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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!
ROMAN HAT MYSTERY, Ellery Queen, facsimile edition
First Edition Library facsimile of the original 1929 first edition. Produced by Otto Penzler Books in 1993. An exact duplicate but for new notice on copyright page and inside back panel of dustjacket. Identical to the original in every other way. FEL double-sided card with historical notes and issue points tipped in. As New condition, […]
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ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE, Tennessee Williams, 1st, Avati cover
Signet #955. 1952 first edition of Williams novella. Cover by James Avati. Near Fine condition. Slight scratch on lower front cover (see scan), slight rubbing to lower rear spine hinge, otherwise a clean, tight, glossy copy with off-white text block. Appears to be unread. SORRY, BUT THIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE TO DOMESTIC U.S. BUYERS ONLY. […]
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THE LONE RANGER AND THE MYSTERY RANCH, Fran Striker, G&D, 1st edition
Grosset & Dunlap, 1938, 1st edition. Second book in G&D’s long-running Lone Ranger series. Adapted from “The Phantom Rider,” which originally appeared the previous year in the first issue of the short-lived Lone Ranger pulp magazine. This is the true first printing, with tan cloth, maroon top stain, maroon illustrated end papers, and Paul Laune […]
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THE MOON POOL, A. Merritt, Avon, 1st
Avon #370. 1951 first edition thus. Originally serialized in the Munsey pulp All-Story, this is a genuine fantasy classic. About Fine copy, the mis-cut cover (a fairly common flaw in Avon PBs from this period) notwithstanding. Text block lightly yellowed but supple. Clean, tight, glossy. SORRY, BUT THIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE TO DOMESTIC U.S. BUYERS […]
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THIN MAN, Dashiell Hammett, facsimile edition
First Edition Library facsimile of the original 1934 first edition. Produced by Otto Penzler Books in 1993. An exact duplicate but for new notice on copyright page and inside back panel of dustjacket. Identical to the original in every other way. FEL double-sided card with historical notes and issue points tipped in. As New condition, […]
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THE ART OF THE CLASSIC WESTERN MOVIE POSTER
Acknowledging the iconic, but with plenty of room for the rare and unfamiliar, The Art of the Classic Western Movie Poster presents poster art created for hundreds of classic (and not-so-classic) westerns produced from 1903 to 1978. More than 800 images—many reproduced as full page—make this the most comprehensive book of western-movie poster art ever […]
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ADVENTURE, June 3, 1918
Strong issue of “the Dean of the Pulps,” as it was called in a 1935 Time article. Cover by R. Farrington Elwell. It should be pointed out that most 1918 issues are very scarce, for two reasons: (1) many copies were sent overseas to American serving in the AEF during World War I, and (2) […]
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ADVENTURE, September 30, 1924
Average issue from this long-running pulp’s peak period, when it was edited by Arthur Sullivant Hoffman. Among the “A”-list contributors with yarns herein are Arthur D. Howden Smith, J. Allan Dunn, Thomson Burtis, Raymond S. Spears. Cover by Charles Hargens. Condition: Very Good Minus. Some damp staining to copy’s top edges, with discoloration to top […]
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AMAZING STORIES, January 1941, John Carter, high-grade
The January 1941 Amazing featured the return of Edgar Rice Burroughs after 14 years. But “John Carter and the Giant of Mars” didn’t read like the old ERB to many fans, and for decades there were persistent rumors that someone else had written the story. Eventually Edgar’s son John Coleman fessed up and claimed authorship. […]
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