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Comics, Pulps, and Paperbacks: Why such a discrepancy in values?
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51 minutes ago, frozentundraguy said:

One book that arrived recently wasn't quite in the condition I had expected. However since the novel is usually better than the movie, this should be an excellent read. It also rounds out my opening salvo in obtaining at least one book by Woolrich, Chandler, Gardner, and Hammett.

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The movie tie-in mention is interesting, at least.  Probably means that copy is from 1947... which would be a wonderful reference point for any other publisher, but pocket was actually good about printing information! lol

My copy; stated first, slightly better shape... but not a lot:

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6 minutes ago, OtherEric said:

The movie tie-in mention is interesting, at least.  Probably means that copy is from 1947... which would be a wonderful reference point for any other publisher, but pocket was actually good about printing information! lol

My copy; stated first, slightly better shape... but not a lot:

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One of my favorite Pocket noir covers (thumbsu I love both versions posted... Yours, with the 154M printed is a stamp in time... but the movie tie-in has its own mojo.

Next time you see 8 copies at once on Ebay of a vintage pb, think about that number 🤣

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9 hours ago, OtherEric said:

The movie tie-in mention is interesting, at least.  Probably means that copy is from 1947... which would be a wonderful reference point for any other publisher, but pocket was actually good about printing information! lol

My copy; stated first, slightly better shape... but not a lot:

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You have nailed it. My copy is the 4th printing from March 1947. I noticed your copy has an orange background in the circle around the kangaroo, where the 47 edition has a red circle. Makes me wonder if the color changed for each edition.

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26 minutes ago, Surfing Alien said:

I think it was random but they moved from mostly orange to mostly red in '47 from what I can see. Here's two first prints from July 1947, one orange, one red.

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And here's a first and a second print from 1946, both orange. I think every circle pocket I have before 1947 is orange. Sometime later they started discarding the colored circle and the kangaroo was just imposed on the background color on most of the ones I have.

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Nice run of Pocket PB's including the Postman Rings Twice!

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