Comics, Pulps, and Paperbacks: Why such a discrepancy in values? 25 25

[Randall Dowling]

FWIW, I had a really awesome conversation with John Knott today.  He's an old school bookseller and has a really great selection with a great website.  It's worth checking out if there are titles you're looking for and his grading is quite good.

https://www.jwkbooks.com

[moonpool]

Couple of Leisure Library digests.  Most covers by Heade.

[Surfing Alien]

Digest bonanza today...

Been looking for Bad Sue for a long time, one of the baddest Quarters

Really cool neon effects on this George Gross gem

A pretty scarce Croydon later print

More backwoods girls by Whittington with a Nappi cover on Backwoods Hussy

I have this Diversey but this might be an upgrade and i'm intrigued by date stamps on these digests.

finally a couple more cool Avon photo covers

 

 

[Randall Dowling]

Now that's a stack of digests!  

[Surfing Alien]

34 minutes ago, Randall Dowling said:

Now that's a stack of digests!  

All for the price of a raw mid grade minor bronze key

Edited July 31, 2020 by Surfing Alien

[damonwad]

A couple of blonde babes.

I haven't read the Cain yet but really liked the Goodis.

 

[damonwad]

Some Bruno Fischer's.

The first print of House of Flesh is the one with the dog. The 2nd print was 7 months later.

 

[Pat Calhoun]

Surf got me going with those two wonderful 'Original' Hallam Whitneys...

[Surfing Alien]

1 hour ago, Pat Calhoun said:

Surf got me going with those two wonderful 'Original' Hallam Whitneys...

Nice spread Pat! I definitely need me some of those!

[Randall Dowling]

2 hours ago, Pat Calhoun said:

Surf got me going with those two wonderful 'Original' Hallam Whitneys...

That Brass Monkey just moved up on my list.  I have a few Whittingtons but only Backwoods Tramp from that awesome spread.  Great stuff, Pat!

Edited August 2, 2020 by Randall Dowling
bad spells

[Surfing Alien]

1 hour ago, Randall Dowling said:

Backwoods Tramp

That cover is somewhat suggestive 

[Surfing Alien]

On 8/1/2020 at 5:23 PM, damonwad said:

A couple of blonde babes.

Killer copies as usual damonwad. I have a nice copy of the Cain but the stars are gonna have to align right for the Goodis.

[Randall Dowling]

6 minutes ago, Surfing Alien said:

but the stars are gonna have to align right for the Goodis.

No kidding!  And it's a Maguire cover, no less!

I'm starting to develop a list (in my head) of the 100 most expensive paperbacks/digests.  Scarcity/rarity is something I'm not even close to get a handle on.  But I've seen enough to be able to identify a pretty good list of books that easily sell for more than $200.  

[Surfing Alien]

On 8/1/2020 at 6:18 PM, damonwad said:

The first print of House of Flesh is the one with the dog. The 2nd print was 7 months later.

It used to be that the 1st edition 1st print meant everything but cover collecting has made so many later eds/prints highly relevant. Gold Medal did quite a bit of it and Berkley reprinted tons of Avons and other earlies with Maguire and other evocative artists. All the Berkley John Dickson Carr Maguire covers are reprints I think.

[Randall Dowling]

Well friends, this is probably the biggest post I've made so far in this thread.  Not in terms of quantity, but rather quality.  Very high quality.  It's Monday.  Here we go.

Let's start with some Phantom Digests.  For the record, I didn't even know the devil was married.

Followed up by a couple of Avons that look brand new.  Sometimes I'm attracted to the artwork.  Other times, it's the story.  And very rarely, just the title will suffice to draw me in... 

And then a Popular Library I've been looking for.  If there really were/are groups out there like this, I feel less safe in the world.

And last, but certainly not least, a book I've been in love with for many, many years.  Such a classic cover by Maguire.  One of the best as far as I'm concerned.  

[Surfing Alien]

3 hours ago, Randall Dowling said:

Let's start with some Phantom Digests.

You are on a roll... well into that short set  and firing on a bunch of other cool cylinders!

I got my order in from Dreamhaven. It's short but sweet and their grading/description is tight.

All 3 books I ordered are cool but this L.B.Cole cover completes the short set of small Cole Croydons in high grade for me. I was delighted they had one. Glare on the group pic because those BCW bags are almost as reflective as mylars.

Love the green/purple hues

A very scarce Falcon. By Davis Dresser (Brett Halliday) pen name Anthony Scott. Great cover,  possibly Gross, of a babe with a cig.

A Rainbow toughie by Norman Daniels that doesn't show up. It's got a stain but is uncreased, sharp and colorful. Kind of a qualified grade scarce book that you can't pass up, with another stogie smokin babe.

[Surfing Alien]

On 1/8/2014 at 10:19 PM, Pat Calhoun said:

 

And on another note, I was scanning the early pages of this thread and remembered seeing Pat's 1st post in 2014 and thinking "I need to get me a shelf of those vintage pb's again"  Great shelf & it's been a fun journey!

[Randall Dowling]

8 hours ago, Surfing Alien said:

You are on a roll... well into that short set  and firing on a bunch of other cool cylinders!

I got my order in from Dreamhaven. It's short but sweet and their grading/description is tight.

Thanks, SA!  Yes, that's my experience with Greg as well.  Very fair, always seems to grade the way he would want to receive.  Beautiful copies of those Croydons!  I have 3 of those, I think.  But not as nice as those.  

[n2wdw]

[Surfing Alien]

More Maguire on a classic Lion pbo by Jordan Park aka Cyril Kornbluth