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Closed - Recap on P. 6 Surfing Alien's $25 (or 6 to 4) cheap paperbacks sale. Everything <$25
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Welcome to Surfing Alien's $25 (or 6 to 4) cheap paperbacks sale. Everything <$25 (See I even used the proper "less than" sign. You can teach an old dawg new tricks :))

Giving my age away, yes I grew up humming Terry Kath's incredible guitar solo to Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4" in my head. I hope it's stuck in yours now :)  As in my November Black Parade of the Broken, Beaten and the Damned sale, this is going to be a hodge podge of lower priced books that are either:

1.  Classic books that are broken, beaten or otherwise damned and

2.  Books that are in nice shape but just not top tier, expensive (in relative, paperbacking terms) books

3.  Books that fall in between those categories for some reason or other.

I'm not going to spend a lot of time on descriptions and pics but promise lots of cool stuff anyway. I'm upping the limit to $25 from $20 so I can include some mo' better books so let the fun begin...

 

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 offer or questions.  I'm always open to reasonable package offers.

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I'm working from home so I can list a few during the day but it will be hit or miss until this evening

I'll get started with some cool Heinlein 1st paperback editions that are still quite reasonable if you know how to identify them

The Rolling Stones  Ace 73440  1970  1st PB 1st Printing    $15  SOLD to dover @40% off

Steel Savage cover art    Fine Plus/VF minus   very light creasing

 

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The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein               Ace F-375  1st PB 1st Printing 1966    $8  SOLD to dover

1st of this collection. Jack Gaughan cover art     Fine/Fine plus - has light crease that doesn't break color, name in pen on first page. 

 

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I The Jury  by Mickey Spillane  Signet 699     $12 SOLD to goldust40

25th Printing October 1952  - this has the second cover painting for this Signet #, by Lu Kimmel

VF minus/VF has a tiny stain, some rubbing on the back. Pretty copy

 

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On 3/29/2024 at 4:15 PM, Surfing Alien said:

I The Jury  by Mickey Spillane  Signet 699     $12

25th Printing October 1952  - this has the second cover painting for this Signet #, by Lu Kimmel

VF minus/VF has a tiny stain, some rubbing on the back. Pretty copy

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Never Forget, Never Forgive Clayton Fox b/w The Flying Eye  Bob McKnight    Ace F-102   1st Ed   1961   $20 SOLD to OtherEric

First F series mystery double.  Sweet bondage cover

VF minus/VF nice copy

 

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So Dead My Love by Harry Whittington  b/w I The Executioner by Stephen Ransome  Ace D-7   1952     $15

Rafael DeSoto bondage cover. Affordable copy of a scarce early Ace and a Whittington original to boot

VG, page uneverness, creases

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Decoy by Michael Morgan  b/w If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King    Ace D-9   1952     $12 SOLD to OtherEric

Great Harry Barton cover on Decoy. Another affordable early Ace

VG+/Fine minus, light creasing, general wear

 

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On 3/29/2024 at 9:42 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Decoy by Michael Morgan  b/w If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King    Ace D-9   1952     $12

Great Harry Barton cover on Decoy. Another affordable early Ace

VG+/Fine minus, light creasing, general wear

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Nightshade  by John Makris b/w High Stakes by Lester Dent    Ace D-21   1952       FREE to the next "Taker"    Goes to goldust40

Norman Saunders cover

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Drury Lane's Last Case Ellery Queen Avon 488   1952   $6  SOLD to goldust40

Nice uncredited GGA

VG/VG+  creases, pages slightly uneven

 

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 The Yellow Turban by Charlotte Jay   Avon No. 736   1956    $8

Cover design by Arthur Sussman, a fellow Brooklynite :)

Fine/Fine Plus

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