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!
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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DESERT GOLD, Zane Grey, high-grade G&D reprint, mid 1930s
Grosset & Dunlap, mid-1930s reprint of 1913 Harper & Bros. first edition. Cloth in DJ. Desert Gold, like many of Grey’s early Western novels, first saw print in a pulp before being issued in hard covers by Harper. This G&D reprint uses the first edition’s dust-jacket art. And this copy is absolutely stunning: if not […]
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THE DOOR BETWEEN, Ellery Queen, high-grade Triangle reprint
Triangle Books, 1941. First edition thus. Cloth in DJ. This 1937 EQ novel was the basis for the 1940 EQ movie Ellery Queen, Master Detective. The first edition was published by Stokes; this Triangle reprint uses the same DJ art and the same interior plates. An unusually nice specimen, given that Triangle published cheap books […]
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FANDOM IS FOR THE YOUNG; OR, ONE CONVENTION TOO MANY
Vantage Press, 1981. First edition (stated). Cloth in DJ. Fascinating book about two “normal” housewives, Karen Flanery and Nana Grasmick, whose mutual passion for science fiction and fantasy led them into SF fandom. Lots of inside fannish info here, and many names that will be familar to die-hard SF fans. Book is Fine to As […]
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KNOCKED FOR A LOOP, Craig Rice
Simon & Schuster “Inner Sanctum Mystery,” 1957. First edition (stated). Boards in DJ. Another of Rice’s whodunits featuring bantam lawyer John J. Malone and his wacky pals, Jake and Helene Justus. Fairly common but still eminently collectable. Book is Near Fine except for slight yellowing to pulp-paper text block. Jacket is Very Good Plus with […]
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MYSTERY BOOK, Summer 1948
“Thrilling Group” detective mag boasts one of Brett Halliday’s Michael Shayne novels, “Murder Is a Habit,” plus novelettes by Roy Vickers, Judson P. Philips, and others. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Condition: Cover printed with a shortage of black ink, making it appear a bit faded. Condition extends to spine and back cover as well. Otherwise […]
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SILVERTIP, Max Brand, high-grade G&D reprint
Grosset & Dunlap, 1942. First edition thus. Cloth in DJ. Reprint of Dodd, Mead’s 1933 hardcover edition of a “Jim Silver” novel by Max Brand, originally published in Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine. As with the copy of Desert Gold listed elsewhere in this section, this copy is in unusually nice condition for one […]
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THRILLING ADVENTURES, September 1937
A good solid issue of this long-running “Thrilling Group” standby. Contributing authors to this number include veteran pulpsters Hugh B. Cave and Carl Jacobi, who were good friends and regular correspondents during this period. Cover by Arthur Mitchell. Condition: About Fine. Light dust shadow to front cover’s top edge, which also has a tiny chip […]
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