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

[goldust40]

On 8/28/2024 at 10:03 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos       Popular Library 221   1st PB edition  1950      $45

A very pretty copy of one of the most famous Earl Bergey GGA covers. Just a purty vintage pb

Solid and tight. Great colors. Spine has some light stress lines, binding is tight, pages tanning but supple. Covers are smooth without major creases, a few bends and edge wear. 

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[Surfing Alien]

River Girl by Charles Williams      Gold Medal Giant G207   PBO  1st printing  1951   $45    SOLD to Darwination

A great read and classic GGA cover by Barye Phillips.  Incredibly tough Giant edition in any grade. The third in Charles Williams' "Girl" series for Gold Medal

Solid and tight with super glossy lamination. One section of pages is uneven but all tight in the binding. No bad creases, just a little edgewear and a few tiny bits of lam missing. These fat GM giants are usually found in pieces and this one found rarely at all in the first printing.

 

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Hiroshima by John Hersey Bantam    404   1948      $30   SOLD to Crassus

Classic Geoffrey Biggs cover depicting the "silent horror" of Atomic War.

Slight upgrade from the last copy I sold. Square, glossy and tight with one light bend on front that doesn't break color.  Lamination is 99% all there with only slight lifting. Nice pages.

 

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[crassus]

On 8/28/2024 at 5:22 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Hiroshima by John Hersey Bantam    404   1948      $30  

Classic Geoffrey Biggs cover depicting the "silent horror" of Atomic War.

Slight upgrade from the last copy I sold. Square, glossy and tight with one light bend on front that doesn't break color.  Lamination is 99% all there with only slight lifting. Nice pages.

 

[Darwination]

On 8/28/2024 at 4:16 PM, Surfing Alien said:

River Girl by Charles Williams      Gold Medal Giant G207   PBO  1st printing  1951   $45    

A great read and classic GGA cover by Barye Phillips.  Incredibly tough Giant edition in any grade. The third in Charles Williams' "Girl" series for Gold Medal

Solid and tight with super glossy lamination. One section of pages is uneven but all tight in the binding. No bad creases, just a little edgewear and a few tiny bits of lam missing. These fat GM giants are usually found in pieces and this one found rarely at all in the first printing.

 

[Surfing Alien]

On 8/28/2024 at 5:25 PM, Darwination said:

I had a little bird on my shoulder tell me you might go for this one - great book and a tough one

[ThePreacher]

On 8/28/2024 at 2:22 PM, crassus said:

 

On 8/28/2024 at 2:22 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Hiroshima by John Hersey Bantam    404   1948      $30  

Classic Geoffrey Biggs cover depicting the "silent horror" of Atomic War.

Slight upgrade from the last copy I sold. Square, glossy and tight with one light bend on front that doesn't break color.  Lamination is 99% all there with only slight lifting. Nice pages.

 

I recently read this cover-to-cover - it is absolutely amazing and terrifying.

[Surfing Alien]

The Corpse Next Door by John Farris   Graphic Mystery 138   PBO 1956      $20  SOLD to Goldust40

Great Oliver Brabbins cover art on this under-appreciated vintage pb line. I've tried picking more up lately but they're getting tougher to find.

Nice square copy with great gloss and minimal wear. I'd call it "barely read" Has a date in script inside front cover.

 

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[goldust40]

On 8/28/2024 at 10:35 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Corpse Next Door by John Farris   Graphic Mystery 138   PBO 1956      $20

Great Oliver Brabbins cover art on this under-appreciated vintage pb line. I've tried picking more up lately but they're getting tougher to find.

Nice square copy with great gloss and minimal wear. I'd call it "barely read" Has a date in script inside front cover.

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[jimjum12]

Even if I'm too slow to ever win another Lowell book, that "Tomboy" from last thread has calmed the earthquake in my soul  GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

[Surfing Alien]

Go Honeylou by Thomas B. Dewey  Del First Edition B215  PBO First Printing   April 1962   $35  SOLD to Crassus

An amazing GGA cover art & color scheme by Victor Kalin on this tough hard boiled first edition. Just wowsers

Square glossy copy with no creases, just a touch of wear to the tips, a few tiny indents on the bottom page edge, small script name on first page.

