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The Dame by Carter Brown   Signet 1738     1st Print November 1959    $20

Killer Bad Girl cover by Barye Phillips from the 1st Carter Brown series

Fine/Fine Plus. Tight and glossy, great color. Spine has slight slant. Fairly prominent code on flat of spine. Nice interiors.

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The Jade-Eyed Jungle by Carter Brown    Signet G2355     1st print.  September 1963   $20  SOLD to comical situations

Robert McGinnis GGA cover.  From the Rick Holman detective series.

Fine Plus/Very Fine minus. Spine is square and pretty. Very little wear over all, mostly edgewear and some small bindery tears at upper edge.  Nice page quality. Has a small code at bottom spine

 

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Redhead alert...

Murder and the Wanton Bride by Brett Halliday   Dell 5934 New Dell Edition   First Dell Printing  1965   $20

Sweet GGA cover by Robert McGinnis

Very Fine. Spine is square and tight, glossy with great color. Off white pages. Real nice.

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Double Redhead alert...

A Redhead for Mike Shayne by Brett Halliday   Dell 7329  First Dell Edition  1965   $10  SOLD to comical situations

Another Sweet GGA cover by Robert McGinnis

Fine Minus. Looks VF.   Spine is square and tight, glossy with great color. Off white pages. Has a stain with small loss at top of back cover.

 

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A Murderer Among Us by Carter Brown    Signet S2228     1st print.  December 1962   $15

Real nice McGinnis GGA cover. 

Fine Plus. Spine is square and pretty, very faint code on flat of spine. Light crease, edgewear and surface wear. Excellent page quality. 

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Calamity Fair by Wade Miller Signet 1270  1st Printing  May 1957     $50  SOLD to mstrange

Stunning copy of a Maguire masterpiece. Never see this in this condition.

VF Plus.  Near perfect copy. Square, tight and glossy. Bright colors, white back cover and inner covers, no creases, tiny bit of wear lower right corner. Even the edge stain is perfect

 

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Calamity Fair by Wade Miller Signet 1270  1st Printing  May 1957     $50

Stunning copy of a Maguire masterpiece. Never see this in this condition.

VF Plus.  Near perfect copy. Square, tight and glossy. Bright colors, white back cover and inner covers, no creases, tiny bit of wear lower right corner. Even the edge stain is perfect

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The Jade-Eyed Jungle by Carter Brown    Signet G2355     1st print.  September 1963   $20

Robert McGinnis GGA cover.  From the Rick Holman detective series.

Fine Plus/Very Fine minus. Spine is square and pretty. Very little wear over all, mostly edgewear and some small bindery tears at upper edge.  Nice page quality. Has a small code at bottom spine

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Double Redhead alert...

A Redhead for Mike Shayne by Brett Halliday   Dell 7329  First Dell Edition  1965   $10

Another Sweet GGA cover by Robert McGinnis

Fine Minus. Looks VF.   Spine is square and tight, glossy with great color. Off white pages. Has a stain with small loss at top of back cover.

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The Careless Corpse by Brett Halliday   Dell 1064  Canadian    First Printing 1962       $15  SOLD to goldust40

Pretty McGinnis Good Girl

Fine plus - light wear overall

 

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So Lush, So Deadly  by Brett Halliday   Dell 8055  Canadian    First Printing 1968       $15 SOLD to goldust40

Killer design by McGinnis on this one

Fine plus - Spine leaned backwards, a few bends, light wear overall

 

 

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So Lush, So Deadly  by Brett Halliday   Dell 8055  Canadian    First Printing 1968       $15

Killer design by McGinnis on this one

Fine plus - Spine leaned backwards, a few bends, light wear overall

 

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A Stir of Echoes  by Richard Matheson     Crest Books / Fawcett World Library     s308   1958    1st PB Edition    $55  SOLD to IngelsFan

A stunner of a copy. Gorgeous Richard Powers cover art.

VF/VF Plus. Glossy bright and new looking. Has a few tiny color flecks at edges. Nice clean interior

 

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A Stir of Echoes  by Richard Matheson     Crest Books / Fawcett World Library     s308   1958    1st PB Edition    $55 

A stunner of a copy. Gorgeous Richard Powers cover art.

VF/VF Plus. Glossy bright and new looking. Has a few tiny color flecks at edges. Nice clean interior

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At The Mountains of Madness H.P. Lovecraft   Ballantine 24301  6th Printing 1975  $20  SOLD @30% off to davet75

More sick cover art by John Holmes. Tough black cover series.

Fine plus plus.   Light wear around the edges

 

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The Brotherhood of Satan  by  L.Q. Jones     Award Books A842S     1971      $60

Rare horror movie tie-in  with a great hybrid photo/art cover.

Fine Plus Plus. Square tight and bright. Light reader crease at left, just light general wear otherwise. A very nice copy.

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Tales of Chinatown by Sax Rohmer Popular Library 217    $50  SOLD to goldust40

Stunning color strike on this iconic Belarski Spiderweb GGA cover art.

VF minus.  Square tight and super bright. Very slight lean. No reader crease or creases otherwise, small indent on cover. Supple off white pages. A real nice example.

 

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Tales of Chinatown by Sax Rohmer Popular Library 217    $50  

Stunning color strike on this iconic Belarski Spiderweb GGA cover art.

VF minus.  Square tight and super bright. Very slight lean. No reader crease or creases otherwise, small indent on cover. Supple off white pages. A real nice example.

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The Four False Weapons by John Dickson Carr  Popular Library 282   1950    $20  SOLD to goldust40

Just a killer pulpy Dead Good Girl by Belarski.

VG/F  Solid tight and bright. Spine has lean, creasing, staining to upper half of book, overall still makes a very nice appearance of a classic cover.

 

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