CLOSED - Vintage Paperbacks and More - summer sale - high grades - mid grades - lots of variety 3 3

[Surfing Alien]

The Yellow Overcoat by Frank Gruber   Popular Library No. 188  1st PB   $40  SOLD to Goldust40

A pretty amazing copy of this Rudolph Belarski cover classic

Unread. Square, bright and glossy with just a hint of edgewear.  Tough to beat this.

 

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[goldust40]

On 6/30/2024 at 3:34 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Yellow Overcoat by Frank Gruber   Popular Library No. 188  1st PB   $40

A pretty amazing copy of this Rudolph Belarski cover classic

Unread. Square, bright and glossy with just a hint of edgewear.  Tough to beat this.

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[Darwination]

On 6/30/2024 at 8:59 AM, Surfing Alien said:

The Beat Generation by Albert Zugsmith   Bantam No. 1965    3rd print 1959      $22

"Drugs, "Way out" jazz, perverted sex, actual crime" are what's in these pages  

Excellent Barye Phillips GGA on this one which is a movie tie-edition

Tight and bright with smooth covers, minimal wear. Once section of pages uneven, maybe printed that way as the spine is tight

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[Surfing Alien]

The Skin-Tight Sheath by Lee Brill     Beacon B506F    PBO   1962    $25

Very slick GGA cover art. Can't place the painter but he's familiar. The male model looks like Steve Holland for sure.

Square glossy copy with minimal wear. No creases but has some aging, edgewear, toned pages. Very nice looking

[Surfing Alien]

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo    Avon T-190    1957    $15  SOLD to Goldust40

Movie Tie In Edition with Gina Lollabrigida, Anthony Quinn photo cover

Square, bright, tight copy has a few light bends, a bit of light staining at back spine, page edge and a couple tiny color losses.

 

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[goldust40]

On 6/30/2024 at 4:26 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo    Avon T-190    1957    $15

Movie Tie In Edition with Gina Lollabrigida, Anthony Quinn photo cover

Square, bright, tight copy has a few light bends, a bit of light staining at back spine, page edge and a couple tiny color losses.

Take. La Lollo. 

[Surfing Alien]

Murder Inc. by Sid Feder & Burton Turkus    Perma Books   P187S  1st PB  1952    $20 SOLD to OuterboroGuy @30% off

True Crime re: The Mafia with nice cover art of a gun toting tough

Appears unread. Difficult to find these thick editions in such nice shape. Spine is square and solid, colors bright and glossy. Virtually no cover creasing. Light pressure mark on front cover and light edgewear.

 

 

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[Surfing Alien]

The Saint Sees It Through by Leslie Charteris  Avon No. 341     1951   $18  SOLD to Goldust40

Golden age Avon. Nice GGA cover with murder and a mirror device. Pretty cool combo

Tight and glossy, with a bit of foxing to left edge. No creases, tiny pen mark on first page. Lamination is separating on the spine but is all there.

 

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[goldust40]

On 6/30/2024 at 4:57 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Saint Sees It Through by Leslie Charteris  Avon No. 341     1951   $18

Golden age Avon. Nice GGA cover with murder and a mirror device. Pretty cool combo

Tight and glossy, with a bit of foxing to left edge. No creases, tiny pen mark on first page. Lamination is separating on the spine but is all there.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Dr. Futurity by Philip K. D*i*c*k  / Slavers of Space by John Brunner     Ace D-421   1st Edition    1960     $20

True 1st Edition of this PKD with Ed Emsh cover, Valigursky on the Brunner side

A gorgeous, fresh looking copy, marked down considerably due to lipstick? I believe on the inside covers .    Still looks killer.

 

 

[Darwination]

I think we can actually write out Phillip K. Dick now (if Mike's change in OE's unnameable writer thread is universal)...

[Surfing Alien]

Peril In Paradise  by O.A. Bushnell   Ace K-114   1st PB Edition   1960  $20

Great copy of a wraparound GGA cover art with bare-breasted women

Unread, fresh, glossy and new with a few tiny color flecks here and there

 

[Surfing Alien]

Escape Into Vice by Fletcher Bennett  Playtime No. 611  PB 1st Print November 1962    $30

GGA/Stripper cover.  Crime/sleaze novel with Lesbian interest. Possibly Bonfils cover but not credited anywhere. Subject matter is pretty hot these days.

Square, glossy copy with no creases, tiny pen on cover and first page. A very nice copy

[Surfing Alien]

Last book of this sale:

 

I Was A Drug Addict by Leroy Street & David Loth    Pyramid Books 122    1st PB Edition  1954    $250 (NO AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT - PM to discuss)

Iconic, Fridge Magnet, Classic cover, call it what you will but one of the rarest and most famous paperback covers. It rarely comes up for sale anymore.

Cover art by Julian Paul.

