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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!
RIO KID WESTERN, August 1940
Early issue (Number Five) of this popular, long-running (1939-53) Western pulp from the “Thrilling Group.” The Rio Kid novels were written by divers hands; this one is by C. William Harrison. A series gimmick was having the Kid interact with real-life figures from Western history; in this novel Rio gets involved with the notorious Doc […]
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STARTLING STORIES, Fall 1946, Captain Future
A fine post-World War II issue of this well-regarded “Thrilling Group” SF pulp, just entering its peak period. Manly Wade Wellman contributes an excellent Captain Future novel, “The Solar Invasion.” Backup stories by henry Kuttner, Francis Flagg, and others. Cover by Earle Bergey. Condition: Fine to Fine Plus. A few tiny nicks on front cover’s […]
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THE TREASURE OF ATLANTIS, J. Allan Dunn, Centaur HC
New York: Centaur Press, 1971. Hardcover in cloth, with dust jacket. First edition thus. One of the great pulp adventure stories, originally published in the December 1916 issue of Street & Smith’s All-Around Magazine. One of Centaur’s “Time-Lost” series of reprints from the pulps, most of which were printed in paperback. This hardcover is fairly scarce […]
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UNKNOWN WORLDS, April 1942
A strong issue of this great fantasy pulp edited by SF great John W. Campbell. The highlights are Anthony Boucher’s “The Compleat Werewolf” and L. Ron Hubbard’s “The Room.” Condition: Tiny chip out of back cover’s lower right corner, also some small red pen marks—otherwise a Fine or Fine Plus copy. SORRY, BUT THIS ITEM […]
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BATTLE BIRDS, March 1934
Later issue of this Popular Publications air-war pulp, which would shortly change its title to Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds. Highlighted by one of Robert J. Hogan’s vivid novelettes about cowboy aviator Smoke Wade, who would soon move to Dare-devil Aces magazine. Cover by Frederick Blakeslee. Condition: Slightly faded spine nicked at heel, otherwise […]
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BLACK BOOK DETECTIVE, Fall 1944, Black Bat
Average wartime issue starring the Black Bat. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Condition: Very Good Plus. No major or specific defect, just some general handling wear including a few edge nicks and short closed tears. Spine is complete and brightly colored. Back cover has light discoloration on top edge, otherwise pretty clean. Text block is clean […]
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CHALLENGE TO THE READER, Ellery Queen anthology
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1940. Hardcover in cloth, no jacket. 1st edition thus. The first reprint of the first crime-fiction anthology edited by Ellery Queen (cousins Manny Lee and Fred Dannay), originally published in 1938 by Stokes. Includes 25 classic detective stories featuring great sleuths whose real names are changed—and revealed only at story’s […]
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DIME DETECTIVE, December 1935
Excellent peak-period issue of this outstanding crime pulp, arguably the most influential of its type after Black Mask. A great assortment of fiction that includes Cornell Woolrich’s “Dead on Her Feet” and Fred MacIsaac’s “Murder on the Mississippi,” the latter being one of his “Rambler” yarns and one of several Dime Detective stories made into […]
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LOOK YOUR LAST, John Stephen Strange, 1st in jacket
Garden City, NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1943. Hardcover (cloth) in dust jacket. 1st edition. Excellent wartime mystery in which newspaper photographer Barney Gantt investigates the murder of a man found in a rooming house near Central Park West. Great Big Apple atmosphere and a well-crafted story featuring the author’s best-known series character. Condition: About Fine […]
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