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[crassus]

On 8/28/2024 at 5:48 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Go Honeylou by Thomas B. Dewey  Del First Edition B215  PBO First Printing   April 1962   $35

An amazing GGA cover art & color scheme by Victor Kalin on this tough hard boiled first edition. Just wowsers

Square glossy copy with no creases, just a touch of wear to the tips, a few tiny indents on the bottom page edge, small script name on first page.

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[Surfing Alien]

On 8/28/2024 at 5:48 PM, crassus said:

Great take. I wish they made more orange covers! So striking!

[Surfing Alien]

On 8/28/2024 at 5:46 PM, jimjum12 said:

Even if I'm too slow to ever win another Lowell book, that "Tomboy" from last thread has calmed the earthquake in my soul  GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Glad to hear - you'll get 'em while they're sleeping Jimbo

 

[Darwination]

On 8/28/2024 at 4:49 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Great take. I wish they made more orange covers! So striking!

Kalin is underrated - his use of different colors in backgrounds and sense of design is awesome.

 

EDIT - the blurb in context is one of the best ever, too, "How could he leave that big, beautiful Texas bombshell behind"

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[Surfing Alien]

Dark Hunger by Don James   Monarch Books 101  PBO  October 1958    $35 SOLD to Crassus

The very first Monarch Book with stunning Raymond Johnson GGA cover art.  The bars was a motif he used quite a few times.

A very nice copy - square and tight with great color and gloss. Has a few light bends at the spine and corners.

 

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[crassus]

On 8/28/2024 at 6:01 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Dark Hunger by Don James   Monarch Books 101  PBO  October 1958    $35

The very first Monarch Book with stunning Raymond Johnson GGA cover art.  The bars was a motif he used quite a few times.

A very nice copy - square and tight with great color and gloss. Has a few light bends at the spine and corners.

[Surfing Alien]

Summer Artist by Jayne Judson   Unique Books UB109    PBO  1966   $75

Unread sleaze/beatnik classic with the awesome Bill Ward cover. I love his covers on the 60's sleaze novels. Low print runs on these.

Square and glossy with great color - pages tanning as usual but nothing else to speak of. A great copy, equal to my keeper, I couldn't choose between them.

 

[Comical Situations]

On 8/26/2024 at 4:45 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Dormitory Doll by Norm Kent  Playtime No. 638  PBO  1963    $25

GGA call girl cover.  Crime/sleaze novel with Lesbian interest. Probably a Bonfils cover but not credited anywhere. Subject matter is pretty hot these days.

Square, glossy copy. Has light non color breaking creases on cover but a nice fresh copy overall.

 

On 8/26/2024 at 5:42 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Baby Peddler by Albert L. Quandt   Original Novels No. 728   PBO  1952    $30

Great title and taboo-subject sleaze digest with cover art by Al Rossi.  

Solid and tight with a chip at spine base, light creasing and overall wear. A collectible copy of a tough digest in any condition

 

 

On 8/26/2024 at 6:57 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Tawny by Orrie Hitt   Beacon B 261    PBO   1959    $35

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.

 

 

On 8/26/2024 at 7:25 PM, Surfing Alien said:

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

 

Hard Boiled by Harmon Bellamy Venus Books 110       $100

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.

 

 

 

On 8/27/2024 at 6:08 PM, Surfing Alien said:

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

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

 

 

On 8/27/2024 at 6:31 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Time Trap by Rog Phillips   Century Book No. 116  PBO   1949   $30

Small paperback size (Century alternated with Digests)

Incredible Malcolm Smith cover art of a three eyed Good Girl with ray gun - much rarer than the other couple of Century science fiction titles

A pretty decent collectible copy. Spine slant, some creasing, pages tanning, still tight.  I've never seen a VF copy, this was my keeper until recently.

 

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[Comical Situations]

On 8/27/2024 at 7:00 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Marked For Murder by Brett Halliday   Dell 5386     New Dell Edition 1st Print January 1963   $12

Nice McGinnis Good Girl cover art on this Mike Shayne pb

High grade - square glossy and tight with minimum wear - but has a store stamp inside the cover that is markered out - priced down for that

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