Sqeggs Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 45 minutes ago, N e r V said: I know my great uncle was pretty upset when Moon Girl shifted to romance at the time but I know he bought that title off the newsstands.He had a few subs during those years for reading copies and I do remember it was common when a title got cancelled they would often just send you a different title to fulfill your subscription instead of refunding the difference. He wasn’t really happy when that happened. A couple of my cousins had subs during the silver age where they did just send you the new title to finish your sub. Good Question... I think Gaines was pretending that it was the same series in order to beat the USPS 2nd-class regs. Must have led to a few complaint letters from subscribers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Don't know who "Downes" was, but this cover is one of my favorites. Takes a familiar romance cover theme and knocks it out of the park. pmpknface, shiverbones and sagii 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpknface Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 13 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: Don't know who "Downes" was, but this cover is one of my favorites. Takes a familiar romance cover theme and knocks it out of the park. Whoa.... I LOVE this cover!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Sqeggs said: "With some hard work, a little luck, and my helicopter..." Wait, what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N e r V Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 43 minutes ago, Dr. Love said: And not just any copy. One from the amazing and possibly only real romance OO collector - Nancy Wessner. Nancy was to romance as Edgar was to... well, everything I remember you posting this about her 4 years ago: Any more info. since then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N e r V Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Go to about page 10 on that thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N e r V Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 (edited) On 8/6/2015 at 10:46 AM, Dr. Love said: Thanks rodan. So true for the girls, for the most part. There is one gal that did come closest to what you would call an original owner collection. She signed her books on the cover, and I would come across them sporadically over the years. Finally I came to realize how broad her romance interests were. And I saw her signature change as she grew older. The only substantial romance collections to survive through the years were all the work of mature men, like Church, Crippen, Crowley, etc. Romance was on the stands, very much so in the early 50's, so they got swept up in across the board purchasing. Nobody collected just romance for the love of the genre. And then came Michelle Nolan. If you are at all interested in the subject, buy her "Love on the Racks". As the saying goes, "she wrote the book", literally. I give you: The Nancy Wessner Collection. Most of these are images I've grabbed, not books I own. It really doesn't qualify as a real collection, of course - I think the most I've seen are 20-30 books. But it gives you some idea of how what was so common for boys, was so rare for girls. Edited July 26, 2019 by N e r V Sqeggs and Point Five 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 On 7/17/2019 at 12:40 PM, Sqeggs said: Another cover by sweet Alice. Bought raw from Mr. Bedford P. Rock as an 8.0. When will that man learn to grade? Sqeggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Point Five said: "With some hard work, a little luck, and my helicopter..." Wait, what? In a tight spot, sometimes a girl has to exaggerate what she's got. Edited July 26, 2019 by Sqeggs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Just now, MrBedrock said: On 7/17/2019 at 1:40 PM, Sqeggs said: Another cover by sweet Alice. Bought raw from Mr. Bedford P. Rock as an 8.0. When will that man learn to grade? All is forgiven. But try not to let it happen again. MrBedrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 6 minutes ago, N e r V said: Seems to settle my question about the newsstand writing her name on the cover. The name on the Saddle Romances matches the handwriting of the names on the other books and clearly they were written by her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 3 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: All is forgiven. But try not to let it happen again. BTW, the 52 came from me (via Dr. Love) as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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N e r V Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 9 minutes ago, MrBedrock said: 3 minutes ago, MrBedrock said: BTW, the 52 came from me (via Dr. Love) as well. MrBedrock and Sqeggs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MrBedrock Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, sagii said: Thread is chock full of goodies today Tony is back!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sagii Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, MrBedrock said: Tony is back!!! 1 minute ago, MrBedrock said: ...you're not so bad yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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