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Tama Of The Light Country by Ray Cummings  Ace Books F-363    1965   True 1st Book Edition of the Argosy Pulp classic.      $15 SOLD to TupennyConan

Pretty Jerome Podwil cover art.

VF Plus high grade gem. Super square and glossy with barely a trace of wear. Pages and inner covers toned.

 

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On 10/3/2024 at 5:35 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Tama Of The Light Country by Ray Cummings  Ace Books F-363    1965   True 1st Book Edition of the Argosy Pulp classic.      $15

Pretty Jerome Podwil cover art.

VF Plus high grade gem. Super square and glossy with barely a trace of wear. Pages and inner covers toned.

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Bar The Doors - Selected by Alfred Hitchcock     Dell #143  1st Edition     1946    $40 SOLD to dover

Gerald Gregg horror hand cover, great font design. A superior copy of a classic vintage pb.

Fine Plus/Very Fine Minus.  Looks fresh and new. Bold colors and super glossy lamination. Solid square binding, pages lightly toned, tight and supple with a little overspray of the page edge stain. 

 

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 Shock by Richard Matheson     Dell First Edition  B195  1961        $20

1st Edition 1st print of this collection.     Richard Powers  cover art.

Fine Plus/VF Minus     A nice glossy copy with no reader crease, light edgewear.

 

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The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum    Crest Books S395 1st PB  1960     $20 SOLD to crassus

Illustrated by W.W. Denslow. Really nice duo (tri?) tone illustrations inside. The only early PB Oz book I know of.

Fine Plus. Tight and bright. Mild creasing and edgewear. A nice copy, this title likely got beat to death by kids in their day.

 

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On 10/3/2024 at 6:14 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum    Crest Books S395 1st PB  1960     $20

Illustrated by W.W. Denslow. Really nice duo (tri?) tone illustrations inside. The only early PB Oz book I know of.

Fine Plus. Tight and bright. Mild creasing and edgewear. A nice copy, this title likely got beat to death by kids in their day.

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The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft       Bart House #12      1945       $90  SOLD to TupennyConan

Lovecraft's second mass market paperback and very hard to find in any condition. This is the best I've had to sell.

Fine Plus/VF Minus.  Brilliant colors. Square and tight, pages bright and supple. The unfaded spine is very difficult to find. A couple small, faint creases to the corners.

 

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I'm going to stop here tonight. I have some family things to take care of here but will have a bunch more various things for tomorrow and will end it out either tomorrow or saturday depending what I get to. Thanks as always for the takes, likes and good vibes (thumbsu

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On 10/3/2024 at 6:22 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft       Bart House #12      1945       $90

Lovecraft's second mass market paperback and very hard to find in any condition. This is the best I've had to sell.

Fine Plus/VF Minus.  Brilliant colors. Square and tight, pages bright and supple. The unfaded spine is very difficult to find. A couple small, faint creases to the corners.

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On 10/3/2024 at 5:50 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Bar The Doors - Selected by Alfred Hitchcock     Dell #143  1st Edition     1946    $40

Gerald Gregg horror hand cover, great font design. A superior copy of a classic vintage pb.

Fine Plus/Very Fine Minus.  Looks fresh and new. Bold colors and super glossy lamination. Solid square binding, pages lightly toned, tight and supple with a little overspray of the page edge stain. 

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Please add this to my secret stack.

 

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 The Amboy Dukes by Irving Shulman        Avon 300     Second numbering of this title (and eight printing overall)    1951       $25 SOLD to Goldust40

Early Avon Juvenile Delinquency novel.  One of several variant covers, this one with the Brooklyn Bridge and lamination. Gorgeous GGA from the Ann Cantor Studio

Fine.   Square and tight, the first one I've seen with lamination and I've seen many copies of this book. Small lam chips, lifts. Light edgewear

 

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 The Amboy Dukes by Irving Shulman        Avon 300     Second numbering of this title (and eight printing overall)    1951       $25

Early Avon Juvenile Delinquency novel.  One of several variant covers, this one with the Brooklyn Bridge and lamination. Gorgeous GGA from the Ann Cantor Studio

Fine.   Square and tight, the first one I've seen with lamination and I've seen many copies of this book. Small lam chips, lifts. Light edgewear

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