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On 10/21/2023 at 8:33 PM, Surfing Alien said:

"I'll Get Mine" by Thurston Scott Popular Library #1452   2nd Print   1952   $25

Iconic "pop culture" drug vintage paperback. Great A. Leslie Ross GGA cover of a drug ho leaning on a street corner lamppost. A really decent read as well.

VG   a displayable basic copy with the main image clear. Tape at top and bottom of the spine.

 

On 10/21/2023 at 7:54 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Dwellers in the Mirage by A. Merritt  Avon 413   1952     $50

Another stone cold classic Golden Age Avon. This one fantasy with a Raymond Johnson nude Good Girl in the monster's clutches

Fine Plus/Very Fine minus. Square, glossy and tight with great colors. No creasing, just some very light edgewear, tiny color chip on back spine. Store stamp and marker price on title page

Same here, been waiting for the hard boiled, and I walk away… yes, great pickups! 

Sorry, nevermind … 

On 10/21/2023 at 7:17 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Back Alley by Frank Smith   Beacon Books B 181   1958     $40

Sweet copy of a great hard boiled title with George Geygan GGA cover

Very Fine. Square, glossy and bright with almost no wear. Tough to find early Beacons this nice.

 

On 10/21/2023 at 5:01 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Gonna get this going again.

 

Never Kill a Client by Brett Halliday Dell 6300  1st Print November 1963    $15

Cool McGinnis GGA cover

Fine Plus/VF minus - Square and tight, has small bend on rear, light wear to extremities. Small shadow inside front cover, probably a tiny name sticker that fell off long ago.

 

 

On 10/1/2023 at 10:09 AM, Readcomix said:

Reggie and Me #58 Mile High gave it VG. Joe over Al Hartley here. $10

On 10/4/2023 at 8:41 PM, Readcomix said:

Everything’s Archie #27, graded Good by Mile High but probably better than that. One sig, but Joe inks Bob Bolling in this one. $10

On 10/4/2023 at 8:43 PM, Readcomix said:

Everything’s Archie #28 another conservative Good by Mile High. One sig, Joe inking Stan Goldberg. $10

On 10/5/2023 at 8:45 AM, Readcomix said:

Pep #279 Mile High-graded VG. Another collaboration with Al Hartley. One Sinnott sig. $10

On 10/6/2023 at 8:51 AM, Readcomix said:

Betty and Me #23 Mile High gave it a Good but missed a missing page, so it’s really a Poor. But both Joe sigs are present! He inked Al Hartley in both cases here. $10

 

On 10/6/2023 at 8:59 AM, Readcomix said:

Betty and Me #43 Mile High Good. One Joe sig, inking Al Hartley again. $10

I just finished George Martin’s “Fire & Blood” and have now started Raymond Chandler’s, “High Window”.  I am just a couple of chapters in and thoroughly enjoying some Philip Marlowe.  

Such awesome books here.  These are all so tempting.  I wish I were buying!  
 

Those Heath covers 

On 7/19/2023 at 10:15 AM, cheetah said:

Big Chief Wahoo #5, CGC 7.0, White Pages, Central Valley Ped

$115

On 7/16/2023 at 7:26 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Batman The Best of the Original Batman      Signet D2939    First Printing March 1966       $15

First Batman paperback. Reprints the origin and other early classics.

Fine overall. Square and tight with great color. Minimal wear but has a crease that breaks color at top right, a finger bend on back and wear at the edges. Still a much better than usual copy.

 

 

On 7/16/2023 at 6:09 PM, Surfing Alien said:

All That Love Allows by Paul Darcy Boles. Popular Library 691    September 1955       $12

A dreamy GGA cover confection by pulp master Rafael DeSoto on this Pop. Another one with a great 2nd painting done for the back cover.

Fine. Square and solid, pages tight and the book looks unread or lightly read, but downgraded for edgewear and some light cover fading and soiling, most visible in the whites.

 40% off please 

On 7/16/2023 at 10:31 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Last one for this morning as I have some sunday errands to run but I'll wrap it up tonight with a mixed bag of goodies

Coffin For A Hood by Lionel White  Gold Medal 775 PBO 1st Printing June 1958    $20

Killer Darcy (Ernest Chiriaka) headlights cover art to one of my favorite crime authors PBO. He's got a .45 but her .38's are spectacular as they say. 

A book that is far more than it's cover. White writes great crime capers that keep the pages turning.

Hard to grade. Has Very Fine, unread qualities but has some page edge fading and bending to the book from storage as shown. Covers are bright and glossy, smooth and uncreased.

 

 

Oh man, I missed some great ones tonight!  They don’t hang around very long at all.  
 

I will take this one… 

On 7/15/2023 at 9:35 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Sherlock Holmes Pocket Book by A. Conan Doyle      Pocket Books 95     Scarce 1st Print       February 1941     $25

If you know Pocket's, you know. Very hard to find 1st Prints of the early editions. One of the most collected early titles for obvious reasons.

Not very high grade but a nicely presenting copy of a book that is extremely difficult to find any better than this due to multiple issues, age (82!), papery lamination,, hard cardboard covers etc. etc.

Very Good. Solid and square, everything tight, retains plenty of gloss. The thin lamination is mostly present but has the usual lifts, losses and tears. Soiling on the back cover. Bright white pages. The lack of hard creases makes this remain nice looking from the front.

 

 

 

On 7/13/2023 at 7:23 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Memory of Love by Bessie Breuer   Avon 196      1949      $15

Sweet headlights GGA credited to Ann Cantor, but as I revealed in my article, she was an art agent subbing work out to artists like Johnson. It is gorgeous work, whoever painted it and is indicative of how Avon moved on from the stiff art of the earlier 1940's during this time.

Fine/Fine Plus  Solid spine with slight slant. Great colors, smooth covers with minimal wear and creasing. A very collectible copy.

On 7/11/2023 at 1:13 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Long Wait by Mickey Spillane   Signet 932    1st PB, 1st Printing   May 1952    $20

Tough gangster fiction with a great Lu Kimmell GGA bondage cover.  I have several nice Spillane Signets to list this week.

Fine Plus. Super glossy and new looking. Appears unread, other than a bit of rubbing on the spine edges and finger bend on back, only has some factory defects. A bit of the page edge dye on the cover and spine and a bindery tear at the top and bottom spine.  Pages and inner covers are really nice for a Signet.

 

 

A few price reductions before it closes.  
Thanks! 

Probably closing this thread tomorrow.  Please let me know if you have any questions or need additional pics.  Thank you.  

The colors on some of the photos are definitely muted by my poor photography, … Rangers, Wings and Thrilling.  Just let me know if you would like a better photo.  

Wings Comics 93.  CGC 5.5.  
OW

$355 Reduced to $340

Rangers 32.  CGC 6.5. OW/W  $315 reduced to $300

Mystery Tales 32.
CGC 5.5  Off White/White pages.  $365  I love this cover! I 
Reduced to $350

Mystery Tales 35.  
CGC 7.0.  Off White pages.  $335

Reduced to $320

On 6/18/2023 at 7:47 PM, Surfing Alien said:

The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs  Ace 51402   $12

The first of the "Tall" Ace editions. A dynamic Frazetta cover.

Fine Plus. Appears unread or very lightly read. Square solid spine has a hairline crease. Color chip to top spine. Has a few pressure creases on cover that barely  photograph. Age toning to the pages and inner covers bring the grade down a bit. Structurally very pretty