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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!
HOODLUM, Charley Robertson, 1st PB edition
New York: Popular Library #347, 1951. Mass-market 1st edition in wraps. Plot concerns bootleggers in the Kentucky hills; hardcover edition titled Shadow of a Cloud. Condition: A solid Very Good Plus. Off-white paper, vivid edge color, minor speckling on front cover. A tight, clean copy. SORRY, BUT THIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE TO DOMESTIC U.S. BUYERS […]
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THE MOON POOL, A. Merritt, Liveright edition, 1st in jacket
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, circa 1934. Cloth in dust jacket. 1st edition thus. Merritt’s first book combines his novelette “The Moon Pool” with its novel-length sequel, “Conquest of the Moon Pool.” Both were originally printed in the Munsey pulp All-Story Weekly. The Liveright edition uses the same plates from the 1919 Putnam first edition. […]
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THE ROMAN HAT MYSTERY, Ellery Queen, First Edition Library facsimile ed.
A perfect reproduction of the first Ellery Queen novel, originally published in 1929 by Stokes. It kicked off one of the most phenomenal careers in the history of detective fiction. Ellery, of course, was not only the main character but also provided the byline for cousins Fred Dannay and Manny Lee. A superb example of […]
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SEND ANOTHER COFFIN, F. G. Presnell, 1st in DJ
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1939. Cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A street-smart lawyer is determined to prove that a corrupt political boss murdered his mistress—whom the lawyer loved years before. Medium-to-hardboiled mystery, which could have come from the pages of Black Mask, was made into a fine 1940 film titled Slightly Honorable. […]
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THE SHIP OF ISHTAR, A. Merritt, first edition
New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1926. Cloth in brand-new, Brodart-protected jacket. First edition. Many discerning pulp fans consider this novel to be Merritt’s best, and with good reason. Condition: A VG+ copy, obviously read several times. Spine is slightly cocked. Upper right corner of the front cover is bumped. Otherwise a nice copy. Wrapped in […]
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STRICTLY FOR LAUGHS, Joey Adams, 1st PB edition
New York: Pocket Books Inc. #1130, 1956. Mass-market 1st edition in wraps. With 22 brief comic sketches by then-popular newspaper columnist. Cover by legendary PB artist Barye Phillips. Condition: Fine, very nearly As New except for very minor yellowing to text block. An unread copy. SORRY, BUT THIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE TO DOMESTIC U.S. BUYERS […]
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UNKNOWN WORLDS, June 1943
A late issue (there would be only two more) of the classic fantasy pulp edited by John W. Campbell, with stories by such genre favorites as Theodore Sturgeon, Manly Wade Wellman, Anthony Boucher, and E. M. Hull among others. Condition: This would grade Near Fine to Fine but for two small but discolored pieces of […]
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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 […]
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“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 […]
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