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DESIRABLE ITEMS FOR DISCRIMINATING COLLECTORS OF ADVENTURE, MYSTERY AND MELODRAMA. ALL PRICES INCLUDE THE COST OF SHIPPING (USPS) AND HANDLING. VINTAGE ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS; ALL SALES ARE FINAL! NEW LISTINGS WILL BE ADDED FREQUENTLY, SO COME BACK OFTEN!
BLACK MASK, August 1936
Outstanding issue from near the end of this classic pulp’s peak period, with Joseph T. “Cap” Shaw still as editor and the “hardboiled” school of crime fiction in its prime. Popular series characters represented in stories include Fred Nebel’s Kennedy and MacBride, W. T. Ballard’s Red Drake, Roger Torrey’s George Killeen, and Nels Leroy Jorgensen’s […]
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MASTER STORYTELLER: L. RON HUBBARD
Los Angeles: Galaxy Press, 2003. Cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Author William J. Widder examines the fiction-writing career of L. Ron Hubbard in this oversized (9 1/4 x 12 1/4″), handsomely designed and printed hardcover book. The text is accompanied by hundreds of beautifully reproduced hardcover, paperback, and pulp-magazine covers and interior illustrations on […]
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THE LAST ADVENTURER: THE LIFE OF TALBOT MUNDY
West Kingston, R.I.: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., 1984. Buckram boards in dust jacket. First edition. Fascinating bio of pulp fiction’s master of adventure raised quite a stir upon publication, as it debunked many myths about Mundy’s life (most disseminated by the author himself) that had been accepted as facts for decades. It presents numerous […]
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DETECTIVE TALES, May 1940
Another long-running Popular Publications crime pulp, not as notable as Dime Detective or Black Mask but a highly collectable title in its own right. This is the fourth in a string of 1940-41 issues with extremely lurid Rafael De Soto covers that show sexy, half-clad women in bondage and/or torture situations. They’ve always commanded high […]
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DIME DETECTIVE, September 15, 1934
This issue has stories by hard-boiled authors primarily “raided” from Black Mask: Frederick Nebel, Roger Torrey, Dwight V. Babcock, John Lawrence. Cover by John Newton Howitt. At this point Dime Detective was just entering its peak period and was already a sales powerhouse. Condition: About Fine. Very slightly warped but otherwise has no significant flaws […]
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FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES, April 1940
Early issue of this “Red Star” magazine created to reprint classic science fiction from such early Munsey pulps as Argosy, All-Story Weekly, The Cavalier, etc. Among the notable yarns in this issue are installments of A. Merritt’s “Conquest of the Moon Pool” and Austin Hall and Homer Eon Flint’s “The Blind Spot.” Unusual cover by […]
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WILD WEST STORIES AND COMPLETE NOVEL, November 1931
Originally known as Complete Novel Magazine, this pulp lasted 14 years and 139 issues, yet it’s virtually unknown even to experienced collectors. Most issues are surprisingly uncommon, some are downright rare. This representative sample from 1931 is one of the seldom-seen numbers. Cover by William Reusswig. Condition: Fine Plus. It lacks the crispness of a […]
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WORDSLINGERS, Will Murray, history of Western pulps
Altus Press, 2016. Revised second edition. Trade paperback. Massive (436 pages) history of the Western pulps, told largely through quotes from writers’ magazine articles written by pulp writers and editors. Cover by Walter Baumhofer, reprinted from Dime Western. Condition: As New, unread copy. SORRY, BUT THIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE TO DOMESTIC U.S. BUYERS ONLY. COST […]
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SHAMBLEAU AND OTHERS, C. L. Moore
New York: Gnome Press, 1953. First edition (stated). Cloth in Brodart-protected dust jacket. Seven classic tales of Northwest Smith and Jirel of Joiry, originally published in Weird Tales. One of those must-have items for collectors of fantasy fiction from the pulps. Condition: Fine in Fine jacket with very slight dust soiling to rear panel. A […]
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