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 8/31/2024 at 6:53 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Honey by Jack Woodford and John Thompson  Beacon B371    2nd numbering of this PBO    1961   $30

Inter-racial sleaze.  Pretty sure this GGA cover art is by Warren King

Slight slant, otherwise has very little wear, possibly unread.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

His Brother's Wife by Clay Stuart   Beacon B698X   PBO   1964    $15  SOLD to Comical Situations

Scarce sleaze title with beautiful Al Rossi GGA cover art

Unread but book is warped from storage. Looks worse in the photos than in hand

 

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[Comical Situations]

On 8/31/2024 at 2:17 PM, Surfing Alien said:

His Brother's Wife by Clay Stuart   Beacon B698X   PBO   1964    $15

Scarce sleaze title with beautiful Al Rossi GGA cover art

Unread but book is warped from storage. Looks worse in the photos than in hand

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[Surfing Alien]

Love Cult by James W. Lampp (mistakenly attributed to Harry Whittington by Lancer)    Lancer Books 71-315    1962      $50  SOLD to Comical Situations

Awesome whipping GGA cover art - looks like the Duillo's who were doing covers for Lancer in the 60's

Famously (or infamously) attributed to Harry Whittington by Lancer, the original Croydon digest was by pen name William Vaneer, a house name used by both Whittington and Lampp.

Nice copy for this one which is usually trashed. Slight lean, a color chip and other light edgewear. Pages and inner covers tanning, first page has a small tear.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

The Seven Sirens by Carter Brown  Signet T4908   1st Printing  February 1972     $30  SOLD to crassus

First copy of this Robert McGinnis cover beauty I've had for sale and it's near perfect.

Stunning copy, has a small ding on the spine, that's about it. Super glossy and new looking with no creasing and virtually no handling wear.

 

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[crassus]

On 8/31/2024 at 2:52 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Seven Sirens by Carter Brown  Signet T4908   1st Printing  February 1972     $30

First copy of this Robert McGinnis cover beauty I've had for sale and it's near perfect.

Stunning copy, has a small ding on the spine, that's about it. Super glossy and new looking with no creasing and virtually no handling wear.

 

[Comical Situations]

On 8/31/2024 at 2:32 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Love Cult by James W. Lampp (mistakenly attributed to Harry Whittington by Lancer)    Lancer Books 71-315    1962      $50

Awesome whipping GGA cover art - looks like the Duillo's who were doing covers for Lancer in the 60's

Famously (or infamously) attributed to Harry Whittington by Lancer, the original Croydon digest was by pen name William Vaneer, a house name used by both Whittington and Lampp.

Nice copy for this one which is usually trashed. Slight lean, a color chip and other light edgewear. Pages and inner covers tanning, first page has a small tear.

 

On 8/31/2024 at 2:52 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Seven Sirens by Carter Brown  Signet T4908   1st Printing  February 1972     $30

First copy of this Robert McGinnis cover beauty I've had for sale and it's near perfect.

Stunning copy, has a small ding on the spine, that's about it. Super glossy and new looking with no creasing and virtually no handling wear.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

On 8/31/2024 at 2:53 PM, Comical Situations said:

 

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You got Love Cult but Rob got Seven Sirens by a nose

[Comical Situations]

I saw...hard to juggle life and snag books at the same time

[Surfing Alien]

Stiletto by Harold Robbins Dell First Edition C115   PBO 1st Printing   December 1960   $25  SOLD to Goldust40

Sweet Robert Abbett back shot cover on Harold Robbins' only paperback original.

I'm surprised he even did one, he made such a fortune on hardback firsts followed by millions of pb printings.

Nice, glossy tight copy with very minor edge wear, light shadow at top front and name in pen on title page.

 

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[goldust40]

On 8/31/2024 at 8:14 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Stiletto by Harold Robbins Dell First Edition C115   PBO 1st Printing   December 1960   $25

Sweet Robert Abbett back shot cover on Harold Robbins' only paperback original.

I'm surprised he even did one, he made such a fortune on hardback firsts followed by millions of pb printings.

Nice, glossy tight copy with very minor edge wear, light shadow at top front and name in pen on title page.

 

 

 

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[Surfing Alien]

Pair of higher grade 1950 Bantams with nice cover art   $10  SOLD to Goldust40

 

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[goldust40]

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

Pair of higher grade 1950 Bantams with nice cover art   $10

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[Surfing Alien]

Murder Without Tears by Leonard Lupton   Graphic Mystery 149   PBO  1957    $20  SOLD to crassus

Excellent Good Girl with a gun cover art by Roy Lance

Tight and glossy. Has slight lean and a small tear on back cover but very clean and nice overall.

 

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[Surfing Alien]

I'm going to take a break here, have a few errands to run. Should be back in a couple of hours with some more fun

[OtherEric]

On 8/31/2024 at 12:14 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Stiletto by Harold Robbins Dell First Edition C115   PBO 1st Printing   December 1960   $25

Sweet Robert Abbett back shot cover on Harold Robbins' only paperback original.

I'm surprised he even did one, he made such a fortune on hardback firsts followed by millions of pb printings.

 

It was his first book in five years at that point, so I can think of several possibilities.  First guess would be he just needed a publisher at the point he signed the contract, then had to deliver despite having a couple films based on his work turn up shortly before the book came out.  Or he may have felt he owed the editor a favor.  Or he thought the book was more suited to being a paperback original for some reason.

We'll probably never know, and given that it's, well, Harold Robbins, I really don't care much. But other writers have done PBO's well past the point when they could get a HC contract for anything they wrote... Stephen King being the most obvious current example.

[Surfing Alien]

The Young Who Sin by John Haase  Avon T-454    PBO   1958    $25  SOLD to Cimm

Tijuana dreaming   Pretty James Meese cover design of a girl undressing on this beauty.

Square tight and flat with great color and gloss. No creases to speak of,  just a few touches of wear here and there. Small spot on the back

 

 

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[Surfing Alien]

On 8/31/2024 at 6:20 PM, OtherEric said:

It was his first book in five years at that point, so I can think of several possibilities.  First guess would be he just needed a publisher at the point he signed the contract, then had to deliver despite having a couple films based on his work turn up shortly before the book came out.  Or he may have felt he owed the editor a favor.  Or he thought the book was more suited to being a paperback original for some reason.

We'll probably never know, and given that it's, well, Harold Robbins, I really don't care much. But other writers have done PBO's well past the point when they could get a HC contract for anything they wrote... Stephen King being the most obvious current example.

I liked his first 5 books or so then it became too melodramatic but 79 Park Avenue remains a favorite.

Maybe it was just a secret teen crush on Lesley Ann Warren for the miniseries lead, I can't deny but the book was really good as well.

[Surfing Alien]

The Window by Leonard Huish   Beacon B424F   PBO     1961     $35  SOLD to crassus

Awesome window peeper GGA cover art, a genre unto itself, this is a nice example it.

Square tight and bright. Has some foxing to the spine and back cover otherwise clean and unread looking.

 

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[crassus]

On 8/31/2024 at 6:49 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Window by Leonard Huish   Beacon B424F   PBO     1961     $35

Awesome window peeper GGA cover art, a genre unto itself, this is a nice example it.

Square tight and bright. Has some foxing to the spine and back cover otherwise clean and unread looking.