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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!
THE BOOKS OF BART, 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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THE DIME NOVEL COMPANION, o.o.p., J. Randolph Cox
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2000. First edition (stated). Hardcover in dark green cloth. The late Randy Cox was an indefatigable fan and researcher of dime novels and nickel weeklies of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. While he wrote several books and innumerable articles on vintage pop culture, this book is his magnum opus. […]
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THE JUST MEN OF CORDOVA, 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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THE SECRET SIX: THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES, Robert J. Hogan
Boston: Altus Press, 2009. First edition (stated). Trade paperback (6 x 9), 650 pages. All four book-length novels featuring the Secret Six, those crime-fighting vigilantes who starred in a short-lived 1934 pulp issued by Popular Publications. Introduction by pulp historian Will Murray. Now out of print, originally published at $49.95. Condition: As New, unread copy. […]
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THE SPLENDID EXILE, L. Patrick Greene, 1935 British first edition
A collection of Pat Greene’s pulp adventure stories featuring erstwhile diamond smuggler Aubrey St. John Major and his Hottentot manservant Jim. This 1935 volume, published by London’s John Hamilton Ltd., reprints five 1933-34 novelettes originally published in Doubleday’s Short Stories magazine. Both American and British editions of Greene’s “Major” books are quite rare, especially in […]
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ACES, Spring 1939
One of the original Fiction House aviation pulps. Excellent stories include one by this sub-genre’s brightest light, George Bruce, who became a top Hollywood scriptwriter. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Condition: Fine. General handling wear but no specific defects. Text block is very lightly yellowed but supple. SORRY, BUT THIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE TO DOMESTIC U.S. […]
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AMAZING STORIES, August 1942
Average wartime issue of the first all-SF pulp from its early years as a Ziff-Davis magazine edited by former SF fan Ray Palmer. Lineup of contributors is headed by Henry Kuttner. Cover by the great H. W. Macauley. Condition: Near Fine. Carelessly bound cover is a little crinkly near the spine, but otherwise a nice […]
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WEST, July 9, 1930
Terrific issue of this notable Western pulp, which began life as a Doubleday title and went to Ranger Publications for a while in the mid-1930s before winding up with the Thrilling Group in 1938. This issue boasts yarns by genre top-notchers Ernest Haycox and William Colt MacDonald, among others. Cover by Fred Everitt. Condition: About […]
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WILD WEST WEEKLY, July 19, 1941
The early ’40s issues listed together in this update all came from the same original-owner collection and are in remarkable condition. All are Very Fine or Very Fine minus copies with only infinitesimal signs of wear. None has a significant defect, all are clean, tight, bright copies with off-white to very lightly yellowed text blocks. […]
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