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!
ADVENTURE YARNS, August 1938, first issue
Initial issue of this short-lived Columbia/Double Action pulp (only two issues). Some good authors—Peter B. Kyne, Murray Leinster, Eugene Cunningham—share its pages with typical Columbia hacks whose real identities are hidden by pseudonyms and house names. Cover artist unknown. Condition: Fine. Very minor edgewear to covers, yellowed text block. Scarce. SORRY, BUT THIS ITEM IS […]
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ALL WESTERN, December 1933
Along with Popular Publications’ Dime Western, this underrated Dell pulp edited by Carson Mowre rehabilitated the humble but clichéd horse opera, which had fallen into disrepute by virtue of constant repetition of overused tropes. As you can see by the authors mentioned on the front cover’s bottom banner, All Western in this period survived the […]
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AMAZING STORIES, September 1940
Typical Ray Palmer-edited issue with an author lineup of his most worthy regulars. Cover by Robert Fuqua. Condition: Fine to Fine Plus. Extremely clean and glossy copy with a few tiny nicks to cover edges. Text block is lightly yellowed but extremely supple. A top-notch example of Amazing in the immediately pre-WWII period. SORRY, BUT […]
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AMAZING STORIES, May 1943
Jumbo-sized (244 pages) wartime issue, distinguished by one of Nelson Bond’s whimsical Lancelot Biggs stories. Nifty Good Girl cover by pin-up artist H. W. McCauley. Condition: Fine. Minor edge wear to covers. Text block is lightly yellowed but quite supple. SORRY, BUT THIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE TO DOMESTIC U. S. BUYERS ONLY. COST OF MAILING […]
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ARGOSY ALL-STORY WEEKLY, July 8, 1922, 1st published story by Walt Coburn
One of the most prolific and best-regarded authors of Western pulp fiction, Walt Coburn, made his debut here with the short story, “The Peace Treaty of the Seven Up.” Condition: Very Good Plus to Near Fine. By and large a pretty nice copy, with minor edge wear and a small (quarter-inch or less) chip out […]
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COMPLETE NORTHWEST NOVEL, August 1936
Originally issued by Northwest Publishing Inc., another subsidiary of Columbia Publications. Contains yarns by the top practitioners of this specialized sub-genre: James Oliver Curwood, William Byron Mowery, and Frank Richardson Pierce. An uncommon to scarce title. Condition: Fine to Fine Plus. No significant flaws, just minor edgewear to covers. Text block is yellowed but supple. […]
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EDGE OF DOOM, Leo Brady, 1st PB edition, movie tie-in
New York: Popular Library #260, 1949. Mass-market 1st edition in wraps. Cover by the great pulp artist Rudolph Belarski. Mentally unbalanced young man kills a priest. Cover text mentions movie of same title with Farley Granger and Dana Andrews. Condition: Very Good Plus to Near Fine. Minor rubbing to front cover’s bottom edge (see scan), […]
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FREE GRASS, Ernest Haycox, 1st PB edition
New York: Popular Library #143, 148. Mass-market 1st edition in wraps. The first novel by this renowned author of Western fiction, written in 1929 and serialized in the pulp magazine West prior to hardcover publication. Condition: Very Good. Clearly read but collectable copy. Some fading to green edge stain, small diagonal crease on front cover’s […]
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HIRA SINGH, Talbot Mundy, 1st edition
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1918. Cloth, no jacket. First edition. One of Mundy’s earliest novels of India, originally published in the pulp magazine Adventure; a rousing yarn. Condition: Very Good Plus to Near Fine. Previous owner’s signature in ink on both front pastedown and front free endpaper. Diagonal crease on rear free endpaper. Overall a nice […]
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