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[Surfing Alien]

Kept Woman  Vina Delmar  Avon 286  1951   Nice GGA cover, probably by Barye Phillips, totally his style.    Fine Plus, glossy and square with minimal wear, great lamination, slight page uneveness  $15  SOLD to goldust40

 

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[Surfing Alien]

The Mysterious Affair at Styles  Agatha Christie   Avon 75   1945  Cover by A. Gonzales   Scarce book.   VG, Great color and structure, looks Fine Plus but has some old moisture staining and a couple of super light ring traces on cover that are hard to see.  $8

[Surfing Alien]

The Stray Lamb  Thorne Smith  Avon 69  1945     Classic British Fantasy      Has a long crease on front, else Fine  $5  SOLD to OtherEric

 

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[OtherEric]

On 11/14/2023 at 2:25 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Stray Lamb  Thorne Smith  Avon 69  1945     Classic British Fantasy      Has a long crease on front, else Fine  $5

[Surfing Alien]

Loves Lovely Counterfeit   James M. Cain   Avon Murder Mystery Monthly 44 (Digest sized)    1st PB of this hard boiled Cain novel.    Don Milsop Cover art     Scarce later number MMM      Good plus,  covers are worn, have old moisture damage but a presentable copy of a tough book     $10 SOLD to goldust40

 

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[OtherEric]

I wonder how many Avon paperbacks reused the Murder Mystery Monthly covers, like the Christie you listed.  I know of several others, but I'm pretty sure the Cain got a brand new cover for the paperback, for instance.

[Surfing Alien]

On 11/14/2023 at 5:40 PM, OtherEric said:

I wonder how many Avon paperbacks reused the Murder Mystery Monthly covers, like the Christie you listed.  I know of several others, but I'm pretty sure the Cain got a brand new cover for the paperback, for instance.

Quite a few of the early ones were re-used. Avon was pretty notorious for cover re-uses. In many cases, they re-used art from a front cover on the back cover of different, later books, all throughout the plain number run.

[Surfing Alien]

Two western digests  The Black Rider by Burt Arthur, Star Books No. 12  1950  George Gross cover & Raw Passion by Charles Martin  Uni Books No. 16  1951  GGA cover. Both have significant storage wear and tear, browning and chipping (barn storage wear ). Front cover art looks great   $8 for both

[Surfing Alien]

4  beat but complete 1940's Popular Library's   3 Mystery/suspense 1 Western   Hoffman, A>Leslie Ross, Owen Kampen covers   $10

[goldust40]

On 11/14/2023 at 10:15 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Kept Woman  Vina Delmar  Avon 286  1951   Nice GGA cover, probably by Barye Phillips, totally his style.    Fine Plus, glossy and square with minimal wear, great lamination, slight page uneveness  $15

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[goldust40]

On 11/14/2023 at 10:38 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Loves Lovely Counterfeit   James M. Cain   Avon Murder Mystery Monthly 44 (Digest sized)    1st PB of this hard boiled Cain novel.    Don Milsop Cover art     Scarce later number MMM      Good plus,  covers are worn, have old moisture damage but a presentable copy of a tough book     $10

 

 

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The High Window  Raymond Chandler   Pocket Books   320    1st Print of the 1st Paperback      Kauffer cover    Good+ Tight, front looks ok, back is stained and worn   $5  SOLD to goldust40

 

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[goldust40]

On 11/14/2023 at 11:03 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The High Window  Raymond Chandler   Pocket Books   320    1st Print of the 1st Paperback      Kauffer cover    Good+ Tight, front looks ok, back is stained and worn   $5

 

 

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The Passionate Pagan   Carter Brown  Signet S 2259   1st Print 1963  McGinnis GGA cover        VF minus, printing is offset/blurred (factory issue)     $6

[Surfing Alien]

Whose Body?  Dorothy Sayers  Avon 176  1948    Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery     VG, tight and bright, has some light scrapes and small stain to cover   $8  SOLD to goldust40

 

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[goldust40]

On 11/14/2023 at 11:12 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Whose Body?  Dorothy Sayers  Avon 176  1948    Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery     VG, tight and bright, has some light scrapes and small stain to cover   $8

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The Regatta Mystery  Agatha Christie   Avon No. 85 1945    First PB Edition, cool dagger murder cover    Fine minus - Looks Fine Plus/VF minus but has very light creasing front and back that doesn't break color    $12

 

[Surfing Alien]

The Case of the Untidy Murder by Frances and Richard Lockridge   Avon Books No. 242    1950  Sweet Golden Age Good Girl art    $18  SOLD to goldust40

Fine Plus.  Nice copy, has spine slant but almost no reading wear.  Bright and tight.

 

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[goldust40]

On 11/14/2023 at 11:34 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Case of the Untidy Murder by Frances and Richard Lockridge   Avon Books No. 242    1950  Sweet Golden Age Good Girl art    $18

Fine Plus.  Nice copy, has spine slant but almost no reading wear.  Bright and tight.

 

 

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Who Killed Sweet Sue   Henry Kane    Avon 733    1956    PBO   Victor Kalin cover art      Good looking copy. VG+  Tight and bright, reader crease, spine wear, small tears at spine base, edge      $10