Collectibles For Sale
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!
SKY FIGHTERS, July 1935
Early issue of long-running “Thrilling Group” air-war title, with lead story by the king of aviation pulp, George Bruce. Cover by Eugene Frandzen. Condition: Fine Plus. Lacks the crispness of a Very Fine but in every other way a superior copy. Text block is off-white. SORRY, BUT THIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE TO DOMESTIC U.S. BUYERS […]
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WILD WEST WEEKLY, December 17, 1938
High grade sample of this long-running Street & Smith pulp, which had more popular series characters than you could shake a branding iron at. Cover by H.W. Scott. Condition: Fine Plus, maybe Very Fine Minus. No specific flaws, just general handling wear. Text block is very lightly yellowed and supple. SORRY, BUT THIS ITEM IS […]
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BLUE BOOK, September 1931, E. R. Burroughs
Excellent “bedsheet” issue of this great pulp-fiction magazine, among the handful of essential titles in the field. Standouts are the concluding installment of ERB’s “Land of Hidden Men” (published in hardcover as Jungle Girl) and the novelette “Big Enough” by famed cowboy author and artist Will James. But there are over a dozen more yarns […]
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CAT OF MANY TAILS, Ellery Queen, 1st PB edition
Pocket Books #822. The 1951 first paperback edition of Queen’s classic 1949 whodunit revolving around a serial killer terrorizing New York City during a heat wave. Some EQ aficionados consider this among the three best novels ever written by the author(s). Cover by Maurice Thomas. Condition: Near Fine. Minor handling wear, slight dust soiling to […]
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COMPLIMENTS OF A FIEND, Fredric Brown, 1st edition
New York: E.F. Dutton, 1950. First edition (stated). Black cloth boards with gold stamping. An early exploit of familial sleuths Ed Hunter and his Unle Am. Condition: Fine and Near Fine wrapper with just a hint of rubbing to the extremities. A gorgeous copy of this mystery classic. SORRY, BUT THIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE TO […]
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CORNELL WOOLRICH: FIRST YOU DREAM, THEN YOU DIE, 1988 bio-bibliography, 1st
New York: Mysterious Press, 1988. First edition (stated). Boards in wrapper. Francis M. Nevins, possibly the world’s biggest Woolrich fan, spent decades researching and writing this phenomenal reference book. While some have criticized the conclusions he reached regarding the subject’s personal life, no one has ever questioned the merit of his coverage of Woolrich’s works. […]
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DIME MYSTERY #1, December 1932, Girasol facsimile
Full-count facsimile of this very desirable pulp, produced many years ago by Canada-based Girasol Collectables. Their pulp replicas are exact duplicates of the originals, with extremely high-quality reproductions of covers and text blocks. Only the inside front and inside back covers have been changed to distinguish the copies from the real thing. Long out of […]
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DOWN UNDER DONOVAN, Edgar Wallace “Railway Edition”
The British publishing firm Ward, Lock & Co. during the 1930s issued softcover versions of many of their popular hardcovers. Marketed to consumers and sold in train stations among other consumer outlets, these books were called “Railway Editions,” printed on pulp paper, and priced at 6d (two and a half pence) each. As one of […]
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DUKE, Hal Ellson, 1st PB edition, Rudolph Belarski cover
Popular Library #219. The 1949 first paperback edition of Hal Ellson’s first novel, a key book in the “J.D.” (Juvenile Delinquency”) sub-genre. Cover by pulp-magazine stalwart Rudolph Belarski. Ellson was a New York-based social worker who worked with troubled, institutionalized youths and fictionalized their exploits for his shocking stories. Condition: Very Good Plus. Minor handling […]
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