shiverbones Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Holy smokes! The 1914 & 1915 Bogie books are SO tough to find!!! Any other years? I love Gurley candles too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Those are really beautiful! I keep trying to ignore paperbacks, this post isn't helping. Anyone have Lovecraft's lurking fear by Avon? It's the only decent paperback I have had, the cover is so nice! Here is my copy of Lurking Fear and another cover I like. That avon reader is sweet too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flee-Marquette Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 To get back to the pic!! Multiple copies of certain books. Do you keep multiple of the ones you like? Back before vintage paperbacks began to be considered collector's items, many used book stores didn't like to carry 25¢ or 35¢ cover priced books in their inventory because customers felt they were being cheated if the store asked for more than the original selling price (and most stores had a 50¢, or whatever, minimum). As a result, a bunch of stores I frequented would throw the old books away or let them accumulate in a back room. When I began to collect vintage paperbacks and started asking about them in stores, I found many dealers were willing to give me boxfuls of them for free or for a super cheap price. I took whatever I found. I too used to accumulate paperbacks. In the seventies I would go with my Dad into used bookstores looking for comics and if they didn't have any worth looking at, I would just walk up and down the aisles exploring. The covers on the old paperbacks began catching my eye and I soon became aware of the art of Belarski, Bergey, DeSoto, etc. The spines of the Avons, Dells, and Popular Library's stuck out amongst the newer books, so I would treat every store visit like an easter egg hunt. Back then I was paying 10 to 25 cents each for them. I started completing runs and they soon began to compete with comic books for my attention. Then Hancer's Paperback price guide came out and soon my cheap thrill got expensive. A couple more favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 An Earthman on Venus was originally published as a four part serial in Argosy All-Story Weekly under the title, The Radio Man. June 28, 1924 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 I thought this splash was pretty good even though it isn't the same as the Avon cover. Great splash, BB. Do you have a scan of the cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 Here is my copy of Lurking Fear and another cover I like. Both are beauties. I can't find books like those cheap anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 Nice. I want to read Gladiator someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 Holy smokes! The 1914 & 1915 Bogie books are SO tough to find!!! Any other years? I have a few others. I'll take a look and see if they are within easy reach and maybe I can take some photos of their interiors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Holy smokes! The 1914 & 1915 Bogie books are SO tough to find!!! Any other years? I have a few others. I'll take a look and see if they are within easy reach and maybe I can take some photos of their interiors. I have only had 1919, 1922 & 1924 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Photobucket declared that this image violates their terms of use -- first time it's happened to me. I'm a bit surprised as my album is private and I only link to the boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Is it the nudity? I know Eggs was having trouble with his underground sales thread bacause of that, but if so, how could they possibly have noticed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Is it the nudity? I know Eggs was having trouble with his underground sales thread bacause of that, but if so, how could they possibly have noticed? I assume it's the nudity but she's tastefully shielded like some of the pulps or other items in my gallery and I figure it unlikely someone on the boards would report it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I thought this splash was pretty good even though it isn't the same as the Avon cover. Great splash, BB. Do you have a scan of the cover? I have a scan from ga.uk. Note the Fawcette signature. bb Blaisdell used those ants too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 Thanks, BB!! That's a gorgeous cover. I love the way Fawcette drew the grass in the foreground and the corn stalks in the background. Nice touch. Great ants, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 I just noticed that the man and woman have butterfly wings. That must be a wild story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 I found this newspaper article in one of my cigar boxes with odds and ends. I think I cut it out of the Monroe Evening News during the spring of 1965. It is just a bit of history for the old collectors in the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Flee started this one for me last year. I added to it and hope that Lulu expresses our wish that everyone has a Merry Christmas. bb I posted this on the Ho, Ho, Ho! thread but it seems to have lost energy. So here it is again. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Does anyone recognize this character? I have another hint if this isn't enough. I was kind of fascinated with the scientific description of the crystal. Huh? bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 Does anyone recognize this character? Streak Chandler on Mars. (Thank you, Google.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 Very cool clipping. I had no idea that the Detroit Triple Fan Fair started that early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
