Re-Cap on Page 1 UPDATED 6/29 - Vintage Paperbacks and More - summer sale - high grades - mid grades - lots of variety 3 3

[Surfing Alien]

On 6/24/2024 at 5:07 AM, mstrange said:

Killer copy, I think I have one or two more of those I'll have to dig out

[Surfing Alien]

The Re-Cap is updated as of today. Some great literature 1sts and a few high grade books still untook I'll post another stack late this afternoon/early evening.

[Surfing Alien]

Norma by George Glennon                       Midwood F130  1st Edition PBO     1961             $40 SOLD to crassus

Full length Maguire Good Girl cover. Hate to see her go. These Midwoods are on fire lately.

Tight and clean with slight spine lean.  Very light wear to spine edge a few touches of edge wear

 

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[crassus]

On 6/24/2024 at 3:57 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Norma by George Glennon                       Midwood F130  1st Edition PBO     1961             $40

Full length Maguire Good Girl cover. Hate to see her go. These Midwoods are on fire lately.

Tight and clean with slight spine lean.  Very light wear to spine edge a few touches of edge wear

 

 

[Surfing Alien]

Worlds Of Weird Selected by Leo Margulies     Jove Books A4826     September 1978     $90  SOLD to Goldust40

2nd appearance of Margaret Brundage's iconic "Batwoman" cover in wraps after the October 1933 original. 

The 2005 Girasol reprint of the Weird Tales issue is going for $250 these days. This 1978 Jove edition has disappeared from the market.  One of the most important 1970's pbs imho. Virgil Finlay interiors.

Unread with only light edgewear and surface wear from storage. A beautiful thing.

 

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[goldust40]

On 6/24/2024 at 9:20 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Worlds Of Weird Selected by Leo Margulies     Jove Books A4826     September 1978     $90

2nd appearance of Margaret Brundage's iconic "Batwoman" cover in wraps after the October 1933 original. 

The 2005 Girasol reprint of the Weird Tales issue is going for $250 these days. This 1978 Jove edition has disappeared from the market.  One of the most important 1970's pbs imho. Virgil Finlay interiors.

Unread with only light edgewear and surface wear from storage. A beautiful thing.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

On 6/24/2024 at 4:21 PM, goldust40 said:

Take

Premium book   When I sold Nerv a copy last year there were a few around `to be had. That has changed, and I don't think Jove, which took over the failing Pyramid Books, had large print runs to begin with.

[Surfing Alien]

Slan by A.E. Van Vogt     Dell 696  1st PB edition    1953       $22  SOLD to Goldust40

The famous GGA cover art on this has still never been credited.

Solid, tight and bright. Spine is bit curved, almost no wear to the covers. A really nice, fresh example

 

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[goldust40]

On 6/24/2024 at 9:33 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Slan by A.E. Van Vogt     Dell 696  1st PB edition    1953       $22

The famous GGA cover art on this has still never been credited.

Solid, tight and bright. Spine is bit curved, almost no wear to the covers. A really nice, fresh example

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Beyond Infinity by Robert Spencer Carr      Dell 781  1st PB edition  1954      $15

Collection of Weird Tales author Carr's Science Fiction novelettes. Early Richard Powers cover art.

Great copy from the same collection as the "Slan" copy - Fresh and bright with almost no wear.

**edited - I removed the grease pencil - in case y'all don't know it, on glossy books, grease pencil comes off with your finger without marring the gloss surface at all, just be gentle**

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Outpost Mars  by Cyril Judd  (Cyril Kornbluth and Judith Merrill)   Dell  760    1st PB edition    1954      $15

More early Richard Powers cover art

Another great copy from the same collection as the "Slan" copy - Fresh and bright with a touch of wear at the spine edge

[Surfing Alien]

Fahrenheit 451 by  Ray Bradbury     Ballantine Books  No. 41   True 1st Edition, published before the hardcover.   1953     $175  SOLD to Goldust40

Classic dystopian novel, Bradbury's most famous with iconic Joe Mugnaini cover art.  

About the same premium condition as the last one I sold. Square, tight and bright. Appears very lightly read. Spine is tight, covers are clean with great color. Very minimal light reader crease and a touch of wear on lower spine edge. Supple pages with even toning. Small name in pen on first page. A superior copy with a great spine and no loose or uneven pages - rare to find completely intact like this.

 

 

 

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[goldust40]

On 6/24/2024 at 10:03 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Fahrenheit 451 by  Ray Bradbury     Ballantine Books  No. 41   True 1st Edition, published before the hardcover.   1953     $175

Classic dystopian novel, Bradbury's most famous with iconic Joe Mugnaini cover art.  

About the same premium condition as the last one I sold. Square, tight and bright. Appears very lightly read. Spine is tight, covers are clean with great color. Very minimal light reader crease and a touch of wear on lower spine edge. Supple pages with even toning. Small name in pen on first page. A superior copy with a great spine and no loose or uneven pages - rare to find completely intact like this.

 

Dammit, take!

[Surfing Alien]

On 6/24/2024 at 5:04 PM, goldust40 said:

Dammit, take!

Everyone's shelf needs one

[goldust40]

On 6/24/2024 at 10:08 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Everyone's shelf needs one

I regretted dawdling over the last copy you had here (that you just referenced). Couldn't let another copy slip through my fingers...

[Surfing Alien]

As They Reveled by Philip Wylie   Avon No. 260   1st PB   1953   $20

Cover art re-used on Avon Comic Book Realistic Romances No. 7. Looks a lot like Barye Phillips style

Has Peter Driben art on back cover, re-used from Novel Library No. 24

Square and tight with full lamination. Appears unread, spine slightly bent, one crease on the back, almost no other handling wear. Very fresh

 

 

[piper]

On 6/24/2024 at 3:15 PM, goldust40 said:

I regretted dawdling over the last copy you had here (that you just referenced). Couldn't let another copy slip through my fingers...

I might have grabbed it.

[Surfing Alien]

 What's In It For Me? by Jerome Weidman      Avon Books No. 241  1st PB Edition 1950     $30  SOLD to Goldust40

Raymond Johnson Headlights cover. It's so over the top, almost a parody of Headlights covers

Beautiful copy, appears unread, or lightly read.  Has no reader crease and only the barest trace of wear to the edges. Minute dust soiling to back cover.

 

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[goldust40]

On 6/24/2024 at 10:44 PM, Surfing Alien said:

 What's In It For Me? by Jerome Weidman      Avon Books No. 241  1st PB Edition 1950     $30

Raymond Johnson Headlights cover. It's so over the top, almost a parody of Headlights covers

Beautiful copy, appears unread, or lightly read.  Has no reader crease and only the barest trace of wear to the edges. Minute dust soiling to back cover.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

The Hound Of The Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle   Bantam  No. 366     1st Print March 1949   $25

William Shoyer bondage cover. 1st Paperback edition of Sherlock Holmes most famous case

A nice copy. Square tight and unread. Lamination is all there, lifting slightly on front, more so on the back but still very tight on the book. Small bit of egdewear.