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!


Just In: THE ART OF CLASSIC CRIME AND MYSTERY MOVIES

The latest coffee-table book from Mister Murania himself, Ed Hulse, has just arrived in the form of a dozen advance author’s copies. Like his previous books for the same packagers—The Art of the Pulps, The Art of Pulp Fiction, and The Art of Classic Western Movie Posters—it’s a deluxe coffee-table tome printed in full color […]

$50.00  |  READ MORE >>

DIME DETECTIVE, March 15, 1935

Excellent issue of this long-running, top-selling crime pulp from its peak period. The cover (see scan) lists some of the genre heavyweights represented in this number. Cover by Walter Baumhofer. Condition: This is essentially a Fine copy with two significant defects: a diagonal crease on front cover’s bottom right corner (again, see scan) and small […]

$150.00  |  READ MORE >>

SHORT STORIES, January 25, 1930

Strong issue of this long-running, historically important pulp during its tenure as an all-fiction magazine published by the distinguished hardcover house Doubleday, Doran. Terrific lineup of first-rate fictioneers including Arthur O. Friel, George F. Worts, Hugh B. Cave, and William McLeod Raine, among others. Cover by Edgar Franklin Wittmack. Condition: A solid Very Good Plus, […]

$40.00  |  READ MORE >>

Three First-Draft Shooting Scripts from 1923 Ruth Roland Serial

These are one-of-a-kind items for the discriminating fan and collector of movie-serial history and memorabilia: original shooting scripts written for Episodes Three, Four, and Five of the 1923 Pathé serial Riddle of the Range, which starred top-ranking serial queen Ruth Roland. Working one chapter at a time from an original story being developed by novelist […]

$50.00  |  READ MORE >>

“B” MOVIES, rare 1973 first edition

New York: Curtis Books, 1973. Mass-market paperback. First edition. Don Miller’s chronicle of the great second features produced during Hollywood’s Golden Age is hands down the best book on the subject written to date: a one-stop-shopping compendium that covers literally hundreds of low-budget films made between 1933 and 1945. The first edition (there was a […]

$45.00  |  READ MORE >>

FORT LEE: BIRTHPLACE OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY

Charleston SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2006. Trade paperback. First edition. Compiled by the Fort Lee Film Commission. Anybody who’s seen one of Arcadia’s “Images of America” books knows what fine products they are: printed on slick paper and packed with beautifully reproduced photographs. This one traces the early 20th-century movie studios that proliferated in and around […]

$12.50  |  READ MORE >>

KING COWBOY: TOM MIX AND THE MOVIES

Burbank, CA: Riverwood Press, 1993. Oversized trade paperback. First edition. The late Robert S. Birchard, a distinguished, award-winning historian and film editor, spent decades researching his favorite cowboy hero, discovering facts overlooked by previous Mix biographers and debunking many myths surrounding his career. In the process he created the definitive bibliography of this major Western […]

$15.00  |  READ MORE >>

THE SERIALS: SUSPENSE AND DRAMA BY INSTALLMENT

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1971. Hardcover with decorative spine, no DJ. First edition. Raymond William Stedman’s landmark reference work is a witty, comprehensive overview of serial stories in films, radio and TV programs. Extremely well regarded by devotees. Long out of print and hotly desired. Condition: Fine. Lacks the dust jacket but otherwise a […]

$15.00  |  READ MORE >>

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 […]

$150.00  |  READ MORE >>