1967    $40  SOLD to goldust40

First one I've offered. PBO/1st Edition of this PKD novel collaboration. Cover art by Jack Gaughan   

A beautiful book in many ways. Looks like it just came off the printing press. Super square and fresh with virtually no wear, only a couple tiny color flakes at extremities.

 

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[goldust40]

On 10/19/2023 at 1:45 AM, Surfing Alien said:

The Ganymede Takeover by Philip K. and Ray Nelson  Ace G-637  1967    $40

First one I've offered. PBO/1st Edition of this PKD novel collaboration. Cover art by Jack Gaughan   

A beautiful book in many ways. Looks like it just came off the printing press. Super square and fresh with virtually no wear, only a couple tiny color flakes at extremities.

 

 

 

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The Martian Way and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov   Signet S1433   1st PB, 1st Printing   July 1957  $30  SOLD to goldust40

Nice example of this early Asimov collection. Cover art by Richard Powers. Tough to find Signets with no creases.

Fine Plus/VF minus. Killer black spine. Covers bright and glossy, obviously unread. Has some pressure marks to covers but no creases, just edgewear. Light toning to interior.  A tough copy of a cool 1st PB for sure.

 

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[goldust40]

On 10/19/2023 at 1:58 AM, Surfing Alien said:

The Martian Way and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov   Signet S1433   1st PB, 1st Printing   July 1957  $30

Nice example of this early Asimov collection. Cover art by Richard Powers. Tough to find Signets with no creases.

Fine Plus/VF minus. Killer black spine. Covers bright and glossy, obviously unread. Has some pressure marks to covers but no creases, just edgewear. Light toning to interior.  A tough copy of a cool 1st PB for sure.

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[Surfing Alien]

Death Angel's Shadow by Karl Edward Wagner Warner Books 90-001    Second Print, which is the first printing with the Frazetta cover.   December 1978      $40   SOLD to mstrange

Frazetta Kane battle cover. The first Frazetta cover on this Kane book,

Fine Plus, Solid, square and glossy, has a light reader crease, some spine, surface and edgewear.

 

 

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[mstrange]

On 10/18/2023 at 6:27 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Death Angel's Shadow by Karl Edward Wagner Warner Books 90-001    Second Print, which is the first printing with the Frazetta cover.   December 1978      $40   

Frazetta Kane battle cover. The first Frazetta cover on this Kane book,

Fine Plus, Solid, square and glossy, has a light reader crease, some spine, surface and edgewear.

 

 

 

 

 

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Night Winds by Karl Edward Wagner Warner Books 89-597   1st Edition, 1st Printing   August 1978      $60  SOLD to mstrange

Tough high grade copy of this Frazetta Kane cover. Love the babe in hiding.

Very Fine Minus/Very Fine, Solid, square and glossy, unread, almost no wear other than a touch along the spine edges. It's much more a Very Fine.

 

 

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[mstrange]

On 10/18/2023 at 6:43 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Night Winds by Karl Edward Wagner Warner Books 89-597   1st Edition, 1st Printing   August 1978      $60  

Tough high grade copy of this Frazetta Kane cover. Love the babe in hiding.

Very Fine Minus/Very Fine, Solid, square and glossy, unread, almost no wear other than a touch along the spine edges. It's much more a Very Fine.

 

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Want to thank you guys again for some great takes. I'm having a busy week at work so not having as much time to prepare and list but enjoying the company twice as much . I'll keep listing each night through the weekend and see where it lands. I had over 100 books pulled so don't think I'm half way through yet . There's some more cool stuff coming up      I'll do a re-cap tomorrow to get the whole thing cleaned up.

[Surfing Alien]

* RECAP *

P.1

Who Goes There by John W. Campbell, Jr.   Dell Book D150   1st US PB  1955    $40 SOLD

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

Near perfect unread copies of "The Unknown 5" and "The Unknown".  Pyramid R-962 January 1964, Pyramid T2326  2nd print October 1970 with the much better cover than the first print   $45 SOLD@20%off

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The Reign of Wizardry by Jack Williamson  Lancer Books 72-761   from 1964      $18  SOLD 

Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber    Lion Books  No. 179   1953     $40

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Turn of the Table by Jonathan Stagge   Popular Library No. 267  August 1950     $35

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Conan The Usurper by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague De Camp  Lancer Books 73-599  1st Printing of the 1st paperback collection of these stories.     1967    $45

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The Curtain Never Falls by Joey Adams   Popular Library 285 1950  $20

P. 9 

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

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

P. 11

Flashing Swords! #4  Barbarians and Black Magicians  Edited by Lin Carter     Dell 12627  Ist Edition    1977    $15

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The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle    Pyramid Books G514   Second printing - Movie Tie In Edition   June 1960   $8

Freaks Against Supermen by Ralph L. Finn       Gaywood Press    1950     $25

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Rocket To The Morgue by Anthony Boucher   Dell Books   #591   1952     $20

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Strangler's Holiday by Kurt Steel    Crime Novel Selection No. 1     1942     $75

Off-Beat Detective Stories    September 1960      $125

 

 

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Yeah, I screwed up again, didn't reserve a Recap post on page one Still a bit of a rookie I guess, anyway it's here on page seven so here it will be. I'll get to posting a bit earlier today since I was able to turbo the work workload earlier