CLOSED - Thanks to all! - Classic and GGA vintage Paperbacks and more! Maybe a few hardbacks and a mag or pulp... hmmm??? 4 4

[Surfing Alien]

Tawny Orrie Hitt   Beacon B 261    PBO   1959    $35 SOLD to Comical Situations

Great GGA cover art on this PBO by noir/sleaze master Orrie Hitt. Art looks like one of the True Crime Mag artists from the late 50's

Appears unread, has a light bend/ding to upper right corner but very glossy, sharp and bright with no reading wear.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

The Young Wolves by Edward De Roo    Ace Books D-343   PBO  1959  $40 SOLD to OtherEric

First edition Juvenile Delinquent title with great cover art. Uncredited, looks like Kuntsler style.

Solid glossy copy. Has slight spine lean, light reader crease and a bit of edgewear but nothing bad. Pages have usual light tanning but supple.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Last one for this evening and it's a fridge magnet for sure

 

Hard Boiled by Harmon Bellamy Venus Books 110       $100 SOLD to Comical Situations

Classic GGA lingerie vintage sleaze digest. One of the most famous Venus Digests with cover art uncredited but likely by Howell Dodd.

Solid spine, staples tight, pages supple. Light spine and surface wear. Clean staples show only slight oxidation, no rust. Some faint creasing. Light soiling to back cover. Over all an attractive copy of one of the most sought after GGA digest covers.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Monkey On My Back by Wenzell Brown Popular Library 549   1st PB 1954    $40 SOLD to ThePreacher

Great Owen Kampen cover art of kids on the skids on this famous drug book.

Tight and bright with great color. A few small creases and light wear, bend to middle, tanning pages with a couple tiny stains to page edges. Nice looking copy over all

 

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[ThePreacher]

On 8/27/2024 at 1:29 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Monkey On My Back by Wenzell Brown Popular Library 549   1st PB 1954    $40

Great Owen Kampen cover art of kids on the skids on this famous drug book.

Tight and bright with great color. A few small creases and light wear, bend to middle, tanning pages with a couple tiny stains to page edges. Nice looking copy over all

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Drop Dead! by Gordon Ashe aka John Creasey and The Case of the Hated Senator by Margaret Sherf  Ace D-71   1954  $12 SOLD to Goldust40

Harry Barton cover art on Drop Dead

Solid and tight - light creasing and wear - has page uneveness and browning pages - still tight but I wouldn't try to read it - a decent bargain copy of an early Ace mystery

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Vultures on Horseback by Paul Evan Lehman - Maverick With A Star by George Kilrain   Ace D-14   1953     $30 SOLD to OtherEric

Saunders cover on "Maverick" Looks like De Soto on "Vultures" - Rare early Ace western in nice shape. Real tough to find like this

Square tight and bright - minor creasing and wear. Off white pages - light foxing to inner covers. Light pencil mark on page edge

 

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[OtherEric]

On 8/27/2024 at 1:43 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Vultures on Horseback by Paul Evan Lehman - Maverick With A Star by George Kilrain   Ace D-14   1953     $30

Saunders cover on "Maverick" Looks like De Soto on "Vultures" - Rare early Ace western in nice shape. Real tough to find like this

Square tight and bright - minor creasing and wear. Off white pages - light foxing to inner covers. Light pencil mark on page edge

[OtherEric]

On 8/26/2024 at 4:15 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Young Wolves by Edward De Roo    Ace Books D-343   PBO  1959  $40

First edition Juvenile Delinquent title with great cover art. Uncredited, looks like Kuntsler style.

Solid glossy copy. Has slight spine lean, light reader crease and a bit of edgewear but nothing bad. Pages have usual light tanning but supple.

 

[OtherEric]

The D-14 is something of a forgotten book, sandwiched between the D-13 and D-15, isn't it?

[Surfing Alien]

On 8/27/2024 at 5:00 PM, OtherEric said:

The D-14 is something of a forgotten book, sandwiched between the D-13 and D-15, isn't it?

For sure, and you see those other two more often

[Surfing Alien]

The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac Avon T-390  Movie Tie In    1st PB   1959    $25 SOLD to Goldust40

Sharp copy of a fragile, skinny volume by the Beat great

Square tight and glossy - appears unread. A few tiny wear spots. Pages are tanning but supple.

 

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[goldust40]

On 8/27/2024 at 10:19 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac Avon T-390  Movie Tie In    1st PB   1959    $25

Sharp copy of a fragile, skinny volume by the Beat great

Square tight and glossy - appears unread. A few tiny wear spots. Pages are tanning but supple.

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[goldust40]

On 8/27/2024 at 9:36 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Drop Dead! by Gordon Ashe aka John Creasey and The Case of the Hated Senator by Margaret Sherf  Ace D-71   1954  $12

Harry Barton cover art on Drop Dead

Solid and tight - light creasing and wear - has page uneveness and browning pages - still tight but I wouldn't try to read it - a decent bargain copy of an early Ace mystery

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[Surfing Alien]

What Color Is Love by Kevin MacLeod  Beacon B658X    PBO   1963   $30 SOLD to jimjum12

Real nice Ernest Chiriaka (Darcy) GGA cover layout on this interracial sleaze/romance

Pretty, unread copy with some light storage wear - a few small indents on back cover, tiny edge wear marks

 

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[jimjum12]

On 8/27/2024 at 5:26 PM, Surfing Alien said:

What Color Is Love by Kevin MacLeod  Beacon B658X    PBO   1963   $30

Real nice Ernest Chiriaka (Darcy) GGA cover layout on this interracial sleaze/romance

Pretty, unread copy with some light storage wear - a few small indents on back cover, tiny edge wear marks

GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

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[jimjum12]

I for one am glad you're still doing your thread here in mainstream. They're in depth, with data that is hard to put your finger on. They're a service to the newbies who are on the outside looking in, like myself. Always something unexpected too. GOD BLESS ... 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

[Surfing Alien]

Doorway to Death by Dan Marlowe   Avon T-307   PBO   1959    $25 SOLD to Goldust40

Really cool uncredited cover art on this Dan Marlowe mystery original. There's a lot of gems in the Avon F & T series.

Very nice square glossy copy. A bit of light spine wear but no creases, pages tanning but supple

 

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[goldust40]

On 8/27/2024 at 10:33 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Doorway to Death by Dan Marlowe   Avon T-307   PBO   1959    $25

Really cool uncredited cover art on this Dan Marlowe mystery original. There's a lot of gems in the Avon F & T series.

Very nice square glossy copy. A bit of light spine wear but no creases, pages tanning but supple

 

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[Surfing Alien]

The Sex Clinic by Carter Brown.  Signet T4658  1st Printing June 1971       $25 SOLD to Comical Situations

Sweet Robert McGinnis Hippy Good Girl with a cigarette.

Near perfect copy with just a wisp of a crease at the spine edge, light shadow on back you can barely see, and a couple tiny spots on page edges. Real nice

 

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