Square glossy copy with a few faint creases, a thin dust shadow at bottom. Corner tip slightly worn.

 

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[JRBaxter]

On 6/28/2024 at 5:16 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Vampirella On Alien Wings  by  Ron Goulart   #2 in the series    Warner Books     0-446-76929-0    1st Edition 1st Print   December 1975          $45

Classic Enrich front and back covers

Unread.  Square tight and glossy. Virtually no handling wear, a bit of rubbing to to the covers and edges from storage. Tiny code stamped on top page edge, little bit of foxing to top page edge. Hard to find unread.

 

 

 

 

 

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[JRBaxter]

On 6/21/2024 at 5:20 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Vampirella       Deathgame  by Ron Goulart   #5 in the series  Warner Books     0-446-86089-1  1st Printing May 1976      $35

Gorgeous Enrich & Jose Gonzalez covers

Square and glossy with great color, light edgewear, small scrape upper left

 

 

 

 

 

On 6/22/2024 at 5:11 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Marvel's Star Wars Illustrated  1st Edition 1st Print, November 1977   $40

Adapted by Roy Thomas, Illustrated by Howard Chaykin throughout.

Tough to find in higher grade due to the black cover. Square tight and bright with a hairline of wear on spine edge, little nick at bottom spine

 

 

On 6/22/2024 at 5:19 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Superman Story  Tor Books 49-093-3       $15

Superman's life story illustrated by Curt Swan

Unread glossy NM copy with barest traces of wear at the extremities

 

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[Surfing Alien]

On 6/30/2024 at 3:26 PM, JRBaxter said:

 

 

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They're yours Sir 

[Surfing Alien]

OK, I updated the re-cap and will leave this open for today and close out this evening. There's still some nice literature and some high grade books left.

[OuterboroGuy]

On 6/21/2024 at 8:17 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Too Fast We Live by Richard Glendinning     Popular Library No. 607 1st Printing September 1954    $20

Sweet Owen Kampen hillbilly Good Girl   Great back cover illo as well.

Square and tight, has some spine stresses and light creases but a nice looking pb.

 

On 6/23/2024 at 4:22 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Seduction By Appointment  by Rick Richards  Midwood F174   PBO 1962    $30

Rudi Nappi GGA cover art. He didn't do many Midwoods

Square and unread, has a light scrape, a touch of edgewaer and a stain to the lower right corner of the book that keeps the price down. Still a great looker.

 

 

On 6/23/2024 at 7:15 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Squeeze Play by Jon Balmer  Beacon No. B441Y   PBO 1961    $25

Classic clinch pose cover art in a great era for Beacon Books. I wonder what things she did

Solid and tight with slight lean. Has a bend at top front, a spine tic and some light wear.

 

On 6/24/2024 at 6:51 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Angels Camp by Ray Morrison   Bantam No. 794 2nd Printing August 1950    $15

Cool bargain entry piece into JD pbs.  Nice Denver Gillen cover art.

Bright and square, with a real nice front cover, back cover has a tear and crease at the bottom.

 

On 6/25/2024 at 5:15 PM, Surfing Alien said:

 The Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett       Dell 129   1946     $30

Hard Boiled pulp collection with one of the most famous Dell Mapback Art Deco covers with a hanging man inside a badge.

Solid binding, pages tight and supple. Unusually straight spine for this title, covers are nice and uncreased, small initial indented into cover at colophon. Light foxing,  edge and cornerwear.  Lamination is fully intact.  A very nice copy of an all time classic vintage paperback.

 

 

On 6/25/2024 at 6:26 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Dangerous Dames - Selected by Mike Shayne - Foreword by Brett Halliday      Dell First Edition 77  PBO 1955     $22

Great copy of this anthology featuring Day Keene, Anthony Boucher, Brett Halliday & more.

Very cool Bob Stanley cover art

Square tight and glossy with no creasing, just a touch of edgewear, mostly to spine edges

 

On 6/26/2024 at 4:25 PM, Surfing Alien said:

War With The Newts  by Karel Kapek   Bantam A1292    1st PB Edition, 1st Printing   January 1955   $15

Translated from the Czech. One of the great classic science fiction novels in any language. Satirical, philosophical, and so truthful about human nature. Must be read by everyone.

Perfect bargain/reader copy, looks high grade, has some light staining to the page edges.

 

On 6/30/2024 at 11:39 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Murder Inc. by Sid Feder & Burton Turkus    Perma Books   P187S  1st PB  1952    $20

True Crime re: The Mafia with nice cover art of a gun toting tough

Appears unread. Difficult to find these thick editions in such nice shape. Spine is square and solid, colors bright and glossy. Virtually no cover creasing. Light pressure mark on front cover and light edgewear.

 

Take these at 30% discount

[Darwination]

"literature"

Another beauty sale, Lowell